The complete starting grid for the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, round 14 of the 2018 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Daniel Ricciardo will start from 19th on the grid after taking a replacement engine When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up fornow and never miss the top F1 stories again Daniel Ricciardo will start from the back of the grid for tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix after completely replacing the power unit in his Red Bull. The Australian driver has had Renault’s Spec-3 engine fitted for the race in Monza, taking him over the season limit of new component parts. Nico Hulkenberg will join Ricciardo on the back row after also taking a tactical engine change, having already received a 10-place grid penalty for causing a crash at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Renault driver was deemed at fault for the huge first corner smash involving Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc last weekend and has opted to have a fresh power unit fitted in order to take the penalties in one go.<doc-sep>Lewis Hamilton extend his F1 championship lead with a win on Ferrari’s home soil in the Italian GP. LEWIS Hamilton has overcome a Ferrari front-row lockout at his rival’s home Grand Prix to extend his lead in the F1 championship. An opening lap tangle with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, followed by a late move on his teammate Kimi Raikkonen, ensured the unpopular result at Monza on Sunday night. Vettel recovered to finish fourth, but now trails Hamilton in the driver standings by 30 points. Daniel Ricciardo was forced to retire on Lap 25 after what appeared to be another power unit failure for his ailing Red Bull. It was his fourth retirement in the past six races. RESULTS: Clike here for full race results from the Italian GP Get ready for cricket like never before. FREE Sport HD + Entertainment until the first 4K cricket ball as part of 3 months free on a 12 month plan. SIGN UP TODAY. T&Cs apply. Source: Getty Images Fireworks flew in the early stages as the two championship leaders collided at Turn 4, leading to a safety car period. Hamilton came off best as Vettel spun out, suffered damage, and fell to 18th. “That was silly, where did he want to go?” Vettel said over team radio. Race stewards investigated the incident but cleared Hamilton, who briefly took the lead as the safety car returned to the pits on Lap 4. READ MORE EARLY EXIT: Engine not to blame for Ricciardo’s Italian GP retirement ‘IT’S F*****’: ‘Petulant’ Verstappen lashes out over penalty ILLEGAL: Rival’s protest gets Grosjean disqualified from sixth place NO ROOM: Vettel lays blame with Hamilton for Lap 1 collision The lead only lasted seconds as Raikkonen took advantage of a tow around Curva Grande to reclaim the spot at the same turn Hamilton collided with his teammate. Ricciardo pitted during the safety car period before making a charge on the supersoft tyre. He was at times over zealous, making light contact with his Red Bull replacement, Pierre Gasly, on Lap 11. Vettel also pitted after making contact and rebounded to tenth position by Lap 15, but began to report understeer issues – likely related to the clash with Hamilton. Raikkonen blinked first in his battle with Hamilton by pitting on Lap 21, handing him the lead. Hamilton was then told it was for seven laps “hammer time”; Mercedes code to turn up engine settings and post faster lap times. But Hamilton failed to build a sufficient gap to Raikkonen, rejoining the race after his stop on Lap 28 about four seconds behind the Ferrari. Raikkonen, however, began to be backed into Hamilton by the Briton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Bottas’ tactical driving saw Raikkonen swiftly degrade his tyres in a Mercedes sandwich as he tried to pass the Finn, and defend Hamilton’s charge. Bottas eventually pitted several laps later to afford Raikkonen clean air, and set the stage for a showdown with Hamilton in the race’s closing moments. The battle was to be won by Hamilton on Lap 45, when he took advantage of a tow down the main straight to pass Raikkonen at Turn 1. Daniel Ricciardo was forced to retire on Lap 25 after what appeared to be another power unit failure for his ailing Red Bull. Source: Getty Images Bottas took the final podium place after a tangle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen saw the latter handed a five second penalty for an aggressive defensive manoeuvre. The Dutchman finished fifth. After the race, Raikkonen said he believed his car was quick enough to win, but his tyres didn’t withstand the challenge. “I think it (race package) was quick enough, but the rear tyres went and so it was a losing battle at that point. I tried, but it was impossible in the end,” Raikkonen said. Hamilton said he felt “a lot of negativity” at Monza, as the passionate Tifosi willed on the first Ferrari win at Monza since 2010. He said British flags in the crowd gave him motivation to ignore their jeers and produce an upset victory. Hamilton said he felt “a lot of negativity” at Monza, as the passionate Tifosi willed on the first Ferrari win at Monza since 2010. Source: Getty Images Speaking after the race, Vettel didn’t accept fault for the clash with Hamilton, saying he had “no chance” but to make contact. “I think he didn’t leave me any space, and I had no other chance but to make contact and I tried to get out from there but couldn’t,” he said. “Unfortunately, I was the one who spun around which was a bit ironic ... from there I think we drove well, got a lot of points, so it could have been a lot worse today. “It’s not the end of the world ... for sure down at the moment, mostly for the people. “Unfortunately we didn’t deliver but what can you do if you get spun around? It could have been a good race but it wasn’t.” Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso retired on lap ten with another power unit failure.<doc-sep>KIMI Raikkonen upstaged title contenders Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton with the fastest pole position lap in F1 history to head a home Ferrari front-row lockout at the Italian GP. In an exhilarating battle for pole between the two Ferraris and Hamilton’s Mercedes, Raikkonen emerged ahead by a tenth with his final lap to send the Monza grandstands wild as Vettel finished second and title leader Hamilton third. “We speak after,” said Vettel over Ferrari team radio, with Raikkonen seemingly having benefited from a straight-line ‘tow’ behind the sister car in Q3. Vettel initially shouted ‘yes’ in celebration over the radio before being told his team-mate had pipped him to pole. Get ready for cricket like never before. FREE Sport HD + Entertainment until the first 4K cricket ball as part of 3 months free on a 12 month plan. SIGN UP TODAY. T&Cs apply. F1’s fastest-ever average speed qualifying lap was beaten six times by the three leading drivers in the final stage of qualifying, with Raikkonen’s final 1:19.119 time representing a new record of 163.785mph. Juan-Pablo Montoya’s previous record, which was also set at Monza, had stood since 2004. “That was epic. The pressure was unbelievable,” said Sky F1 pundit Nico Rosberg. Third-placed Hamilton, who leads Vettel by 17 points in the Drivers’ Championship said: “We knew they had the pace this weekend and it was going to take something special to catch them. It’s generally been that gap all weekend. It was amazing how intense it was and that’s how racing should be.” Kimi Raikkonen celebrates after his record-breaking display. Source: AP Valtteri Bottas was a distant fourth in the second Mercedes, with Max Verstappen fifth for Red Bull but 1.5 seconds off the leading pace on a circuit that does not suit the team’s Renault-powered car. Romain Grosjean was sixth for Haas, Carlos Sainz seventh for Renault and Pierre Gasly ninth for Toro Rosso. But, in one of the surprise performances of the day, Lance Stroll delivered struggling Williams their first Q3 appearance of the season with a strong 10th place. All red front row…but Vettel not ahead Ferrari had been favourites to secure a front-row lockout, but Hamilton delivered what proved a one-car Mercedes challenge to the home team through qualifying and actually held provisional pole after the first Q3 runs. Hamilton improved again on his final attempt, only for Vettel to edge him out, and then for Raikkonen to beat both of the championship’s top two seconds later. “It’s a lot of games, going first and getting tows,” said the 38-year-old Raikkonen, who becomes F1’s oldest polesitter since a 41-year-old Nigel Mansell in 1994. Vettel’s second place assured Ferrari of their first home GP front-row lockout since 2000. Italian GP Qualifying Timesheet Driver — Team — Time 1) Kimi Raikkonen — Ferrari — 1:19.119 2) Sebastian Vettel — Ferrari — +0.161 3) Lewis Hamilton — Mercedes — +0.175 4) Valtteri Bottas — Mercedes — +0.537 5) Max Verstappen — Red Bull — +1.496 6) Romain Grosjean — Haas — +1.817 7) Carlos Sainz — Renault — +1.922 8) Esteban Ocon — Force India — +1.980 9) Pierre Gasly — Toro Rosso — +2.231 10) Lance Stroll — Williams — +2.508 Knocked out in Q2 11) Kevin Magnussen — Haas — 1:21.669 12) Sergey Sirotkin — Williams — 1:21.732 13) Fernando Alonso — McLaren — 1:22.568 14) Nico Hulkenberg* — Renault — No time set 15) Daniel Ricciardo* — Red Bull — No time set Knocked out in Q1 16) Sergio Perez — Force India — 1:21.888 17) Charles Leclerc — Sauber — 1:21.889 18) Brendon Hartley — Toro Rosso — 1:21.934 19) Marcus Ericsson — Sauber — 1:22.048 20) Stoffel Vandoorne — McLaren — 1:22.085 *Grid penalties If you can’t see the blog console below, please click here.<doc-sep>
Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari has pole position for the his team’s home race, the Formula One Italian Grand Prix from the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. He narrowly edged out teammate Sebastian Vettel and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, the current points leader in the Drivers’ Championship. Sunday’s race is set to begin at 9 a.m. ET in the United States, and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Live online streaming of the race can be had via WatchESPN, the ESPN App or F1 TV Pro. Raikkonen, as usual, was quick to temper expectations. The man doesn’t get excited about much. “After the practice, we knew that there was three cars — one of them was going to get it and today it was me,” he said. “Happy about it, but it doesn’t really change anything. Tomorrow is always the main job to done.” Vettel seemed perturbed after the qualifying session and refused to tell the media why he told his team that they would “speak after” he finished qualifying behind his teammate, who was driving behind Vettel for the session to get the benefit of his slipstream, something the Ferrari cars alternate each week. “Clearly I wasn’t happy but I don’t tell you why,” Vettel said. Vettel will start second behind Raikkonen, with Hamilton and his teammate, Valtteri Bottas, locking out the second row. Max Verstappen of Red Bull qualified fifth, with the American-owned Haas F1 team grabbing sixth via Romain Grosjean. His teammate, Kevin Magnussen, will start 11th after missing out on the final qualifying session due to an incident he had with McLaren’s Fernando Alonso. Magnussen feels Alonso ruined his lap, and Alonso disagrees. They have a history of fighting, so it’s not surprising that it got in the way of their sessions. Alonso will start 13th. The only surprise in the top 10 is the Williams of Lance Stroll in 10th. Williams has been a non-factor all season, but Stroll has a solid opportunity to pick up some points on Sunday. Marcus Ericsson picked up a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change, and will start 18th. Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull will start 19th after being sent to the back of the grid for a power unit change. The same happened to Nico Hulkenberg of Renault, who will start 20th. Below is all you need to know to watch the race on Sunday. How to watch the 2018 F1 Italian Grand Prix Date: Sunday, Sept. 2 Location: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy Time: 9 a.m. ET TV: ESPN2 Online Streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN App, F1 TV Pro