Formula 1: 2021 Monza qualifying – Full starting lineup, odds
By Asher Fair
Following Saturday’s second ever Formula 1 sprint qualifying race, the starting lineup for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix is set.
For the second time in the 2021 Formula 1 season — and all-time — the starting lineup for a Grand Prix was set by a sprint qualifying race and not the traditional three-round, knockout qualifying format.
This format was used for the first time at Silverstone Circuit for the British Grand Prix back in mid-July, and it returned for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.
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This starting lineup for the sprint qualifying race was set by the traditional three-round, knockout qualifying format instead, and that race took place earlier today.
Where is the Italian Grand Prix?
The Italian Grand Prix is contested at the 11-turn, 3.6-mile (5.794-kilometer) Autodromo Nazionale di Monza road course in Monza, Italy. This race is a 53-lap race.
Monza broadcast information
Tune in to ESPN2 at 8:55 a.m. ET tomorrow morning for the live broadcast of the Italian Grand Prix from Monza. If you have not yet begun your free trial of FuboTV, now would be a great time to do so!
Who is on pole for Monza?
It was Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who took the pole position for the 53-lap main event by finishing in second place in Saturday’s 18-lap sprint race, giving him seven in the last eight races.
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won this race after leading every lap from the pole position, but because of an engine penalty, he is set to start at the back of the grid.
Bottas still scored three points by winning the sprint race. Verstappen scored two and third place finisher Daniel Ricciardo, who is set to start on the front row in second alongside Verstappen tomorrow, scored one.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton started the sprint race on the front row but had a dreadful start. He finished in fifth place and is set to start on the second row in fourth alongside McLaren’s Lando Norris in third tomorrow.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Starting Lineup
1st – Max Verstappen
2nd – Daniel Ricciardo
3rd – Lando Norris
4th – Lewis Hamilton
5th – Charles Leclerc
6th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
7th – Antonio Giovinazzi
8th – Sergio Perez
9th – Lance Stroll
10th – Fernando Alonso
11th – Sebastian Vettel
12th – Esteban Ocon
13th – Nicholas Latifi
14th – George Russell
15th – Yuki Tsunoda
16th – Nikita Mazepin
17th – Robert Kubica
18th – Mick Schumacher
19th – Pierre Gasly
20th – Valtteri Bottas
Monza betting odds
Take a look at the top eight in betting odds for this Sunday’s race, courtesy of WynnBET.
- Max Verstappen: -130
- Lewis Hamilton: +225
- Lando Norris: +900
- Daniel Ricciardo: +1100
- Valtteri Bottas: +2500
- Charles Leclerc: +2500
- Sergio Perez: +2500
- Carlos Sainz Jr.: +7500
The other 12 drivers are all listed at +10000.
Monza betting prediction
A very interesting sprint qualifying race set up some fairly unique odds for the Italian Grand Prix, compared to many other Formula 1 races.
Of course, the two favorites are still Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, but not in the order that many expected at what looked to be a Mercedes stronghold, with the former set to start from the pole position and Hamilton set to start outside the top three despite being the higher starting of the two Mercedes drivers.
Given the challenges presented by the DRS train when it comes to passing, as we saw last season as the Mercedes drivers tried to pick their way back through the field after falling outside of the lead pack, this is one scenario where Hamilton may not actually be worth the gamble at +225.
And Valtteri Bottas certainly isn’t worth it either, even at +2500, considering the fact that he is set to start on the back row.
If you want to pick somebody other than Verstappen at -130, don’t ignore the McLaren teammates: Lando Norris at +900 and Daniel Ricciardo at +1100.
Both are set to start inside the top three, and with McLaren having been consistent frontrunners over the last two seasons and seemingly on the cusp of a breakthrough, these odds are too good to pass up, especially at a track that has seen two consecutive non Red Bull/Mercedes winners.
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