Norris joins him on the front row for Sunday's race, ahead of McLaren teammate and standings leader Piastri after both were within two tenths of a second of Verstappen’s time.
“To get pole here for us is big,” said four-time world champion Verstappen. “It’s not always been a good track for us, especially last year was quite a bit of a disaster.”
Piastri leads Norris by 34 points in the standings with both chasing a first F1 title.
Charles Leclerc — who won at Monza last year and in 2019 — qualified in fourth for Ferrari at the Italian Scuderia’s home race, just ahead of teammate Hamilton, who will start Sunday’s race in 10th as he serves a five-place grid penalty.
Hamilton said his first Italian Grand Prix in Ferrari red will be “tough” but is “going to open it up and try to make up some ground.”
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