Vettel nips Hamilton in final Italian GP practice

Sebastian Vettel fastest so far

Local favorite Sebastian Vettel turned the fastest lap in final practice for the Italian GP at Monza Saturday morning. The Ferrari driver turned a lap of 1m20.509s to beat Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by 0.081s.

Kimi Raikkonen was a close third in the second Ferrari 0.173s behind Vettel while the 2nd Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas was not close in 4th some 0.6s off the pace.

Max Verstappen rounded out the top-5 for Red Bull.

Ferrari have not won a pole at Monza since 2010. Can Ferrari get it done this year?

Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:20.509	+0.000s	18
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.590	+0.081s	14
3	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:20.682	+0.173s	16
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:21.112	+0.603s	18
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:21.388	+0.879s	15
6	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:22.011	+1.502s	15
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India Mercedes	1:22.055	+1.546s	16
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:22.310	+1.801s	15
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber Ferrari	1:22.313	+1.804s	17
10	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	1:22.357	+1.848s	16
11	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	1:22.486	+1.977s	13
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso Honda	1:22.631	+2.122s	20
13	55	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:22.737	+2.228s	15
14	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Mercedes	1:22.778	+2.269s	20
15	18	Lance Stroll	Williams Mercedes	1:22.860	+2.351s	19
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	1:22.882	+2.373s	25
17	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Renault	1:22.892	+2.383s	23
18	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Renault	1:22.987	+2.478s	16
19	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:23.149	+2.640s	10
20	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso Honda	1:23.164	+2.655s	19