Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Review
F1: Chequered Flag
BBC
4.2 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Harry Benjamin, Jennie Gow and British racing driver Alice Powell reflect on qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix. Who would take pole position as the battle for the championship intensifies? We hear from the top three and discuss the fastest lap in Formula 1 history. Plus, how would Ferrari perform on home soil, as Lewis Hamilton looks to overcome a five-place grid penalty?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | Five Live Formula One. |
| 0:10.8 | Welcome to the checkered flag, where qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix has just roared to a close under the blazing sun. |
| 0:19.2 | The Temple of Speed lived up to its name this afternoon. |
| 0:22.6 | Scarlet flags flying engines screaming through the parkland. |
| 0:26.2 | The Tofosi turning every lap into a festival of noise. |
| 0:31.0 | Max Verstappen setting the fastest lap in Formula One history |
| 0:35.5 | and taking pole position ahead of Lando Norris with Oscar Piastri |
| 0:41.0 | in third. My name is Harry Benjamin alongside me to have a little debrief after qualifying |
| 0:46.6 | is Jenny Gow and British racing driver Alice Powell. And Jenny, I mean, let's start with Mighty |
| 0:52.6 | Max. He certainly sprinkled the magic, didn't he, in that final lap? |
| 0:56.8 | He really did. |
| 0:57.8 | And where did that come from? |
| 0:59.4 | I mean, I know this weekend they've been looking a little bit better. |
| 1:03.4 | But where? |
| 1:05.0 | Where did he pull that lap from? |
| 1:06.8 | It was beautiful. |
| 1:08.8 | Just watching him go around this temple of... |
| 1:11.6 | I mean, the temple of speed was exactly what it was. |
| 1:15.0 | And it was, we all bowed down to his greatness. |
| 1:18.0 | He just, every time, he just surprises you and you go, oh, okay, he's back. |
| 1:25.0 | He always surprises us, though, doesn't he? |
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