It was billed as a Ferrari battle with McLaren for pole position at Monza. But everyone's party was spoiled by Max Verstappen who came from nowhere to snatch top spot in qualifying from Lando Norris . And second place was an impressive feat in itself for the Brit, who was fastest in practice but endured a messy qualifying which threatened to further damage his title hopes. But with his very last lap he found significant improvement to put his McLaren one place ahead of team-mate and