{"id":45683,"date":"2026-09-06T11:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/45683\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:11:05","slug":"adjusted-starting-grid-for-2026-f1-italian-grand-prix-after-multiple-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/45683\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusted starting grid for 2026 F1 Italian Grand Prix after multiple penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Gasly will lead the F1 field away from pole position after taking an unexpected pole position at the Italian Grand Prix.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Alpine driver powered his way to the top spot ahead of George Russell, in what was the closest Q3 battle in F1 history.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The starting grid has been significantly disrupted due to the application of multiple penalties.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying in third place, Oscar Piastri was punished for impeding Liam Lawson, and has subsequently dropped to sixth.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Championship leader Kimi Antonelli is one of several drivers who have dropped down the order due to an engine penalty, with Mercedes opting to fit a new power unit for the weekend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Lawson and Williams&#8217; Alex Albon are also due to start at the back of the field, with Lawson being further relegated to the pit-lane on Sunday morning after parc ferme issues, and will be joined there by Fernando Alonso&#8217;s Aston Martin following engine component changes.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Grid remains provisional until officially confirmed by the FIA.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierre Gasly will lead the F1 field away from pole position after taking an unexpected pole position at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6175,6178,6176,6179,6177,2599,101,5,4646,6174,6173,6172],"class_list":["post-45683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-italy","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-italy","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}