While the tribunes in the Royal Park were filled with red, the front of the grid at Monza had a distinctly orange hue, with McLaren enjoying their second front-row lockout in four races.
The last time they managed this, at the Hungaroring, it translated into a one-two finish – but Monza on Sunday offers rather more variables.
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