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Saturday qualifying for the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix provided fans with one of the most enthralling sessions we've seen so far in the turbo-hybrid era.

Lewis Hamilton managed to hold off the charging Red Bulls of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen to take a famous 99th career Pole Position. However, with Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas well down the pecking order in eighth, the British driver has it all to do from the front of the grid.

Ferrari had a rather mixed session, with Charles Leclerc starting the race from an impressive fourth, whilst new teammate Carlos Sainz lines up 11th, after failing to qualify for Q3.

Elsewhere on the grid, the McLaren drivers line up sixth and seventh, with a track limits violation denying Lando Norris of what would have been a career-best qualifying position on the second row.

Esteban Ocon out-qualified Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso to earn ninth, while Aston Martin's Lance Stroll rounds out the top 10.

See the full starting grid for the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix below.

Starting Grid: F1 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

1.	Hamilton	Mercedes
2.	Perez	Red Bull
3.	Verstappen	Red Bull
4.	Leclerc	Ferrari
5.	Gasly	Alpha Tauri
6.	Ricciardo	McLaren
7.	Norris	McLaren
8.	Bottas	Mercedes
9.	Ocon	Alpine
10.	Stroll	Aston Martin
11.	Sainz	Ferrari
12.	Russell	Williams
13.	Vettel	Aston Martin
14.	Latifi	Williams
15.	Alonso	Alpine
16.	Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo
17.	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo
18.	Schumacher	Haas
19.	Mazepin	Haas
20.	Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri

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