Pierre Gasly felt he was 'robbed' on Friday after losing his Monaco Grand Prix podium but turned it around with pole position for the Italian Grand Prix. Just one day after the FIA International Court of Appeal reinstated Gasly's pit lane speeding penalties, the Alpine driver hit back with his maiden Formula 1 pole.

Gasly has always shown plenty of emotion and was furious after finding out McLaren and Red Bull's appeals of the Monaco race result led to the return of his two five-second time penalties for speeding. In June, Alpine had successfully won a right of review that saw the penalties removed as they proved Gasly was not speeding due to an incorrect measurement of the pit lane distance.

'It's been nine years I'm in Formula 1, trying to, give my best absolutely every single weekend and it's not every time we get a car to fight for pole position,' said Gasly. 'Today it was the case and, yeah, I'm really, really happy, really proud to have seized this chance and to make it work. It was a heck of a lap.'

Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen added: 'When you think what the mood was in the camp when we got the result from Monaco, which honestly is going to annoy me for the rest of my life, it's a nice way to bounce back with pole position. It's lovely.'