The result of Sprint Quali was pretty much in line with the performance level seen yesterday in qualifying.
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Lance delivered a strong drive to P10 in today's sprint, and is therefore well placed to score points in tomorrow's feature race.
The early safety car gave the tyres some respite, but the soft performed better than expected, with very low levels of degradation despite the warm temperatures.
We managed to gain some positions in today's Sprint Qualifying, which was our objective. Tomorrow we will start the race with Fernando in tenth and Esteban in twelfth.
After a solid FP2, today's Sprint Qualifying has not been kind to either of our drivers.
Everything went well and we picked up a few spots for tomorrow - that's the only thing we can do.
Valtteri Bottas wins the second sprint of the season ahead of Max Verstappen, as poor start sees Lewis Hamilton drop to fifth behind the McLarens.
Saturday practice session poses more questions than it answers, as pace-setter Mercedes give little away in terms of strategy for the remainder of the Monza weekend.
F1 MD, Ross Brawn has revealed that the sport is pondering making Sprint races standalone events that would no longer decide the grid for the Grand Prix.
The Monza stewards have fined Aston Martin and Alpine following incidents during qualifying for the Sprint.
Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after the team opted to change his engine ahead of Sprint qualifying.