Australian Daniel Ricciardo has finished ninth in qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole on Saturday.

Hamilton broke Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s recent stranglehold on pole position by qualifying ahead of the championship leader.

Rosberg had taken four straight poles and six of the last seven.

Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 24.109 seconds at the Monza circuit, Rosberg was second in 1:24.383 and Valtteri Bottas of Williams qualified third in 1:24.697.

It’s Hamilton’s fifth pole of the season and 36th of his career.

Red Bull’s Ricciardo, who sits third on the leaderboard, clocked 1:26.721 and will be aiming to extend his two-race winning streak after claiming the Hungarian and Belgian grand prixs.

Rosberg enters Sunday’s race with a 29-point lead over Hamilton in the drivers’ standings – the biggest it has been all season.