Lewis Hamilton scorched to his fourth pole this year and the 23rd of his career on Saturday when he outpaced all his rivals as McLaren dominated qualifying for Sunday’s Italian GP.

The 27-year-old Briton pushed all the speculation over his future aside as he clocked a best lap of one minute and 24.010 seconds to set the pace before McLaren teammate and compatriot Jenson Button joined him on the front in the closingseconds.