Italian GP 2018: 3 learnings from Kimi's epic pole-lap at Monza 

#3 Raikkonen helps Ferrari clinch their first-pole at Monza since 2010

It could be anyone's race at Monza 2018

In many ways, the events that unfurled during the final qualifying run on Saturday signified a landmark moment for Ferrari and its driver in the car no.7, Kimi Raikkonen.

At a track where Ferrari's last pole came way back in time, in 2010, in the form of Alonso

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s pole-position, which he'd go on to defend; converting it into a win, Kimi Raikkonen helped Ferrari break a jinx that troubled the Scuderia's woes for 8 long years.

In so doing, the Iceman did prove something to his critics; a breed for whom he's often, "laggard", "flippant," and, even "phlegmatic" that he can still hold on to his own in front of the very best names on the grid.

Whether Raikkonen goes on to convert the pole-position- his first since the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix- would clearly depend as much on his own hands as on the hands of his team, who, in the past, have pushed Vettel ahead of Kimi, following a highly-debated stand of following 'team-orders.'