It was Daniel Ricciardo who took a sensational first victory since Monaco 2018, and McLaren’s first victory since the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2012.
He led for more or less the whole race, resisting initial pressure from Max Verstappen. However the Red Bull would suffer a slow pitstop, which dropped him behind Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, however at the first chicane he attempted to get past the Mercedes and the pair made contact in dramatic fashion, putting both out of the race and no doubt increasing the tension between the two.
In the ensuing safety car, Charles Leclerc got ahead of Lando Norris, but the McLaren managed to get back past in a bold pass at Curva Grande, completing a McLaren 1-2 for the first time since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez finished in third but a 5 second time penalty for passing off the track dropped him to fifth. This promoted Valtteri Bottas, who fought his way from the back, to third and Charles Leclerc to fourth.
Carlos Sainz finished in sixth ahead of Lance Stroll in seventh and Fernando Alonso in eighth. George Russell finished in ninth, taking a couple of points for Williams, whilst Esteban Ocon rounds out the top 10.
Nicholas Latifi just missed out on points to finish in eleventh ahead of Sebastian Vettel in twelfth and Antonio Giovinazzi in thirteenth, who’s race was ruined after contact on the first lap sent him round and forced him to pit for a new front wing. Robert Kubica finished in fourteenth whilst Mick Schumacher rounded out the finishers in fifteenth, after a difficult day where he was hit by his team-mate.
There were 5 retirements. Nikita Mazepin retired with mechanical issues, both Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen retired after their collision, whilst AlphaTauri had a miserable day, Yuki Tsunoda being unable to start the race due to mechanical trouble, and Pierre Gasly retiring with mechanical trouble as well early on.
Here is the result of the Italian Grand Prix.
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