Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crossed the line in first place at the Italian GP to take his 7th victory and 2nd this season. The Monegasque finished ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
On his way to a 2nd victory at Monza circuit, Charles Leclerc came from 3rd place.
The race was pretty settled down as a duel between McLaren drivers for a victory with Oscar Piastri overcoming the initial duel. Rivals underlooked Ferrari’s one-stop strategy as everyone did a 2-stop strategy.
In the end, Piastri was unable to dispatch the second Ferrari driver to retake first place.
Championship leader Max Verstappen finished in 6th place.
The Pole-sitter Lando Norris loses two positions in the initial lap of the Italian GP.
After a better getaway into Second Chicane, the young Australian overtook his teammate around the outside. Briton could not carry speed into Lesmo’s enabling Charles Leclerc to steal a second place.
Another loser of the initial Italian GP phase is George Russell who had to slalom around a foam after a minor excursion on the grass which promptly led to a loss of 4 positions.
The situation stabilised with McLaren’s and Ferrari’s sharing the first 4 places. A notable observation is that both Red Bull drivers are the only ones in points allocating positions on the hard tires.
Yuki Tsunoda becomes the first retiree after the summer break after a sidepod contact with Nico Hülkenberg.
A quarter into the Italian GP George Russell’s chances of any positive result fade away as Russell is forced into an early stop to switch a damaged front wrong after a lap 1 shenanigans.
Piastri built a lead of 3 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Leclerc while his teammate pits for undercut strategy on Monegasque.
Presumably first and final pitstop gives Norris a successful undercut over Leclerc. However, Briton could be under investigation for potential speeding in a pitlane.
Halfway into the race, both Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez are the final drivers to perform a pitstop at the Italian GP.
Verstappen’s 3 seconds-slower stop ruled him out of contention for a recovery driver after a horrid Saturday.
The Nature of Monza’s circuit with a lot of straights meant that cars in this generation would simply follow each other while being stuck in dirty air. Most of the action happens down into turn 1.
Battle for the victory is now heavily contested between two McLaren drivers with a gap fluctuating between 2 and 2.5 seconds.
On lap 32 Piastri’s gap suddenly rose to 5 seconds with Norris losing control of the car in turn 3.
Lando Norris goes for another set of hard tires leaving a track between two Red Bull’s. Briton’s pace on the previous set of hard tires seemingly did not lead to a potential attack on Oscar Piastri.
A sudden switch to a 2-stop strategy is widely regarded due to a fresh and abrasive asphalt surface as both McLaren’s, Mercedes’ and Perez are the first ones to head for another set of hard tires.
Piastri successfully ‘retakes net lead’ of a race coming out on track ahead of Verstappen and Perez.
Ferrari drivers tried to go for a one-stop strategy as Piastri chases them on very new tires.
Lando Norris finally dispatches Max Verstappen on lap 42 to take 4th place.
Piastri’s hunt for victory is on its way as Piastri overtakes Sainz into Ascari’s chicane.
6 laps to go Norris overtook Sainz on a back-straight for the final spot on the podium.
Ferrari’s one-stop strategy successfully keeps Piastri behind to give Leclerc a second victory on this legendary circuit.