Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc celebrated the seventh race victory of his career in Monza, Italy. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was sixth.
Ferrari celebrated the victory of the Italian Formula One race Charles Leclerc. The Monaco native took the seventh GP victory of his career. Leclerc had won once before at Monza in 2019.
The 26-year-old Leclerc celebrated wildly when he reached the finish line.
– Mamma mia, mamma mia, Monaco party on team radio.
– An incredible feeling. The feelings in the last laps were the same as in 2019, when I won here last time, Leclerc rejoiced in the interview.
McLaren, who drove a strong weekend, took second place on the podium Oscar Piastri. The podium place was the seventh of the Australian’s career. Started the race from the pole position and is still fighting for the drivers’ world championship Lando Norris was third.
Piastr’s start was better than the McLaren drivers, as he left Norris behind at the start.
During the race, McLaren gave Norris permission to seriously fight for the podium places against his teammate Piastr, but Norris could not match the pace of his two years younger teammate.
The race of Norris, who started from the pole position, was also marked by a collision with a safety cone before going to the pits.
– I am disappointed. Ferrari did a great job today, their car was better and Lerclerc was definitely the best, Norris described his feelings after the race.
In the race, Ferrari relied on its hard choice of tires and the drivers only visited the pits once during the race. Ferrari co-driver Carlos Sainz was fourth.
– I did a lot of things right today. In my position, the one-stop tactic seemed like a risky game. Maybe it would have been worth taking. Finishing second hurts, Piastri lamented in an interview.
The last time a race was won in Monza without the safety car coming to the track was in 2011.
The drivers’ world championship got tighter when it was led by Red Bull Max Verstappen was sixth in the race and his worst rival Norris got an extra point for the fastest lap time in Italy.
The difference between the drivers at the top is 60 points. If Norris had won, the difference would have been 50 points.
Red Bull’s co-driver Sergio Perez was eighth.
Russell has a tough start
From the grid, three Mercedes that started in Monza George Russell drifted off the track in the corner at the end of the starting straight after the space became tight. However, Russell was able to continue the race without damage. Russell was allowed to continue the race despite slight damage to the car’s wing. The British driver ended up seventh.
Alpha Tauri, who started from the 16th grid Yuki Tsunoda had to stop already in the seventh lap due to a technical fault.
Bottas 16th
Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas was currently ninth in the competition. The Finn, who started 19th on the grid, ended up 16th in the Italian GP, leaving behind, among other things, his teammate Zhou Guanyuan.
The Formula 1 series continues next in Azerbaijan on the 13th-15th. September There are eight races left in the season and Max Verstappen leads the drivers’ World Championship statistics ahead of Lando Norris.
Story edited at 17:52. The part about Kevin Magnussen’s bumping during the race has been removed.