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The Monza race always takes place in September, but for the first time in first place. Despite the start of the calendar autumn, the weekend in the Royal Park was hot. During the day, the air warmed up to 30 degrees and the new black asphalt that was laid this year reached a temperature of 50 degrees.
There were two changes on Friday. At Williams, Franco Colapinto replaced Logan Sargent for the rest of the season. At Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli only got behind the wheel in the first practice session, during which the car crashed, but on Saturday it was announced that he will replace Lewis Hamilton in 2025.
Conditions in Monza were very different from the cool and rainy Zandvoort a week ago, but the balance of power remained virtually unchanged. On Friday and Saturday morning, Hamilton set the best time; Norris qualified. Piastri shared the front row of the grid with his partner, Russell and Leclerc started from second place, Sainz and Hamilton started from third place. Verstappen started the race in seventh place.
The tyre manufacturers brought the softest compounds on the podium: C3 as hard, C4 as medium and C5 as soft. In the race, Verstappen, Perez, Ocon, Tsunoda, Stroll and Bottas started on Hard, the rest started on Medium.
Cloudy sky. Dry. Air +34…33С, highway +54…45С
Norris kept the lead at the start, but was almost immediately overtaken by Piastri and Leclerc. Russell locked his tyres and lost four positions, Hulkenberg lost six after contact with Ricciardo and Daniel was given a five-second time penalty.
Top Ten in Round 2: Piastri – Leclerc – Norris – Sainz – Hamilton – Verstappen – Russell – Perez – Albon – Alonso.
After crashing into Tsunoda, Hulkenberg pitted, changed tyres and a nose cone on lap six and was given a ten-second penalty by the stewards. On lap eight, Tsunoda pitted and retired from the race.
On lap 11, Perez passed Russell for seventh place.
On lap 11 Gasly changed tyres, on lap 12 Russell received new tyres and a nose cone in place of the one that was injured at the start.
On the 12th lap Ricciardo made a pit stop, on the 13th – Alonso, on the 15th – Norris and Magnussen, on the 16th – Leclerc, Hamilton and Zhou. Due to the pit stop Norris was ahead of Leclerc.
Ricciardo served his pre-pit stop penalty incorrectly: the mechanic touched the car before five seconds had elapsed and was given a new 10-second penalty.
On the 17th lap Piastri and Colapinto changed tires, on the 18th – Albon, on the 20th – Sainz and Stroll.
Magnussen forced Gasly off the track – the stewards punished Kevin with a 10-second time penalty.
On lap 23, Verstappen changed tires – there was a problem replacing the right rear wheel.
On the 24th lap, Perez made a pit stop.
After dragging out the first segment, Ocon lost position after position. In the battle with Riccardo, Gasly locked his tires and cut the second chicane.
The McLaren drivers led confidently, trading laps – sometimes by a thousandth of a second – but Piastri gradually pulled away from Norris.
On lap 30 Colapinto passed Gasly for 15th place.
Top Ten in Round 30: Piastri – Norris – Leclerc – Sainz – Hamilton – Verstappen – Perez – Russell – Alonso – Ocon.
Russell attacked Perez into the first corner but spun off the track and regained the position.
On lap 32 Norris made a mistake in turn four and Leclerc quickly closed the gap. Raam changed tyres.
On lap 33, Norris changed tyres – there was a small problem with the mounting of the right front wheel – and returned to the track behind Verstappen.
On lap 33 Hulkenberg pitted, on lap 34 – Russell and Bottas – George had a problem with the right rear wheel.
On the 36th lap Perez and Alonso changed tires, on the 37th – Stroll. Perez and Russell were ahead of Albon.
On the 38th lap Hamilton made a pit stop, on the 39th Piastri.
Russell passed Perez for eighth place.
In 41st place, Norris overtook Verstappen for fourth place.
On lap 42, Verstappen changed tires. Russell overtook Magnussen.
On lap 45 Piastri overtook Sainz for second place.
Top Ten in Round 46: Leclerc – Piastri – Sainz – Norris – Hamilton – Verstappen – Russell – Magnussen – Perez – Albon.
On lap 46, Alonso overtook Ricciardo for 11th place.
On lap 48 Norris overtook Sainz for third place.
Top Ten in Round 50: Leclerc – Piastri – Norris – Sainz – Hamilton – Verstappen – Russell – Perez – Magnussen – Albon.
On lap 52 Stroll pitted and switched to Soft.
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To the delight of the crowd, Charles Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix, scoring his second victory of the season and the seventh of his career.
Oscar Piastri finished second, with Lando Norris taking third place on the podium.
There are now only eight points between Red Bull and McLaren in the Constructors’ Championship. In two weeks, the fight will continue on the city highway in Baku.
Race results
| Pilot | Team | Time | Speed | Piet |
| 1. S. Leclerc | Ferrari | – | 1 | |
| 2. O. Piastri | McLaren | +2,664 | 2 | |
| 3. L. Norris | McLaren | +6,153 | 2 | |
| 4. K. Sainz | Ferrari | +15,621 | 1 | |
| 5. L. Hamilton | Mercedes | +22.820 | 2 | |
| 6. M. Verstappen | Red Bull | +37,932 | 2 | |
| 7. D.Russell | Mercedes | +39.715 | 2 | |
| 8. C.Perez | Red Bull | +54.148 | 2 | |
| 9. A. Albon | Williams | +67.456 | 1 | |
| 10. K. Magnussen | Hare | +68.302 | 1 | |
| 11. F. Alonso | Aston Martin | +68.495 | 2 | |
| 12. F. Colapinto | Williams | +81.308 | 1 | |
| 13. D.Ricciardo | RB | +93.452 | 1 | |
| 14. E.Okon | Alps | +1 round | 1 | |
| 15. P.Gasly | Alps | +1 round | 2 | |
| 16. V. Bottas | Sauber | +1 round | 1 | |
| 17. N. Hulkenberg | Hare | +1 round | 2 | |
| 18. G. Zhou | Sauber | +1 round | 1 | |
| 19. L. Walk | Aston Martin | +1 round | 3 |
Best round: Lando Norris (McLaren) – 1:21.432 (53rd lap, 256.100 km/h)
Reasons for the meetings
| Pilot | Team | Kroogov | Cause |
| Yu.Tsunoda | 7 | technical problems |
Championship Position: Individual Competition
Championship Position: Constructors Championship
| Team | Engine | Glasses | |
| = | 1. Oracle Red Bull Racing | Honda RBPT | 446 |
| = | 2. McLaren F1 Team | Mercedes | 438 |
| = | 3. Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 407 |
| = | 4. Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team | Mercedes | 292 |
| = | 5. Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | Mercedes | 74 |
| = | 6. Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | Honda RBPT | 34 |
| = | 7. MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | Ferrari | 28 |
| = | 8. BWT Alpine F1 Team | Renault | 13 |
| = | 9.Williams Racing | Mercedes | 6 |
Source: F1 News
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