Formula Journal

Before lights out, it was bad news for Nico Hulkenberg as he was instructed to retire the car.

Lap 1 Lando ran off into the grass after trying to pass Oscar as Max cut off the corner whilst Lando was overtaking him. Max was told to give P1 back to Lando. Oscar overtook Charles for P3 but not for long as Charles fought to regain his position. Lap 4 Lando locked up and Max took advantage to reclaim P1, a couple laps later Pastri was back up to P3.

Esteban Ocon was given a 5 second penalty for forcing Stroll off the track. Lap 18 Kimi Antonelli moved up into P9 after overtaking Tsunoda.

Lap 25 Alonso had to retire after experiencing suspension failure. 5 laps later Max’s front tyres were blistering causing his performance to slowly degrade.

Lap 34 Leclerc pitted and came out in P6. A couple of laps later Verstappen came into the pits leaving Lando out infront. Lap 41 Bearman and Sainz crashed but both were able to carry on racing. Bearman receiving a 10 second penalty.

With 10 laps to go Oscar was closing in on his teammate when he came into the pits for soft tyres. The next lap Lando came in for softs too but unfortunately had a very slow stop. Piastri let Norris past with McLaren telling them they were free to race.

Verstappen won the Italian GP.

Top 10: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Albon, Bortoleto, Antonelli, Hadjar