Monza: THE Italian Grand Prix

Those first three laps were an intense battle between the top 4 drivers, Verstappen, Norris, Piastri and home hero Leclerc. There was overtaking and tyre bumping between Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc but the Ferrari simply showed the world that at Monza their straight line speed is undeniably quick. The battle between Leclerc and Piastri ended when Oscar took back P3.

During a post-race interview Charles explained that he “overheated” his tyres during the battle against Oscar. The Ferrari lost a lot of pace after that manging to climb its way back to P4 and Lewis Hamilton made a great comeback after starting P10 due to a penalty finishing the race in P6.

Though Hamilton’s hope has been reignited after a weekend in front of the Ferrari fans, the drivers at McLaren missed out on battle to finalise podium positions due to an unusually slow pit stop which took place for Lando Norris, letting his teammate pass him by but the positions were switched back under team orders allowing Norris to finish the race on the second step of the podium.

The Williams of Alex Albon once again bought home points for himself and Williams whereas his teammate Carlos Sainz finished just outside of the points. Aston martin started the weekend well but Sunday was not their day with Alonso out due to a suspension failure and Stroll just did not have enough pace to keep up with the rest of grid.

Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber was retired before the race even began due to a hydraulics problem. Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto both finished in the points. Both Estaban Ocon and Kimi Antonelli both served 5 second penalties for minor track incidents. The checkered flag was waved and just like that Monza was over for another year.