A battling performance from Charles Leclerc saw
the Monegasque claim his second win in as many weekends, taking a brilliant Italian
Grand Prix victory for Ferrari, the Scuderia’s first at Monza since 2010, as he
saw off a late-race push from Mercedes Valtteri Bottas.
Leclerc became a first-time Grand Prix winner
last weekend in Belgium. But while that victory would undoubtedly have been
special, winning at Monza in his first race here as a Ferrari driver – claiming
the Scuderia’s first Italian Grand Prix win since Fernando Alonso’s victory
nine years ago – will doubtless have turned the 21-year-old Leclerc into a national hero in Italy.
Bottas, therefore, came home second, while
Hamilton completed the podium – with Sebastian Vettel having dramatically spun
his Ferrari out of contention for the second consecutive Italian Grand
Prix early on in the race.
A fantastic day for Renault saw Daniel Ricciardo
claim a season’s best fourth place ahead of teammate Nico Hulkenberg in sixth.
Despite starting eighth – rather than 17th last weekend – Red Bull’s Alex Albon
ended up one place lower than he had done in Spa, coming home in sixth, ahead
of the Racing Point of Sergio Perez, who just managed to hold off Red Bull’s
Max Verstappen, who ended up eighth having started P19. Antonio Giovinazzi
chose an opportune moment to score just his second points-finish of the year,
coming home ninth for Alfa Romeo, while Lando Norris completed the top 10 for
McLaren.
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