Andrea Kimi Antonelli bounced again from his Zandvoort woes, taking a sensational win at Monza. Right here’s how the drivers fared on the Components 1 Italian Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old prolonged his championship lead after benefiting from Mercedes’ technique name to disclaim team-mate George Russell the Italian GP, turning into the primary Italian driver in 60 years to win at Monza.
Kimi Antonelli: 10
Grid Place: P19, Race Consequence: P1
Antonelli got here into his residence race off the again of a relative dry spell – profitable just one out of the final 5 races.
To make issues trickier, the German marque determined Monza can be the best monitor for the Italian to take his ‘mandated’ engine penalty.
Beginning the 53-lap race from nineteenth, nonetheless, the 20-year-old drove an impressed first lap. By the point the pink flag was known as out for Charles Leclerc’s huge 60G shunt, Antonelli was already operating as excessive as twelfth.
The restart noticed the Italian dispatch six extra rivals with ease on the primary lap. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than the championship chief was proper on the gearbox of his team-mate Russell. What ensued was a sensational back-and-forth of the race lead between the Mercedes duo, lap after lap after lap.
Lance Stroll’s stricken AMR26 known as out the VSC, giving Mercedes simply what they wanted to separate their drivers on monitor. However regardless of Russell holding the lead at that second, the crew known as Antonelli into the pits for a set of brand-new Medium tyres.
From there on, the Italian put up a stellar cost, ultimately getting previous his team-mate and finishing a historic comeback from the very again of the grid to win his residence race in solely his sophomore 12 months within the sport.
A flawless efficiency that sees him head into the Spanish GP weekend with an prolonged 66-point lead over Russell within the championship standings.
George Russell: 8.5
Grid Place: P2, Race Consequence: P2
Russell did all he might to safe his possibilities of victory at Monza. He bought forward of pole-sitter Pierre Gasly after the primary begin and stored his nostril forward on the restart. However the pink flag interval was most likely the place it began to unravel for the Mercedes driver.
The Brackley-based crew determined to alleviate the Briton of his Medium compound beginning tyres for the extra sturdy Hards. With no new set of Mediums out there, his finest guess was to complete the race with out one other pit cease.
Mercedes break up methods to make sure each vehicles took the chequered flag, and it fell in Antonelli’s favour, who took the preliminary begin on the Onerous tyres and had an additional set of recent Mediums to spare in the course of the VSC cease.
Whether or not Russell threw away the ‘finest technique’ is one thing that Mercedes wants to determine within the debrief. However Russell fell additional again within the championship to Antonelli with no obvious fault of his personal. However, a powerful end result for the trailing championship contender as he heads into the inaugural race weekend on the Madring.
Max Verstappen: 9
Grid Place: P5, Race Consequence: P3
The Dutchman led the 53-lap race momentarily, however the W17’s race tempo was all an excessive amount of for his RB22 in any case. Verstappen’s third-place end on Sunday, due to this fact, grew to become his first podium at Monza which was not a race win.
The Pink Bull driver tried his darndest to maintain up with the squabbling duo of Russell and Antonelli within the opening section of the Grand Prix, however the spherical of pit stops lastly put a niche between him and the main duo that proved to be insurmountable.
That mentioned, he put up a valiant displaying in opposition to the McLarens. Placing his Zandvoort heartbreak behind him, Verstappen ensured that he stood on the rostrum for the primary time because the summer season break.
Liam Lawson: 5
Grid Place: P22, Race Consequence: P14
After a stellar maiden outing with the RB22 at Zandvoort two weeks in the past, Lawson seemingly slumped again into the shape that noticed him axed from the Milton-Keynes based mostly crew solely three rounds into the 2025 season.
An engine penalty for the Kiwi driver meant he began the race from the pit lane – that mentioned, he wasn’t threatening the highest 10 anyway, after being knocked out in Q2 on Saturday (although he was actually impeded on his last run by Piastri).
The 53-lap race was a ‘ irritating’ affair for Lawson, who misplaced a considerable chunk of his entrance wing after contact with Nico Hulkenberg on the restart.
With Isack Hadjar inching nearer to resuming his Pink Bull racing duties with every passing day, Lawson might have missed a golden alternative to audition for a front-running seat on the crew, or elsewhere, final weekend.
Lando Norris: 8
Grid Place: P8, Race Consequence: P4
After profitable back-to-back races in Hungary and the Netherlands, Norris was introduced again to actuality by the MCL40’s ineptness on the Temple of Velocity.
McLaren’s package deal didn’t appear to be the benchmark for the sphere anymore. Brake points in qualifying noticed the reigning F1 World Champion solely in a position to submit the eighth-fastest lap of Q3.
Within the race, the relative proximity by way of outright efficiency between the MCL40 and its rivals noticed Norris lose the vast majority of his race time scrapping with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Gasly and his team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Nonetheless, it was a stable outing by the McLaren driver who, after having fun with a “good battle” with Piastri all through the 53-lap race, has sharpened his instincts heading into the Spanish GP.
Oscar Piastri: 7.5
Grid Place: P6, Race Consequence: P5
Piastri gave the impression to be on the again foot in comparison with Norris all through the Friday and Saturday follow classes. However he turned that round in Q3, out-qualifying the Briton for the fifth time this season.
Come race day, Piastri was the lead McLaren driver for almost all of the race – operating as excessive as internet P3 on the highway. However a fast-charging Antonelli and a resolute Verstappen pushed him into the clutches of Hamilton and Norris.
And, within the dying embers of the 53-lap race, the Australian relinquished fourth place to his team-mate, rounding off a considerably lukewarm Italian GP for the Woking-based crew.
Lewis Hamilton: 7
Grid Place: P4, Race Consequence: P6
Hamilton might have discovered his mojo again below the most recent F1 technical rule-set, however the gremlins of the previous which have denied the Maranello-based crew have lastly caught as much as the seven-time World Champion.
Regardless of a second-row beginning grid, the Briton was compelled deep right into a time-consuming battle with the McLarens and Alpine’s Gasly after a Lap 1 contact with team-mate Leclerc noticed him compelled onto the gravel and plummeting down the order.
And whereas he did claw again locations on the restart, Ferrari’s determination to not pit him in the course of the VSC meant Hamilton was at all times combating with one hand tied behind his again.
After the race, the Ferrari driver was drawn to comparisons together with his former crew, Mercedes – the 42-year-old believing that every one he might do is drive, and an absence of written “guidelines of engagement” on the Scuderia will at all times value him and the crew factors.
Charles Leclerc: N/A
Grid Place: P3, Race Consequence: DNF
The Monegasque’s Italian GP ended as quickly because it had began. A banging of wheels into the primary chicane with Hamilton then became a drag race across the Curva Grande with Gasly.
Having relinquished P2 to the Frenchman, Leclerc was then handed on the within at Parabolica by Piastri. Holding place on the surface, nonetheless, the Ferrari driver demanded an excessive amount of of his rears, getting on the ability early.
In an nearly carbon copy of his 2020 shunt on the similar spot, his SF-26 veered off monitor and into the boundaries. Leclerc suffered an enormous 60G shunt however was cleared by the medical centre afterwards.
Pierre Gasly: 7.5
Grid Place: P1, Race Consequence: P7
After a sensational pole lap in Q3 on Saturday, many questioned if the A526’s one-lap tempo would translate into Gasly’s first win since 2020 (coincidentally at Monza, too).
It was fairly clear after the beginning that it could not. From there on, it was solely a matter of how excessive Gasly might end the 53-lap race.
On the restart, the Frenchman began from P2 however was rapidly swallowed by Verstappen, Hamilton, Piastri and Antonelli in successive laps because the pit wall instructed him to start out taking care of his tyres.
Within the grand scheme of issues, a P7 end on the chequered flag is a stellar end result for the Enstone-based crew, however in hindsight, the Anglo-French marque can be mulling over what might have been with out the pink flag interruption.
Franco Colapinto: 7
Grid Place: P7, Race Consequence: P9
It was an ecstatic begin to the Italian GP for the Argentinian racing driver. Fast wits in the course of the first begin noticed Colapinto dump all of his battery on the principle straight, seeing Leclerc within the wall and anticipating not less than a Security Automotive.
This meant he was in a position to overtake Piastri and get himself into fourth because the pink flag was known as out.
The restart noticed Colapinto getting his elbows out as soon as once more – operating as excessive as third – however battling Verstappen noticed him run broad on the first of the Lesmos and into the gravel lure.
He did undertake a valiant comeback drive from there onwards, taking the chequered flag in ninth for double factors for Alpine. However after the race, Colapinto was overcome with feelings, and understandably so for lacking out on an enormous “alternative for the crew and myself.”
Arvid Lindblad: 8
Grid Place: P9, Race Consequence: P8
2026’s rookie of the 12 months was sandwiched between the Alpine drivers on the chequered flag on Sunday.
He prolonged his points-scoring streak with a stable eighth-place end. Admittedly, the A526 was a worthy opponent, with Lindblad conceding that the Enstone-based crew was the “sooner” package deal out on monitor.
However comparatively, shedding just one place to pole-sitter Gasly and a useful haul of factors are the positives the British-Swedish driver ought to deservedly take away from Monza.
Yuki Tsunoda: 8.5
Grid Place: P15, Race Consequence: P10
A tough qualifying on Saturday put Tsunoda on the again foot. However to the credit score of the Japanese racing driver, he dragged the VCARB 03 into the factors in solely his second full-time expertise with the all-new 2026 laws.
Tsunoda’s Tenth-place end on the chequered flag has helped Racing Bulls eke out a 13-point lead over Alpine in its quest for P5 within the Constructors’ championship.
Gabriel Bortoleto: 6.5
Grid Place: P10, Race Consequence: P11
Monza was the third race operating for Bortoleto ending outdoors the factors. What’s extra regarding is that it was the second race in a row the place the Brazilian racing driver began contained in the factors solely to filter out of the highest 10 on the chequered flag.
Lacking out on Q3 by the slimmest of margins, Bortoleto was elevated into P10 after accounting for Antonelli’s grid drop. However after sluggish begins, one thing Bortoleto agreed Audi must work on, he was solely in a position to take the chequered flag in eleventh.
Nico Hulkenberg: 6
Grid Place: P12, Race Consequence: P12
Hulkenberg’s run of points-scoring finishes got here to an finish at Monza on Sunday. Consecutive Q2 eliminations noticed him begin the race from twelfth on the grid.
The German driver struggled all through the 53-lap race on a power-sensitive monitor like Monza. The works Audi energy unit remains to be lagging behind a few of its direct rivals, and Hulkenberg conceded that one of the best he might have extracted from the automobile was twelfth.
Carlos Sainz: 6
Grid Place: P13, Race Consequence: P13
Monza was Sainz’s eighth consecutive race with out factors for the Grove-based crew.
After failing to make it into the highest 10 shootout on Saturday, it was at all times going to be a tall order for the Spaniard to make a bid for the factors.
That mentioned, with the ability to maintain onto his grid slot on the chequered flag was an indication that Williams had gotten its race proper by way of execution. That is the constructive that Sainz shall take with him into his first correct residence GP on the Madring, this weekend.
Alex Albon: 6
Grid Place: P20, Race Consequence: P17
The British-Thai driver was due for an enormous grid drop after taking a brand new engine at the back of his FW48.
Beginning the 53-lap race from twentieth, Albon “gambled” on the pink flag restart by opting to go until the top on a single set of Onerous tyres.
That mentioned, it turned out to be an excessive amount of to ask, as he misplaced a considerable chunk of tyre efficiency in the direction of the top of his stint regardless of operating as excessive as thirteenth.
In the long run, he capped off one other disappointing weekend with Williams with a Seventeenth-place end on the chequered flag.
Oliver Bearman: 5
Grid Place: P11, Race Consequence: P15
Bearman was optimistic heading into the Italian GP weekend. Haas has fallen behind its rivals within the developmental battle, however an upgraded Ferrari PU at the back of his VF-26 and suite of upgrades for the chassis promised to ship a “evening and day distinction” in competitiveness.
However regardless of a powerful sixth-row grid slot, the Briton solely went backwards. Taking the chequered flag in fifteenth, Bearman prolonged his point-less streak, subsisting because the Monaco GP in June.
Esteban Ocon: 6
Grid Place: P14, Race Consequence: P16
Ocon has been on an analogous dismal streak as his team-mate, although he loved a steadier 53-lap run at Monza on Sunday.
The Frenchman’s opening stint was a powerful one, seeing him briefly within the factors. However from there onwards, his VF-26 lacked any actual tempo to threaten the factors.
Ocon seemingly summed up Haas’ Italian GP weekend completely when he mentioned, “I don’t suppose we had been fast sufficient.”
Sergio Perez: 5
Grid Place: P17, Race Consequence: P18
Perez fell backwards from his Seventeenth-place grid slot on the chequered flag. However the Mexican racing driver had fairly just a few positives to remove from Monza.
Cadillac managed to get each its vehicles throughout the end line this time, and Perez believes that the Spanish GP can be a “higher alternative” for the Basic-Motors-backed venture to get nearer to the midfield pack.
Valtteri Bottas: 4.5
Grid Place: P16, Race Consequence: P19
Whereas each Bottas and his team-mate Perez have struggled for outcomes this season, the Finnish racing driver has discovered it seemingly harder to extract no matter Cadillac’s package deal has to supply in comparison with Perez.
It was one more robust outing for the previous Mercedes driver as though he began forward of his team-mate in sixteenth, fell all the best way again to nineteenth – taking the chequered flag the final of the categorised finishers.
Lance Stroll: N/A
Grid Place: P18, Race Consequence: DNF
The Canadian racing driver reached a milestone final weekend, albeit an undesirable one. Unable to proceed by way of to Q2, Stroll grew to become the primary F1 driver to have endured 100 Q1 eliminations – mockingly on the Temple of Velocity.
The race, too, was one other disappointing footnote in his profession, with a hydraulics subject together with his AMR26 forcing him to retire from the Italian GP.
Fernando Alonso: N/A
Grid Place: P21, Race Consequence: DNF
Alonso had predicted a tough weekend of racing for Aston Martin at Monza. The crew’s radical B-spec AMR26 had thrived at Zandvoort’s slender and twisty structure, the place chassis was king.
However on the power-sensitive Monza circuit, Honda’s works PU was uncovered for its utter lack of competitiveness. Engine points compromised his qualifying, and his race additionally got here to a untimely finish on Lap 23.
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