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The measured course of the Italian race was interrupted by the descent of the unsuspecting Kevin Magnussen on lap 18. It was at this moment that everything turned upside down.
Lewis Hamilton, who was leading confidently from the start, drove to the pits at a time when the judges had already announced the closure of the pit lane due to the safety car regime to evacuate Dane’s Haas. The season leader was sanctioned with a 10-second free stop, for which he fell back a lot.
Equally important, many drivers from the second half of the peloton managed to change tires before the pits closed, bringing representatives from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and even Williams to the lead group.
On the first lap after the restart, Charles Leclair, who was in fourth place, wrecked the car at Parabolic and the race was stopped with red flags.
By the rules, this gave riders the opportunity to change tires and became a “free pit stop” for Lance Stroll, who was the only one who stayed on the same slicks that he started on.
The Canadian was second behind Hamilton and appeared to be the main contender for victory, but got off to a poor start from the spot, losing to Pierre Gasly, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi.
When Lewis went to serve the penalty – the same punishment was handed down to Giovinazzi – Gasley took the lead and began to separate from the rivals who were trapped behind Kimi. These circles were decisive for Pierre and AlphaTauri on the way to their first victory.
As a result, the 2007 world champion quickly fell back, not even winning points at the end, but Carlos Sainz, who became second, only managed to catch up with the leader: he did not have time to seriously attack Gasly and lost four tenths down the line. goal.
The Spaniard initially looked like a contender for a serious result: after an excellent start, he was second in the race, yielding to Hamilton and ahead of his teammate Lando Norris.
However, Sainz, like other drivers among the leaders, had to make a pit stop after Magnussen exited at an unfortunate moment, when the peloton had already gathered behind the safety car, so he backed up to the eighth place. However, from there Carlos quickly returned to the second.
Stroll closed the top three, completing the astonishing podium, which became the “youngest” in F1 history. Valtteri Bottas failed to compete for the prize cup, as he missed four opponents in the first lap, after which he got stuck in traffic and finished fifth, also losing to Lando Norris.
Hamilton, after his penalty, reached seventh place, ahead of Daniil Kvyat at the end and showing the fastest lap time. The Russian became the ninth; for him, this is the best result of the season.
Esteban Ocon and Sergio Pérez earned points at Monza. It is worth highlighting the eleventh result of Nicolas Latifi.
Max Verstappen was unable to take advantage of Mercedes’ troubles as he dropped out of the race due to Red Bull’s refusal.
Sebastian Vettel went down first due to problems with the rear brakes, currently occupying 17th place.
Gasly’s victory was the first for the driver himself and the AlphaTauri team (the second, if we count the success of Sebastian Vettel at the wheel of the Toro Rosso on the same track in 2007). The French have not won F1 since the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix.
Motorsport.com Russia hosted a live text broadcast of the incredible race at Monza.
Results of the Italian Grand Prix
* taking into account the stop in the pit lane at the time of the red flags
