Monza is a beautiful track, and it never fails to give us a beautiful race – this weekend was no exception. Daniel Ricciardo delivered a brilliant win for McLaren this weekend, and with Lando Norris coming home in second place, the papaya team will be going home from this triple header as happy as can be.
However, the same cannot be said for the championship rivals, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. The two drivers were caught in a collision on lap 26 which ended both their races and resulted in no points for either of them. It can be said that Max and Monza aren’t the best of friends – the last time the Dutchman finished a race here was in 2019. But have no doubt, the two will be raring to go in Sochi in a fortnight’s time, ready to make up for the losses of the weekend.
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were able to bring their Ferraris home in 4th and 6th place respectively, a result which the Scuderia would have been happy with considering the track was not particularly suited to the SF21. Italy’s other home team, AlphaTauri, unfortunately did not have such a good weekend, with neither cars finishing the race. Pierre Gasly, after crashing out of Saturday’s sprint race, only managed 5 laps of the Italian Grand Prix before nursing his AT02 back to the pits. However, Yuki Tsunoda was not able to get going at all due to a braking issue which could not be resolved before the race.
George Russell was able to finish the race in 9th place, holding off Esteban Ocon and bringing home two points for the Williams team. This puts him only three points behind Yuki Tsunoda in the driver’s championship and helps to solidify Williams’ place as 8th in the championship, a position they will welcome after previous years of bad luck.
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