@CharlesLeclerc fends-off @OscarPiastri to give @ScuderiaFerrari thrilling home #ItalianGP victory. #F1
Charles Leclerc, #16, Scuderia Ferrari, SF-24, celebrating in Parc Ferme after taking victory at the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio D'Italia 2024, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy. Image credit to Mark Thompson/Getty Images. Leclerc Italian GP Victory, 2024 Italian GP Results, 2024 Formula 1 Italian GP Results, Leclerc Italian GP 2024.
Leclerc Italian GP Victory – Charles Leclerc risked a one-stop strategy and fended-off a charging McLaren of Oscar Piastri to clinch a thrilling victory at the Italian GP in-front of the Tifosi as Lando Norris completed the top three for the Woking based-outfit.
This was Leclerc’s second victory of the season and his second at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
When the 53-lap Italian GP began, pole-sitter Norris got a solid getaway as he covers Piastri into Variante Del Rettifilo as Russell suffered a lock-up and ran into the run-off area and fell down into seventh place behind Verstappen.
Russell also picked up some damage on his front wing after hitting the bollard in the Variante Del Rettifilo run-off area.
Norris fell behind Piastri on the rundown to Variante Della Roggia and then into Lesmo one, Leclerc made a move on the inside of the McLaren to make his way into second place.
At the beginning of lap two, Piastri held a 0.500 second lead over Leclerc with Norris third, Sainz fourth as Hamilton rounded out the top six runners.
In the battle for the lead, Leclerc was keeping in under a second to race leader Piastri, with Sainz also within DRS range of third-placed Norris.
RB’s Daniel Ricciardo and Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg’s incident on the run-down to Ascari was noted by the race stewards. Replays show the former squeezing the latter and the duo made contact.
On lap six, Piastri’s lead was at 0.718 seconds over Leclerc with Norris holding third, Sainz fourth, Hamilton fifth, Verstappen sixth, Russell seventh, as Perez completes the top eight runners.
Hulkenberg came in for a fresh set of the hards and a new front wing, emerging at the back of the field.
RB’s Yuki Tsunoda as the first retiree of the race.
Hulkenberg was also noted for his incident with Tsunoda whom he made contact with also on the opening tour as RB’s Ricciardo was hit with a five-second penalty for his collision with the German.
Hulkenberg, however, was slapped with a ten-second penalty for his tangle with Tsunoda.
On the tenth lap, Piastri held a 0.708 second lead over Leclerc who remained in DRS range of the McLaren driver, Norris was third, Sainz fourth as Hamilton rounded out the top five.
In the fight for seventh place, the struggling Russell with a damaged front wing had Perez with DRS assistance get into the slip-stream of the Silver Arrow and made a move on the inside into turn one to jump into the position.
The Mercedes crew called Russell to come in for a new front wing and a fresh set of the C3 white-marked harder rubber.
The Briton came out in 16th place behind Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu.
On lap 12, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso stopped from ninth for his fresh set of hards, freeing Haas’s Kevin Magnussen and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon was. The Spaniard came out in 15th place behind Zhou.
Lap 15 saw Norris pit from third to attempt the undercut on Leclerc. The Briton put on a fresh set of hards and came out in ninth place behind Ocon.
Norris managed to rapidly clear the Frenchman running through Curva Grande to move up into eighth.
Leclerc and Hamilton both reacted and pitted a lap later for their fresh set of hards as the former fell behind Norris in seventh whilst Hamilton emerged in 10th place behind Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.
On the 16th tour, race leader Piastri pitted for his fresh set of the C3’s and emerged in fourth place as the yet-to-pit Albon split the McLaren pairing in fifth.
Sainz opted to remain on track and in the lead as Red Bull’s Verstappen and Perez also continued on with their hard tyre opening stints.
Ricciardo was also hit with a ten-second penalty for failing to serve the penalty correctly as Hamilton.
Albon pitted on the 18th tour and came out in 13th place behind Alonso.
On the 20th lap, Sainz stopped for his fresh set of hards cane came out in sixth place behind Ferrari team-mate Leclerc.
Hamilton made a move on the inside of Ocon’s Alpine into the Variante Della Roggia chicane to take seventh place and was right behind the back of Sainz’s SF-24 entry.
Meanwhile further back Russell overtook Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas on the inside as they reached the Variante Del Rettifilo to move up into ninth place.
A lap later, Alonso likewise performed the same move as Russell on Bottas to jump into the final points position as leader Verstappen is called in to pit.
The Dutchman pitted for another fresh set of the C3 hards and suffered a slow rear-right tyre and came out in seventh place behind Ocon. Verstappen and Red Bull looking to undertake an aggressive two-stop strategy.
On the 24th tour, Perez finally stopped releasing Piastri into the lead. The Mexican put on his fresh set of hards and emerged in eighth place behind his Red Bull team-mate Verstappen.
Both Verstappen and Perez cleared Ocon to move up into sixth and seventh respectively.
At half race distance, Piastri’s lead sitting at 1.806 seconds over Norris with Leclerc closely behind in third, Sainz fourth, Hamilton fifth, Verstappen sixth, Perez seventh, Russell eighth as Ocon and Alonso completed the top ten.
On the 27th tour in the battle for ninth, Alonso with DRS assistance on the main straight move onto the inside of Ocon and made the move just before the Variante Del Rettifilo chicane to take the position from the Frenchman.
On the 30th tour, Piastri posted the fastest lap of the race with a 1:23.066 as both McLaren drivers continued to trade the quickest tour of the Grand Prix.
The Australian once again set the fastest tour of the race as Leclerc was told by his team that Norris was starting to struggle.
Norris made an error at the Variante Della Roggia chicane taking an excursion into the run-off area allowing Leclerc to be right behind the Briton whilst Perez managed to cover Russell at turn one.
Russell gave the place back after running wide into the corner.
On the 33rd tour, Norris stopped for another fresh set of hards suffering a slow 3.3 second stop. The McLaren driver emerged in sixth place behind championship rival Verstappen.
Russell also pitted a lap later from seventh for his fresh set of C3 hards to try and undercut Perez; the Mercedes driver also suffered a slow stop with the right-rear and came out in 12th place behind Ricciardo.
Russell rapidly cleared the Australian as Perez is told to box.
Perez put on the C2 yellow-branded medium compounds to emerge crucially in-front of Russell in ninth place.
On the 37th lap, both Perez and Russell overtook Albon at turn one and through Curva Grande respectively to move into eighth and ninth respectively.
On the 38th lap, Hamilton stopped from fourth for his harder rubber and came out in sixth place behind Norris.
Piastri made his second stop from the lead on lap 39, for his fresh set of C3’s and emerged in third place.
Meanwhile Russell with the slip-stream and DRS assistance on the main-straight made a lunge on the inside of Perez into turn one and made the move stick to snatch eighth place.
A tour later in the fight for fourth, Norris likewise on the main-straight attempted the move on title-rival Verstappen into the Variante Del Rettifilo as the latter covered the McLaren.
On lap 41, with DRS and the slip-stream, Norris made his move on the inside of the Dutchman into the first corner to move up into fourth place.
Fifth-placed Verstappen pitted on lap 42 for his C2 medium tyres and came out behind Hamilton as Russell made his way ahead of Magnussen to take seventh place.
Out-front both Ferrari’s of Leclerc and Sainz were attempting a one-stop strategy against the two-stopping McLaren’s as third placed Piastri was rapidly catching the two leading SF-24 entries.
With nine laps remaining, Piastri was right in DRS assistance behind Sainz in the fight for second place.
On the rundown to the Ascari with DRS, the Australian jumped Sainz around the outside to take the position.
With seven laps left, Norris rapidly caught Sainz and was tucked right behind the Ferrari in the slip-stream as they reached Parabolica.
On the main-straight with DRS, Norris breezed his way ahead of his former team-mate to take the final podium place.
With five tours remaining race leader Leclerc’s gap to Piastri was sitting at 8.094 seconds with Norris third, Sainz fourth, Hamilton fifth, Verstappen sixth, Russell seventh, Perez eighth as Magnussen and Albon completed the top ten.
Verstappen started to worry about Russell telling his team to pay attention and help him “even though it’s a ***** position, it’s important.” The Dutchman said.
Race leader Leclerc posted another solid lap on 35 lap old tyres and the gap to Piastri was sitting a 4.9 seconds.
The gap kept coming down as Piastri continued to eat into the Ferrari’s lead with the MCL38’s tyre advantage, but it was not enough as Leclerc fended off Piastri to the line by 2.664 seconds to clinch the home Italian GP victory for the Scuderia as Norris completed the top three.
The other Ferrari of Sainz came home in fourth and ahead of Hamilton who was fifth, championship leader Verstappen settled for sixth and the other Mercedes of Russell who took seventh.
The second RB20 entry of Perez finished eighth as Williams’ Albon and Haas’s Magnussen rounded out the final points places.
Magnussen, however, was hit with two penalty points after his tangle with Gasly and will miss the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Aston Martin’s Alonso finished outside the points in 11th and in-front of Williams Racing’s Franco Colapinto who crossed the line in his debut Grand Prix weekend in 12th whilst RB’s Ricciardo ended the race 13th.
Alpine pairing Ocon and Gasly followed in 14th and 15th respectively and ahead of Sauber’s Bottas and Zhou who were 16th and 18th.
Haas’s Hulkenberg split the Sauber’s in 17th as Aston Martin’s Stroll finished at the rear and a lap down.
2024 Italian GP – The Top Three
2024 Italian GP Winner – Charles Leclerc, #16, Scuderia Ferrari, SF-24 – 25 Points:
“It’s an incredible feeling, actually I thought that the first time would feel like this, and the second time wouldn’t feel as special. But my god the emotions in the last few laps, Monaco and Monza are the two races I want to win every year, and I’ve managed to win them this year. It is so, so special. The Tifosi were incredible, mamma mia! I think our package was working well for Monza whether it works for the rest of the season – McLaren are still the favourites, but we have definitely moved a step closer. Grazie mille!”
2nd Place – Oscar Piastri, #81, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL38 – 18 Points:
“Yeah, it hurts, not going to lie it hurts a lot. I did a lot of things right today, there were question marks on the strategy. Doing a one-stop looked like a risky call, and in the end it was right. Happy with the race, the pace I achieved but when you finish second it hurts. Today we unfortunately got it a bit wrong, we had everything to lose from being in the lead. Charles could try something different as he’d finish third either way. Painful.”
3rd Place – Lando Norris, #4, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL38 – 16 Points:
“Of course [Piastri caught me by surprise] because he got past. But Ferrari drove a better race today so hats off to them. We considered [a one-stop] the whole race but it was impossible with our graining. Just disappointed. Ferrari did a better job, so hats off to them.”
2024 Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio D’Italia 2024 Race Results Classification (53 Laps)
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 53 | 1:14:40.727 | 25 |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 53 | +2.664s | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 53 | +6.153s | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 53 | +15.621s | 12 |
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | +22.820s | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 53 | +37.932s | 8 |
| 7 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 53 | +39.715s | 6 |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 53 | +54.148s | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 53 | +67.456s | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 53 | +68.302s | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 53 | +68.495s | 0 |
| 12 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams Mercedes | 53 | +81.308s | 0 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB Honda RBPT | 53 | +93.452s | 0 |
| 14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| NC | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 7 | DNF | 0 |
| * Provisional results. Note – Norris scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Ricciardo received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off track and a further 10-second time penalty for failing to serve the first penalty correctly. Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision. | ||||||
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