@Max33Verstappen charges to victory at the #ItalianGP for record-breaking 10th consecutive #F1 win.
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Verstappen Italian GP Victory – Reigning world champion Max Verstappen lead home team-mate Sergio Perez to victory in a Red Bull one-two at the Italian GP as Carlos Sainz kept Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc at bay in an intense battle for third.
Verstappen’s victory was his 10th in-a-row, which gave the Dutchman the outright record of consecutive Formula 1 wins ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Alberto Ascari.
Verstappen’s Italian GP victory sees the two-time world champion extend his World Driver’s Championship lead over team-mate Perez to a whopping 145 points.
The race had an aborted start due to AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda suffered a suspected MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit – Heat) failure on the initial formation lap.
All 19 cars had to return back to the grid with an almost 20-minute delay as Tsunoda’s Honda-powered AT04 was recovered.
When the 51-lap Italian GP began, pole-sitter Sainz got a solid getaway into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane and covered Verstappen to hold third place, as behind the two, Leclerc became under pressure from Mercedes’ George Russell as they headed down to the Variante Della Roggia Chicane, but Leclerc managed to keep the Mercedes at bay.
At the end of the opening tour, Sainz held a 0.788 second lead over Verstappen with Leclerc a further 1.504 second adrift in third, Russell fourth and Perez rounding out the top five.
Williams Racing’s Alexander Albon reclaimed sixth place off McLaren’s Oscar Piastri heading into the Variante Della Roggia Chicane.
On lap five, Verstappen said to race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase: “He’s already sliding a bit, so it’s okay,” says Verstappen. With his engineer responding, “just be sensible,” which didn’t get a response from the Dutchman.
At the beginning of lap six, Verstappen was right into the slipstream of race leader Sainz with DRS assistance, but the latter managed to keep the championship leader at bay.
On the ninth tour, the fight for the lead saw Verstappen having a look again at Sainz, with the latter once again keeping the Red Bull behind. In the battle for fourth, Russell was also under intense pressure from Perez in the other RB19 entry.
On lap 10, Sainz’s was 0.425 seconds ahead of Verstappen with Leclerc holding third, Russell fourth and Perez rounding out the top five.
A lap later, Perez with DRS assistance went to the outside of Russell, but the latter managed to keep the Mexican behind once more. Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly came in for a set of hard compound tyres. He emerged in last place.
On the 14th lap, Perez made a move on Russell into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane but both drivers went off into the run-off area with the former letting the latter back through into fourth.
A tour later, race leader Sainz had Verstappen right on his tail with the former suffering a front-right lock-up into turn one and out of the chicane, the Red Bull was side-by-side of the Ferrari through the Curva Grande as Verstappen made his way on the inside of the Spaniard and overtook him at the Variante Della Roggia to take the lead.
Also, Perez made his way past Russell into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane to clinch fourth place.
On the 17th lap, Verstappen held a 1.7 second gap to Sainz with Leclerc in third place, Perez fourth as Russell completed the top five.
On lap 20, Sainz pitted from second to take on a fresh set of hards, along with Russell from fifth as both drivers emerged in ninth and tenth respectively.
Race leader Verstappen and Leclerc followed suit a lap later, both for a fresh set of the C3 harder rubber and the former came out in sixth behind Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso with Leclerc behind team-mate Sainz in eighth place.
Perez stopped a tour afterwards from the lead and emerged behind the Ferrari pairing of Sainz and Leclerc in seventh place.
Lap 23 saw Norris pit from second for a used set of hards and came out in 11th place.
On lap 24, Piastri pitted from the lead and came out behind team-mate Norris as the two tangled into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane as the latter kept in-front of the Australian.
On the 25th tour, the yet-to-pit leading Hamilton had Verstappen right on his heels and the latter breezed his way past his 2021 title rival down the main-straight with DRS assistance and reclaimed the lead well before the Variante Del Rettifilo chicane.
Lap 28 saw Sainz, Leclerc and Perez all jump Hamilton to grab second, third and fourth respectively as the latter came into pit for a fresh set of the C4 yellow side-walled mediums and emerged in tenth place behind Alonso.
On the 29th tour as race leader Verstappen posted another fastest lap of the Grand Prix, the fight for second place had Leclerc and Perez closely behind each other as behind them, Hamilton made his way by Alonso on the inside of the AMR23 to take ninth place.
On lap 30, Verstappen’s lead increased to 5.871 seconds over second-placed Sainz with Leclerc and Perez closely behind in third and fourth respectively as Russell rounded out the top five.
A lap later, Leclerc out of DRS range was hounded by Perez’s Red Bull into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane, but the Monegasque driver kept the RB19 at bay and managed to cover him into the Variante Della Roggia as the Mexican dipped his wheels into the gravel.
On the 32nd lap, with DRS assistance Perez made his way down the inside of Leclerc and grabbed third place from the Ferrari to take third place.
With 15 tours remaining, Verstappen’s gap was 8.158 seconds clear of Sainz with Perez in third place, whilst Leclerc and Russell were fourth and fifth respectively.
On lap 38, Verstappen was on course to catching his former team-mate Gasly, as the Dutchman started to lap the back markers. Not that that it derailed the reigning world champions’ progress. Perez looked to be a lap away from having DRS assistance on second-placed Sainz, whilst behind, Albon was still defending valiantly from Norris’s MCL60 in the fight for sixth place.
With ten laps remaining, in the battle for second place, Perez was right on Sainz’s tail with DRS assistance on the main-straight as the latter kept the RB19 behind.
Perez had a look once more a tour later, but Sainz once again managed to keep the Mexican down in third place.
With eight laps left, Sainz once again maintained second place as Perez ran into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane run-off area and had to give the place back to the Spaniard.
Once again on lap 45, Perez tried to force his way past Sainz into the Variante Del Rettifilo Chicane, but the Mexican ended up in the run-off area and had to hand the place back to the Ferrari driver.
With five laps remaining, Perez finally with DRS assistance managed to get past Sainz into the second place with DRS assistance into the turn one chicane.
Leclerc likewise a tour later, made his way in-front of his team-mate into the Variante Del Rettifilo, but the Monegasque suffered a lock-up allowing Sainz to get side-by-side of his team-mate down the Curva Grande and Sainz managed to get back in-front of Leclerc and narrowly avoided contact into the Variante Della Roggia as the Spaniard remained ahead in third place.
With three laps remaining the fight for the final podium placed continued between both Ferrari drivers as Sainz suffered a lock-up into turn one and still remained ahead of team-mate Leclerc.
On the final tour, Leclerc suffered a massive lock-up into turn one trying to make a last lap overtake on his team-mate, but Sainz held position to keep third.
Verstappen crossed the line to clinch the Italian GP victory and the 47th of his career by 7.686 seconds over Red Bull team-mate Perez as Sainz beat team-mate Leclerc to the line for third.
Russell finished a distant fourth but was in-front by enough despite being slapped with a five-second timed penalty for cutting turn one whilst passing Alpine F1 Team’s Esteban Ocon shortly after the Briton had stopped.
Hamilton likewise had a five-second time penalty at the finish – as he had fought by Williams Racing’s Albon and McLaren’s Norris to take sixth in the latter stages then pulled clear from that pairing, who engaged in an intense battle throughout the second stint.
Norris undercut McLaren team-mate Piastri with the former complaining about his team-mate’s pace in the opening stint after starting behind, but when the Australian came out from his stop, he clipped his team-mate’s left-rear and nearly dropped his MCL60 racer.
Piastri was then caught by Hamilton’s F1 W14 entry in the second stint and they had two incidents at the Variante Della Roggia Chicane – the second one breaking Piastri’s front wing as Hamilton, pushing from the inside, moved over and caused the collision in view from the race stewards.
The seven-time world champion nevertheless charged up to and passed the pairing ahead, as Albon and Norris in seventh and eighth respectively as Alonso followed in ninth for Aston Martin.
Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas completed the top ten – the Finn involved in a clash with Williams Racing’s Logan Sargeant, for which the American was penalised and was relegated from 11th to 13th in the classifications.
AlphaTauri’s Liam Lawson came home 11 and in-front of Piastri who settled for 12th.
Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu finished 15th and ahead of the aforementioned Gasly as both Haas VF-23 entries of Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen ended the Grand Prix a lap down.
2023 Italian GP – The Top Three
2023 Italian GP Winner – Max Verstappen, #1, Oracle Red Bull Racing – Honda-RBPT, RB19:
“I mean I never would have believed [10] was possible but we had to work for it today, so that was fun. It was so hard to get close and get a move into Turn 1, I had to force [Sainz] into a mistake. I tried to stay patient, it’s a long race and I just had to pick my moment.”
2nd Place – Sergio Perez, #11, Oracle Red Bull Racing – Honda-RBPT, RB19, +7.686:
“To get through Charles and then Carlos – I had to use all of my tyres. I really thought at times, especially at the beginning… in the end we managed to get both of them. I feel a lot more comfortable in the car, so I think we’ll see my best form in the next races.”
3rd Place – Carlos Sainz, #55, Scuderia Ferrari, SF-23, +11.674:
“Very tough, very tough. It can’t get any tougher than it was today. To keep up with the Red Bulls, I paid the price with the rear tyres, but I did everything I could to defend. Hard racing, it’s always a pleasure to race Charles when we had a chance. We had fun out there!”
Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio D’Italia 2023 Race Results Classification (51 Laps)
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 50 | 1:12:13.618 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 50 | +7.686s | 18 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 50 | +11.674s | 15 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 50 | +12.119s | 12 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 50 | +18.925s | 10 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 50 | +39.111s | 8 |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 50 | +45.198s | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 50 | +45.549s | 4 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 50 | +46.424s | 2 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 49 | +65.950s | 1 |
| 11 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 49 | +71.398s | 0 |
| 12 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 49 | +72.240s | 0 |
| 13 | 40 | Liam Lawson | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 49 | +73.268s | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 49 | +81.658s | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 49 | +81.913s | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 49 | +82.236s | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 49 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 49 | +1 lap | 0 |
| NC | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 39 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 0 | DNF | 0 |
* Provisional results
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2023/races/1218/italy/race-result.html
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