What a race we had in Italy today. Charles Leclerc pushed team mate Lewis Hamilton onto the gravel on the first lap dropping Lewis to 10th. George Russell took the lead at the start of lap 2. At the end of lap 2, Charles went off at the final bend, hitting the barrier and bringing out a red flag. Lewis made a good restart, but the real story was Kimi Antonelli moving through the field. With his grid penalties he started 19th (of 22), but was already up to 12th at the restart. George had a few laps swapping the lead with Max Verstappen, but behind them Kimi was coming through and had made it up to second by lap 16. He then battled his team mate for first and second places.
Lewis spent a lot of the race trading places with Oscar Piastri, but probably should've swapped tires under the virtual safety car which came out at just over half distance. Kimi and Max did pit, and quickly made back the places.
Kimi took the lead for the final time on lap 50 (of 53) to become the first Italian winner of the Italian Grand Prix since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966. He was joined on the podium by George and Max ahead of the two McLarens and Lewis. Pole sitter Pierre Gasly finished seventh. I can't remember the last race with this much overtaking, and to see Kimi make it from 19th to first was amazing. He now holds joint second place behind John Watson for win from farthest back.
You can see the highlights here.
Only a week to wait before the Spanish Grand Prix from Madrid.
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