Italian Grand Prix LIVE: F1 result as Ricciardo wins after Hamilton and Verstappen crash out
Follow all the fallout from the event at Monza
Daniel Ricciardo secured his first Formula One win as a McLaren driver on Sunday, emerging victorious at the Italian Grand Prix as teammate Lando Norris came second after championship leader Max Verstappen and rival Lewis Hamilton crashed into each other and out of the race at Monza.
Ricciardo, who had been without an F1 victory since 2018, started second on the grid behind Verstappen but overtook the Dutch-Belgian on the first turn, before holding onto his lead to ultimately achieve a long-awaited win. Verstappen’s day would only go from bad to worse after giving up first place on lap one, with a nightmare 11-second pit stop on lap 25 preceding a coming-together with defending champion Hamilton. The crash saw Verstappen’s Red Bull slide on top of Hamilton’s Mercedes, the rear right tyre almost scraping the Briton’s helmet. Both vehicles slid off the track and Verstappen stormed off.
Meanwhile, Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas started at the back of the grid despite winning Saturday’s sprint race, with a penalty for a power unit change costing the Finn. But he surged up the standings to finish fourth on Sunday, an achievement that was improved to a third-place finish as Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was handed a five-second penalty that deprived him of a spot on the podium.
Relive all the action live from the Italian Grand Prix, with updates provided below.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 51
Lance Stroll is under investigation for allegedly failing to slow down enough under a yellow flag.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 50
Three laps to go, Ricciardo still leads McLaren teammate Norris by 1.5 seconds.
The team has effectively told Norris to leave Ricciardo out in front, with third-placed Perez receiving a five-second penalty after the race.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 47
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen take each other out of Italian Grand Prix
The rear of the Dutchman’s airborne machine ran over the top of Hamilton’s helmet, with the protective halo device absorbing the impact.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 45
At least five cars will record DNFs today.
Tsunoda didn’t even start the race, and AlphaTauri teammate Gasly exited early.
Hamilton and Verstappen’s coming-together took them both out of the GP, and Mazepin is the latest.
Italian Grand Prix: Yellow flag
Mazepin has crashed out! We’ll have another yellow flag – a virtual safety car.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 43
Bottas gets past Perez but goes too deep into the chicane! Perez immediately regains third place on the next straight.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 42
Just over 10 laps to go and Ricciardo still leads the Italian Grand Prix, 1.3 seconds ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris.
Perez is third, Bottas fourth.
Not the Red Bull and Mercedes vehicles you’d expect to be competing at this point...
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 38
Perez has received a five-second penalty for leaving the track and claiming an advantage at turn five. The penalty will be added at the end of the race.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 36
There’s a slight incident between Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, which will be investigated.
Ricciardo still leads, with McLaren teammate Norris second. “I need Daniel to pick the pace up a bit, he’s driving too slow,” Norris tells the team radio.
Here are the standings after 36 laps:
1) Ricciardo
2) Norris
3) Perez
4) Bottas
5) Leclerc
6) Sainz
7) Stroll
8) Alonso
9) Russell
10) Ocon
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 30
The safety car is finally going to depart the track on lap 30.
Ricciardo is still out in front, Leclerc up to second now, Norris third.
Leclerc is able to keep Norris at bay... but not for long!
A terrific overtake by Norris and it’s a McLaren one-two as it stands.
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