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: Yellow flag
Hamilton’s head could have been crushed by Verstappen’s rear right wheel if it weren’t for the halo and roll-over hoop.
Italian Grand Prix: Yellow flag
Thank goodness for the halo. Verstappen’s car almost hit Hamilton’s head there, the rear right tyre specifically.
The Dutchman storms off after the incident. It’s hard to say whether Hamilton should have left more space.
Italian Grand Prix: Yellow flag
OH NO! Verstappen and Hamilton are wheel to wheel, not for the first time this season, and... THEY’RE BOTH OUT OF THIS RACE!
Verstappen, trying to recover ground after his awful pit stop, ends up going over Hamilton’s front wing on the chicane and the pair slide off the track, the Red Bull car remaining on top of the Mercedes!
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 25
“Put the pressure on, it wasn’t a super quick stop by Mercedes,” Verstappen is told via the Red Bull team radio.
“My tyres are f****d,” comes the reply from the championship leader.
He then pits but has an 11.1-second stop! Nightmare. He drops from second to 10th!
Meanwhile, Ricciardo has also stopped, dropping to sixth for now as Hamilton leads – Norris and Leclerc behind him.
“Nice one, Lewis, this is on,” Hamilton is told by Mercedes after his overtake of Norris.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 23
Just how high up will Bottas finish?
The Mercedes man won yesterday’s sprint race before being relegated to the back of today’s grid due to a penalty for a power unit change.
He has risen all the way up to eighth so far.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 21
Twenty-one laps down, here are the standings:
1) Ricciardo
2) Verstappen
3) Norris
4) Hamilton
5) Leclerc
6) Perez
7) Sainz
8) Stroll
9) Bottas
10) Alonso
Gasly and Tsunoda are both out of the race, with the latter having failed to start.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 16
Vettel is squeezed off the track by Esteban Ocon, who doesn’t give the former champion much space at all... The German is understandably unhappy, and Ocon could be in for a penalty here.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 14
Bottas continues to climb; he is now 10th, having overtaken Nicholas Latifi.
Italian Grand Prix: Lap 12
Some terrific defensive driving from Norris here to keep Hamilton at bay.
The 21-year-old gently squeezes the defending champion to the outside on the chicane and has the speed to stay in front of his fellow Briton down the next straight.
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