dutch pilot Max Verstappen (Red Bull) conquered this Sunday Italian Grand PrixSpaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) started from the bottom of the grid to finish fourth and took another step towards the title in the sixteenth round of the Formula One World Championship. Fernando Alonso (Alp)The day he celebrated 350 races in F1 had to withdraw due to mechanical problems.

A caffeine-free probe Under the safety car that appeared on the track with a few laps due to an incident involving the Australian’s vehicle Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) continued to dominate despite starting seventh due to a five-place penalty at home by reigning world champion Ferrari. Once again, it was clear that Verstappen’s hellish pace was not a worthy strategy, and it only remained to know when he would be champion again.

With his fifth consecutive victory, Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) is 116 points ahead with six appointments to beat second place in the championship, unable to maintain his position as ‘poleman’ and only finish second. Completing the podium is the British George Russell (Mercedes).

sainz, For his part, he had a great race starting from the bottom of the grid after replacing the power unit.He climbed the ranks to finish fourth and even dreamed of ‘chasing’ Russell before the ‘safety car’ ruined all plans.

Alonso, who started in sixth place due to penalties he received on most of the grid, had energy problems in the first stage of the race and finally had to withdraw from the race on lap 32 due to hydraulic pressure problems in his Alpine. With this, ended a series of ten consecutive tests that managed to finish exactly the day that equaled Finnish Kimi Raikkonen as the driver with the most races in the ‘Great Circus’ (350).

With the grid completely revolutionizing, with almost half of the grid penalized for changes in their cars, British retain Leclerc lead black norris (McLaren) dropped to sixth place.

Italian GP results

  1. Max Verstappen at 1:20:27.5112.

  2. Charles Leclerc in 2,446

  3. George Russell at 3,405

  4. Carlos Sainz at 5.061

  5. Lewis Hamilton at 5,380

  6. Sergio Perez in 6091

  7. Lando Norris at 6,207

  8. Pierre Gasly at 6,396

  9. Nyck de Vries at 7,122

  10. Zhou Guanyu in 7,910

Classification of the F1 World Championship after the Italian GP

  1. Max Verstappen – 335 points

  2. Charles Leclerc – 219

  3. Sergio Perez – 210

  4. George Russell-203

  5. Carlos Sainz – 187

  6. Lewis Hamilton – 168

  7. Lando Norris – 88

  8. Esteban Ocon – 66

  9. Fernando Alonso – 59

  10. Valtteri Bottas – 46