We arrive at the legendary Monza circuit for the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, the sixteenth of the Formula 1 World Championship, where the Ferrari drivers raced in black at home and one of them won.
It was a close podium against the McLarens (Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris), as well as a very annoyed Max Verstappen, not used to the lack of victories.
Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez (Red Bull), with six wins and 39 podiums in F1, started and finished in P8, while his teammate ‘Mad Max’, leader of the World Championship who sees Lando Norris getting ever closer, finished the race in sixth position.
Summary: Who won the 2024 Italian Grand Prix?
Charles Leclerc wins the 2024 Italian Grand Prix on a podium completed by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
It was a race with many moves, the Red Bulls struggled to regain positions, McLaren regained the lead after losing it for several laps, but could not beat Ferrari.
This was also the first race for Argentine Franco Colapinto, who joined Williams to replace American Logan Sargeant and finished P12.
It was a bad weekend for George Russell (Mercedes) when young prospect Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed his car in free practice at Monza; despite this, he had a good qualifying and started from third place, but went off the track at the start and finished seventh.
This is how the top 10 looks on lap 53 of 53:
2024 Italian Grand Prix: Relive minute-by-minute footage of the race at Monza
- “Grazie, grazie!”: Leclerc thanks his team in Italian.
- CHEQUERED FLAG: Charles Leclerc wins the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
- Lap 50: What a race! Sainz is aiming for the podium, but Norris has taken P3 from him for now.
- Vuelta 41: Verstappen a pits.
- Lap 41: Verstappen starts the attack on Norris, but fails, the world champion remains P5.
- Lap 39: Piastri pits now, returning ahead of Verstappen.
- Lap 36: Perez goes back to the pits, returns P9.
- Lap 33: Norris is not having a good time, he goes back to the pits and falls to sixth place.
- Lap 30: Russell is fighting with Perez! The Englishman is attacking the Mexican, but he is not able to do so. “What is he doing? He gives me the position and then he passes me?” complains ‘Checo’.
- Lap 24: Perez now heads into the pits, after briefly leading, he set a time of 2.8 and returns P8.
- Lap 21: He couldn’t hold on any longer: ‘Mad Max’ goes into the pits. Terrible stop of 6.2 seconds.
- Lap 20: Verstappen leads after all pit stops, Perez is P2; neither Red Bull has stopped.
- It’s been a bad day to wake up for Ricciardo: he is given another penalty for not complying with the five seconds he was required to, since when he stopped a mechanic touched the front wing of his car.
- Lap 16: Lots of changes due to pit stops, Norris undercut Leclerc; Sainz leads on his 30th birthday; Verstappen and Perez are 2nd and 3rd respectively.
- Lap 15: Norris is called into the pits… and hits a cone while on the way in. Another possible penalty.
- Lap 11: In his F1 debut Colapinto has already gained 3 positions (P15), he took advantage of Russell’s pit stop to gain two more, now he is P13.
- And yes! We have penalties: Daniel Ricciardo was given a 5-second penalty for forcing a car off the track. Nico Hulkenberg has 10 seconds for the incident with Tsunoda.
- Lap 8: Tsunoda retires, he had contact with Nico Hulkenberg. There is a possible penalty.
- Lap 3: ‘Checo’ says Russell has a lot of damage: ‘He’s dangerous’.
- Lap 1: What a start! Russell goes off the track, Piastri (P1) steals the lead from Norris (P3), who is also passed by Leclerc (P2). Verstappen is now P6.
- The lights go out: the Grand Prix at Monza has started!
- Pre-lap!
- The Red Bulls are running on pre-season tyres, the rest of the grid is using mediums.
- The race in Italy starts at 7:00 a.m. (Central Mexico Time). It’s a very hot day in Monza.
F1 Schedule: What time is the next race after the Italian GP?
The Italian Grand Prix race was this Sunday, September 1st at 7:00 a.m. (Central Mexico Time).
We will only have a few days off, as the 17th date of the World Championship is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the Baku street circuit, where the Mexicans will be giving the shout twice because it is on September 15, at 5:00 am.
Where to watch the Italian GP race in Mexico?
The on-track action can be followed on television, streaming or online. You can watch the race broadcast on F1TV.
2024 Italian Grand Prix starting grid: How did F1 pole position look today?
Starting line-up for the Italian Grand Prix:
- .1. Lando Norris GBR McLaren 1:19,327
- .2. Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren 1:19.436
- .3. George Russell GBR Mercedes 1:19,440
- .4. Charles Leclerc MY Ferrari 1:19,461
- .5. Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari 1:19.467
- .6. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 1:19,513
- .7. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull 1:20,022
- .8. Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull 1:20.062
- .9. Alexander Albon THA Williams 1:20,299
- 10. Nico Hülkenberg GER Haas 1:20.339
- 11. Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin 1:20,421
- 12. Daniel Ricciardo AUS RB 1:20.479
- 13. Kevin Magnussen DIN Haas 1:20.698
- 14. Pierre Gasly FRA Alpine 1:20,738
- 15. Esteban Ocon FROM Alpine 1:20.766
- 16. Yuki Tsunoda JPN RB 1:20,945
- 17. Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin 1:21,013
- 18. Franco Colapinto ARG Williams 1:21.061
- 19. Valtteri Bottas FINA Kick Sauber 1:21,101
- 20. Zhou Guanyu CHN Kick Sauber 1:21,445
What happened to ‘Checo’ and Verstappen in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix?
‘Checo’, runner-up in the F1 world championship last year and seventh in the F1 world championship, said in Monza after qualifying that “the performance was poor” but “we have to minimize damage with both cars and score some good points.”
“I think this track magnifies our problems. I had a great run on used tyres in Q3, but then I put on new tyres and everything gets complicated, and we have to try to understand why this happens,” he said.
“I lost my last lap in Q3 and went a bit wide, I knew Max was coming from behind so I tried to give him a bit of a tow but it didn’t have much effect. It was a really poor set-up which I’m very upset about, as is the rest of the team,” he said.
“In any case, tomorrow is what matters and we have to keep the motivation high among the whole team, because we need a good race,” he said.
“I think that is where our strength lies, because the pace on long runs is good, so we have to try to minimise the damage to both cars and score some good points tomorrow,” said the Guadalajara native.
Verstappen said: “It was a bit of a mixed feeling in qualifying because in Q1 and Q2 (the first two rounds) we felt pretty good and set some competitive lap times during those sessions. In Q3 (the third and decisive one) we had problems with the balance and I had a lot of understeer compared to the previous attempts, so I couldn’t attack the corners properly.”
“This has never happened before, so I don’t understand why at the moment. We need to look into it and analyse it thoroughly for tomorrow,” said the Dutch star.
With information from EFE.
