Results and summary of F1 Sunday at Monza: the race

Charles Leclerc led from pole position, following a duel with George Russell at the first corner, but an early stop during a virtual safety car period on lap 12 allowed Max Verstappen to take the lead after starting from seventh.

The Monegasque was back in the lead when the Dutchman pitted near the halfway point of the race, but the Ferrari team driver made a second stop to mount softs and try to attack towards the end of the race.

Leclerc did not have the pace to close on Verstappen, and a late safety car following a breakdown in Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren caused the race to end under yellow flags, giving Verstappen his fifth successive victory.

Formula 1 Italian GP 2022 race results at Monza

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53	1:20’27.511		25
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	1:20’29.957	2.446	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	53	1:20’30.916	3.405	15
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	53	1:20’32.572	5,061	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1:20’32.891	5.380	10
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	53	1:20’33.602	6,091	9
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	53	1:20’33.718	6.207	6
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	53	1:20’33.907	6,396	4
9	Nyck de Vries	Williams	53	1:20’34.633	7.122	2
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	53	1:20’35.421	7.910	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	53	1:20’35.834	8.323
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	53	1:20’36.060	8.549
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	52	1 lap
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	52	1 lap
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	52	1 lap
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	52	1 lap
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	Four. Five
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	39
	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	31
	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	10
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What happened at the 2022 F1 Italian GP race at Monza?

Leclerc (who started on soft tyres) held onto the pole position advantage on the long straight before Turn 1, ahead of a Russell (also on soft) who tried to overtake him at the first chicane. Further back, his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was starting ^19th , made a mistake and dropped to last.

Ricciardo was fourth, ahead of Verstappen (who started seventh, also on soft) and Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri). Lando Norris made a very poor start in third position and dropped to sixth. Verstappen passed Ricciardo for third place at the start of the second lap, while Carlos Sainz (who started 18th) moved past Sergio Pérez for 15th .

Verstappen quickly caught up with Russell and overtook him at the Rettifilo chicane at the start of lap five to take second. Leclerc was 2.2s away at the time.

As Sainz made his way into the top 10, moving up to seventh on lap 10, his old starting position partner, Pérez, fell to the rear due to a breakdown that caused one of his brakes to catch fire. Shortly after, Sebastian Vettel had to retire due to an ERS problem on lap 12, causing a brief VSC.

Leclerc took advantage of that opportunity to pit, while Verstappen stayed out and took the lead ahead of Russell. The Monegasque rejoined in third position, just ahead of Ricciardo, who was overtaken by Sainz at Ascari.

Behind the leaders, Fernando Alonso’s Alpine took seventh position when he overtook Norris at Rettifilo, but the Briton handed it back on lap 18.

Just before the halfway point of the race, Verstappen pitted to ride the mediums with a 14-second lead, handing the lead back to Leclerc with a 10-second lead.

Sainz pitted for the softs on lap 31, rejoining behind Pérez, whom he took two laps to pass, at the Roggia chicane.

With Verstappen reducing his distance from Leclerc at a forced pace, the Monegasque pitted and put on soft on lap 34, rejoining in second but 19.5s off the lead.

On the softs, Norris quickly regained the positions of Gasly and Ricciardo who he had lost in the pits after a bad stop. Also on the softs, Hamilton moved up to sixth and Pérez made a late stop, dropping to seventh.

Ricciardo ran out of power with five laps to go, causing the safety car to go out. All the leaders pitted for softs, but all that was irrelevant as the race never restarted.

In this way, Verstappen achieved a new victory, ahead of Leclerc and Russell, who started from the front row, and Sainz and Hamilton, who started from the back of the grid. Pérez was sixth, ahead of Norris, Gasly, impressive rookie Nyck de Vries (Williams) and Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo).

Alonso retired on lap 32, joining Vettel, and Stroll was also forced to retire his car with 12 laps to go, resulting in a double DNF for Aston Martin.

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Fast laps of the Italian Grand Prix 2022 Formula 1

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	46	1’24.030			248,182
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	38	1’24.336	0.306	0.306	247.282
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	43	1’24.434	0.404	0.098	246.995
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	41	1,24,446	0.416	0.012	246,960
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	43	1’24.718	0.688	0.272	246.167
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	38	1’24.745	0.715	0.027	246.088
7	George Russell	Mercedes	40	1’25.288	1.258	0.543	244.522
8	Mick Schumacher	Haas	43	1’25.298	1.268	0.010	244.493
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	45	1’25.706	1.676	0.408	243.329
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	41	1’26.361	2.331	0.655	241.484
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	37	1’26.593	2.563	0.232	240.837
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	39	1,26,603	2,573	0.010	240,809
13	Nyck de Vries	Williams	41	1’26.624	2,594	0.021	240,750
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	30	1’26,718	2,688	0.094	240,489
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	17	1’26.798	2.768	0.080	240.268
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	37	1’26,798	2,768	0.000	240,268
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	43	1’26.857	2.827	0.059	240.105
18	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	7	1’27.203	3.173	0.346	239.152
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	34	1’27.467	3.437	0.264	238.430
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	4	1’27.501	3.471	0.034	238.337
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Cla	Pilot	Chassis	1		two		3		4
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	S	25	M	23	S	5
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	S	12	M	21	S	15	S	8
3	George Russell	Mercedes	S	23	H	24	S	9
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	M	30	yes	17	yes	6
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	M	33	S	20
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	M	7	H	35	yes	eleven
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	M	35	S	14	S	9
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	M	18	H	36
9	Nyck de Vries	Williams	S	19	M	34
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	M	18	H	35
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	S	19	H	34
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	M	33	S	20
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	m	35	S	17
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	M.	19	H.	29	S.	Five
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	15	H	32	S	5
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	24	H	22	S	6
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	M	19	H	26
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	M	19	H	22
	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	31
	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	M	11
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