Italian Grand Prix. 2022

Max Verstappen won the 2022 Italian Grand Prix under the Safety Car, with pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finishing runner-up as Red Bull denied Ferrari a home ...

The pit lane was abuzz with a swarm of yellow-clad mechanics, Leclerc agreeing with his pit wall that a stop for mediums was the right choice – the stop executed just before the VSC was rescinded. It was really good on the tyres, it was really enjoyable to drive today even though it was quite hot out there, but great day for us. With that, Verstappen took the chequered flag with a slim lead over Leclerc, but in reality the Dutchman seemed on course for his first-ever Italian Grand Prix win after the pit stops had taken their course. Perez was told to move his brake bias rearwards to cool his discs and Sainz meanwhile continued his recovery from P18, prying places off Zhou Guanyu and de Vries for P8 on Lap 9, then P7 off Alonso on Lap 10 to a huge roar from the crowd. Gasly attempted to follow suit with a pass on Ricciardo but had to skip through Turn 1 and give the place back. It was a DNF for the four-time champion, at the circuit on which he clinched his very-first Grand Prix victory back in 2008. Nicholas Latifi lagged on hard tyres and finished 15th for Williams ahead of Kevin Magnussen, who picked up a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage on Lap 1 in the Haas. In the midfield, a DRS train had formed from Ricciardo in P4 to Sainz in P10. As Lap 2 began, Verstappen was up into the podium places at the expense of Daniel Ricciardo, going late on the brakes into the opening chicane. Charles Leclerc would start on pole ahead of George Russell, with the McLarens on the second row and Max Verstappen starting from seventh. From P18, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz made it to the podium spots with a lengthy first stint on medium tyres, but fell to P4 after pitting, and ended up behind Russell. The Dutchman then led as, during a Virtual Safety Car (for Sebastian Vettel’s DNF on Lap 12), Leclerc pitted from softs to mediums.

Max Verstappen charged from seventh on the grid to beat Charles Leclerc and deny Ferrari a home F1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

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Max Verstappen leads the drivers championship by 116 points from Charles Leclerc after the Italian Grand Prix. 2022 F1 drivers championship standings ...

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After claiming pole position ahead of championship rival Max Verstappen, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will look to take the race victory at the 2022 Italian ...

What better way to celebrate that then than with a new helmet design this year and this is what the Australian has gone for.. The Ferrari driver comes out of the pit as Ricciardo charges down the straight but he just manages to stay ahead of the Australian. For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. Lap 14: And the pitlane comes to life! Lap 32: Sainz pits and it's a set of soft tyres for the Spaniard. He had been complaining for a while about a lack of power and it seems Alpine made the decision that retiring the car was the only resort. Lap 43: Perez is into the pit lane for a new set of softs as Red Bull make the call that his current hard tyres won't last until the end of this race. The race finishes behind the safety car due to Ricciardo's late retirement as the Dutch driver claims his fifth race victory in succession. Lap 34: Verstappen leads the Italian Grand Prix again as Leclerc pits!! The veteran pulls into the pit lane and retires from this race. The Australian driver is now down to P8. He rejoins the race just behind teammate Ricciardo but Gasly sweeps around the outside to take P7.

Max Verstappen recovered from a grid penalty to take victory in an Italian Grand Prix that ended under the Safety Car after Daniel Ricciardo's stricken ...

[Zandvoort](/formula-1-circuits/dutch-gp), but once again there was plenty of attention on off-track matters, with Oscar Piastri confirmed at McLaren for 2023, and [Alpine](/formula-1-teams/alpine) left licking their wounds and searching for another driver. [McLaren](/formula-1-teams/mclaren) was left in a dangerous position. Max Verstappen recovered from a grid penalty to take victory in an Italian Grand Prix that ended under the Safety Car after Daniel Ricciardo's stricken