Its the race that Max Verstappen wants to forget, Verstappen was on pole for Sunday's race. At the sunny Italian Grand Prix. Verstappen had a poor start giving Daniel Ricciardo the lead with Verstappen relegated to second place, by lap 22 Verstappen pitted for tyres and had a poor pit-stop.
Then at the start of lap 26, Sir Lewis Hamilton came out of pits from his pist-stop, came side by side with Verstappen on the pit exit. They went wheel-to-wheel through turn 1 and in turn 2, they made contact. Verstappen bounced over a sausage curb, forcing him to slide over the top of Hamilton’s car. Both drivers were okay, but were forced to retire. The crash brought out the safety car. This was Hamilton's first retirement since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix. After the race, the stewards decided that Verstappen was predominantly at fault and so gave him a three-place grid drop for the Russian Grand Prix.
In my opinion, it was more of a racing incident then one the drivers fault. I think stewards saw something that is Verstappen fault, therefore three-place grid drop was a fair penalty from the stewards.
After the safety car went in it was Daniel Ricciardo race to the end to win this seasons Italian Grand Prix for Ricciardo's first race win of the season, his first Grand Prix win since Monaco 2018 and McLaren's since 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix when Jenson Button won the race.
While, Lando Norris finished in second place in the other McLaren for McLaren's first one-two finish of the season and their first since Canada 2010, Norris was two seconds behind Ricciardo at the end.
Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the Mercedes to complete the podium despite starting from the back of the grid after an power-unit change before qualifying, Bottas was five seconds behind Ricciardo at the end of the fifty-three lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 6 (DNF, Collision with Verstappen)
Valtteri Bottas - 10 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 6
Max Verstappen - 7 (pole, DNF, Collision with Hamilton)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished fifth)
McLaren - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 10 (race win, fastest lap)
Lando Norris - 9 (finished second)
Aston Martin - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (finished twelfth)
Lance Stroll - 7 (finished seventh)
Alpine - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished eighth)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished tenth)
Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished fourth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished sixth)
AlphaTauri - 5
Pierre Gasly - 5 (DNF, Suspension)
Yuki Tsunoda - 5 (DNS, Brakes)
Alfa Romeo - 6
Robert Kubica - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 7 (finished thirteenth)
Haas - 4
Mick Schumacher - 4 (finished fifteenth)
Nikita Mazepin - 4 (DNF, Power unit)
Williams - 6
George Russell - 7 (finished ninth)
Nicholas Latifi - 6 (finished eleventh)
Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in two weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.
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