Overall, it was a thrilling Grand Prix from start to finish and possibly the best race of the season so far, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton on pole for Sundays race. On a dry Sunday race, Hamilton took the lead at the start and controlled the race from the start. Until On lap 18, Kevin Magnussen's Haas suffered a power-unit failure and his car stranded to the side of the pit lane entrance. The Safety Car was deployed shortly afterwards and the pit lane was closed to allow marshals to safely remove the Magnussen's stranded car from the track. Both Lewis Hamilton and Antonio Giovinazzi made a pit stop shortly after the Safety Car had been deployed despite the pit lane being closed. They were both given 10-second stop and go penalties for this infraction.
The Safety Car was withdrawn at the end of lap 24. Hamilton held on to the lead ahead of Stroll and Gasly. Charles Leclerc crashed heavily in the Parabolica corner during the next lap, significantly damaging the tyre barriers in the process. The Safety Car was deployed once again, but the red flags were brought out shortly afterwards to suspend the race to allow repairs to be made to the tyre barriers.
The race resumed twenty-five minutes later with a standing restart on lap 26. Hamilton took the lead ahead of Gasly and Raikkonen, end of lap Hamilton pitted for his penalty, resulting Pierre Gasly taking the lead. Gasly stayed there till the end despite a late charge from Carlos Sainz Jr. it was Gasly day to win this seasons Italian Grand Prix for Pierre Gasly's first ever Grand Prix win. Becoming France's first Grand Prix winner since Oliver Panis winning the Monaco Grand Prix in 1996. And AlphaTauri their first win as a constructor and second win as a team since Sebastian Vettel won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix as Scuderia Toro Rosso. The race also marked the first time that Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull all failed to score a podium finish since the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix. Also, the first time since Kimi Räikkönen won the 2013 Australian Grand Prix driving for Lotus F1 that the race winner did not drive for Ferrari, Mercedes or Red Bull.
While, Carlos Sainz Jr. finished second place in the McLaren, Sainz Jr. was four tenths of a second behind Gasly at the end.
Meanwhile, Lance Stroll finished in third place in the Racing Point to complete the podium, Hamilton was thirty-three seconds behind Gasly at the end of the fifty-three lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (pole, finished seventh, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 4
Sebastian Vettel - 3 (DNF, Brakes)
Charles Leclerc - 5 (DNF, Accident)
Red Bull Racing - 5
Max Verstappen - 6 (DNF, Power-Unit Failure)
Alexander Albon - 4 (finished fifteenth)
McLaren - 9
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished second)
Lando Norris - 8 (finished fourth)
Renault - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished sixth)
Esteban Ocon - 7 (finished eighth)
Alpha Tauri: - 8
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished ninth)
Pierre Gasly - 10 (race win)
Racing Point - 7
Sergio Pérez- 6 (finished tenth)
Lance Stroll - 9 (finished third)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished sixteenth)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished twelfth)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Power-Unit Failure)
Williams - 6
George Russell - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Nicholas Latifi - 7 (finished eleventh)
Next stop Mugello Circuit for the Tuscan Grand Prix in a weeks time.
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