McLaren’s drivers were beaten into second and third by the Monégasque driver who made use of a brave racing strategy
Charles Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix with a remarkable drive for Ferrari at Monza, taking a gamble that paid off to make a one-stop strategy work and beat the McLaren cars of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris into second and third.who roared their hero home.
To do so from fourth on the grid was a remarkable achievement and, although Ferrari are long out of the title fight, they will be optimistic they can finish the year strongly and go into next season, when By lap 13, Piastri’s lead was almost three seconds with Norris, staying with the pair and closing on Leclerc as he pushed hard. Norris was called in to pit on lap 15 but the tension told as he locked up and hit the marker on his entry to the pits, clipping it with the right front corner as he came in hot.
When the stops had worked through, Piastri led from Norris by just under two seconds, with Leclerc three seconds back, while Verstappen was making no headway in sixth.McLaren stopped Norris again on lap 33 and Piastri on lap 39, allowing Leclerc to inherit the lead with Sainz in second, while Norris caught Verstappen on lap 40, the Dutchman aware that slowing down his rival might minimise his points damage – something he did manage for one full lap until he was bested into turn one.
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