Charles Leclerc delivers Ferrari’s first house System One win at Monza in 5 years.
Charles Leclerc has gained the Italian Grand Prix to please Ferrari’s massed ranks of followers as Lando Norris once more chipped away at struggling champion Max Verstappen’s lead within the System One drivers’ standings.
Monegasque Leclerc claimed victory at Monza on Sunday for the second time after profitable in 2019, holding off McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Norris in an exciting race wherein Verstappen completed almost 38 seconds off the tempo in sixth.
Big roars engulfed the stands as Leclerc took the chequered flag after holding out on a set of onerous tyres he had modified in his solely pit cease on the sixteenth lap.
All of his prime rivals, other than teammate Carlos Sainz who ended up ending fourth, pitted twice and McLaren have been hoping that the Ferrari pair would do the identical.
However Leclerc managed to maintain his tyres in ok situation to remain forward and completed the race comfortably in entrance of Piastri, who had been the race chief within the opening laps.
Polesitter Norris, regardless of ending third, managed to cut Verstappen’s championship result in 62 factors with eight races remaining as his Dutch rival’s barren run continued.
Verstappen has now didn’t win any of the final six GPs after claiming victories in seven of the primary 10, and his and Purple Bull’s dominance of F1 seems to be more and more in query.
A fourth straight world title regarded a close to certainty when Verstappen gained in Spain in June, however since then he has completed on the rostrum solely twice.
