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Italian Grand Prix

2026-09-06·53 laps

Kimi Antonelli produced one of the great recovery drives in modern F1 to win his home Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid, becoming the first Italian to win at Monza since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966. Handed a 30-place grid penalty for a pre-weekend engine change, Antonelli tore through the field after an early red flag for Charles Leclerc's heavy crash at the Parabolica, then used a well-timed pit stop under a Virtual Safety Car to switch onto fresh mediums while championship rival and teammate George Russell stayed out on ageing hards. Antonelli hunted Russell down and passed him on Lap 50 of 53 to win by 3.857 seconds and stretch his drivers' championship lead to 66 points. Max Verstappen completed the podium for Red Bull, edging out a squabbling McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while a torrid home weekend for Ferrari saw Leclerc retire on Lap 2 and Lewis Hamilton salvage only sixth. Yuki Tsunoda, standing in for the temporarily promoted Liam Lawson, scored his first point since Qatar the previous November in 10th, surviving a stewards' investigation into an extra formation lap he caused.

Race Winner

Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

Fastest Lap

1:23.504

Kimi Antonelli

Conditions

☀ Dry

Circuit Profile

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Lap length

5.793 km

Race distance

53 laps · 307.0 km

Tyre allocation

H C3 · M C4 · S C5

Pit-lane loss (model)

≈ 19 s

Tyre degradation

Low

Overtaking

Easier

Pit-lane loss, degradation and overtaking are PITWALL simulator inputs for this circuit, not official figures.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit guide →Run this circuit in the simulator →

Qualifying

POS	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	Pierre Gasly	1:22.612	1:22.077	1:21.786	1
2	George Russell	1:22.779	1:22.161	1:21.846	2
3	Oscar Piastri	1:22.924	1:22.017	1:21.966	6(+3 Penalty)
4	Charles Leclerc	1:22.902	1:22.509	1:22.004	3
5	Lewis Hamilton	1:22.847	1:22.516	1:22.011	4
6	Max Verstappen	1:22.631	1:22.188	1:22.070	5
7	Kimi Antonelli	1:22.758	1:21.882	1:22.093	19(+30 Penalty)
8	Franco Colapinto	1:22.662	1:22.400	1:22.220	7
9	Lando Norris	1:22.659	1:22.067	1:22.256	8
10	Arvid Lindblad	1:22.727	1:22.345	1:22.286	9
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:22.946	1:22.517	—	10
12	Oliver Bearman	1:22.906	1:22.756	—	11
13	Nico Hulkenberg	1:23.440	1:22.779	—	12
14	Liam Lawson	1:22.989	1:22.821	—	22(+35 Penalty)
15	Carlos Sainz	1:23.616	1:23.453	—	13
16	Esteban Ocon	1:23.466	1:23.454	—	14
17	Yuki Tsunoda	1:23.755	—	—	15
18	Alexander Albon	1:24.356	—	—	20(+20 Penalty)
19	Valtteri Bottas	1:24.364	—	—	16
20	Sergio Perez	1:24.595	—	—	17
21	Fernando Alonso	1:25.150	—	—	21
22	Lance Stroll	1:25.222	—	—	18

Grid to Finish

Places gained or lost between the starting grid (after penalties) and the flag, for 19 of 19 classified drivers.

Biggest gains

Kimi AntonelliP19 → P1+18

Liam LawsonP22 → P14+8

Yuki TsunodaP15 → P10+5

Biggest losses

Pierre GaslyP1 → P7-6

Oliver BearmanP11 → P15-4

Valtteri BottasP16 → P19-3

Race Timeline

🚦LAP 1Lights out — 53 laps scheduled

🚩LAP 2Charles Leclerc crashes heavily into the barriers at the Parabolica after contact with teammate Lewis Hamilton at the first chicane sent Hamilton into the gravel — red flag, standing restart. Leclerc completes only 1 lap.

🏎LAP 3Standing restart: pole-sitter Pierre Gasly leads from Russell and Franco Colapinto, with Antonelli already climbing from 19th just laps in.

🏎LAP 12Max Verstappen rises to the lead as the two Mercedes drop in behind him.

🔧LAP 12First pit stop of the race: Liam Lawson switches to Medium

🏆LAP 28Race winner Kimi Antonelli makes stop 1, fitting Medium

🟡LAP 33A Virtual Safety Car period gives Antonelli the chance to pit for fresh mediums while race leader Russell stays out on his ageing hards — the choice that decides the race.

🔧LAP 46Last pit stop of the race: Alexander Albon switches to Soft

🏎LAP 50On fresher tyres, Antonelli hunts down and passes Russell for the lead, sealing a sensational home win by 3.857 seconds.

🏎LAP 53Yuki Tsunoda, filling in for the temporarily promoted Liam Lawson, scores his first point since Qatar 2025 in 10th, later cleared by stewards over an extra formation lap he caused.

🏁LAP 53Chequered flag — Kimi Antonelli wins

Tyre Strategy

Every stint for the 19 classified drivers with recorded pit data (19 classified in total). Bar lengths are to scale with the 53-lap race distance.

🚩 marks a tyre change made while the race was red-flagged — a free change, not a pit stop. Stop counts below include pit stops only.

P1Kimi Antonelli

H

M 25

M 25

P2George Russell

M

H 50

P3Max Verstappen

S

M 25

H 25

P4Lando Norris

M

H 50

P5Oscar Piastri

M

H 50

P6Lewis Hamilton

S

M 50

P7Pierre Gasly

M

H 50

P8Arvid Lindblad

M

H 50

P9Franco Colapinto

M

H 50

P10Yuki Tsunoda

H

M 50

P11Gabriel Bortoleto

S

M 50

P12Nico Hulkenberg

M

H 24

M 26

P13Carlos Sainz

S

H 24

M 26

P14Liam Lawson

M

H 9

M 41

P15Oliver Bearman

S

H 50

P16Esteban Ocon

S

H 24

M 26

P17Alexander Albon

M

H 43

S 7

P18Sergio Perez

S

S 24

M 26

P19Valtteri Bottas

S

M 24

S 26

LAP 1LAP 27LAP 53

No pit stop

10

One-stop

9

Two-stop

0

🚩 19 driver(s) changed tyres under the red flag

Winner's strategy: Hard → Medium → Medium

Longest stint: George Russell, 50 laps on Hard

Compound sequences used

Medium → Hard

6 driver(s) · best result P2

Soft → Medium

2 driver(s) · best result P6

Medium → Hard → Medium

2 driver(s) · best result P12

Soft → Hard → Medium

2 driver(s) · best result P13

Hard → Medium → Medium

1 driver(s) · best result P1

Soft → Medium → Hard

1 driver(s) · best result P3

Hard → Medium

1 driver(s) · best result P10

Soft → Hard

1 driver(s) · best result P15

Medium → Hard → Soft

1 driver(s) · best result P17

Soft → Soft → Medium

1 driver(s) · best result P18

Soft → Medium → Soft

1 driver(s) · best result P19

Pit Stops & Neutralisations

First stops came between lap 12 and lap 46, with a median of lap 27.

Stops made within 2 laps of a Safety Car or VSC being called. The race data records when a neutralisation started, not when it ended.

🟡 VSC · lap 33

No recorded stops in that window.

Why They Lost

Strategy and race factors that shaped the result for drivers who finished behind Kimi Antonelli.

P7Pierre GaslyAlpine

▸Started P1 and finished 6 places lower.

P14Liam LawsonRed Bull Racing

▸Pitted 16 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 12 vs 28), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P17Alexander AlbonWilliams

▸Pitted 18 laps later than Kimi Antonelli (lap 46 vs 28), losing time on worn tyres before the stop.

DNFLance StrollAston Martin

▸Retired before the finish (DNF).

DNFFernando AlonsoAston Martin

▸Retired before the finish (DNF).

DNFCharles LeclercFerrari

▸Retired before the finish (DNF).

Strategy Breakdown

Simulator replay is unavailable for this race: the simulator can't yet reproduce free tyre changes under a red flag, so a replay would charge pit-lane time the drivers never lost.

POS	Driver	Strategy	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	H→M🚩L3→ML28	1:51:15.281	+0.000	—
2	George Russell Mercedes	M→H🚩L3	1:51:19.138	+3.857	—
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	S→M🚩L3→HL28	1:51:29.999	+14.718	—
4	Lando Norris McLaren	M→H🚩L3	1:51:34.337	+19.056	—
5	Oscar Piastri McLaren	M→H🚩L3	1:51:34.534	+19.253	—
6	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	S→M🚩L3	1:51:39.936	+24.655	—
7	Pierre Gasly Alpine	M→H🚩L3	1:51:42.632	+27.351	—
8	Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls	M→H🚩L3	1:52:00.417	+45.136	—
9	Franco Colapinto Alpine	M→H🚩L3	1:52:02.634	+47.353	—
10	Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls	H→M🚩L3	1:52:13.468	+58.187	—
11	Gabriel Bortoleto Audi	S→M🚩L3	1:52:20.468	+65.187	—
12	Nico Hulkenberg Audi	M→H🚩L3→ML27	1:52:21.468	+66.187	—
13	Carlos Sainz Williams	S→H🚩L3→ML27	1:52:29.398	+74.117	—
14	Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing	M→H🚩L3→ML12	1:52:30.890	+75.609	—
15	Oliver Bearman Haas	S→H🚩L3	1:52:34.239	+78.958	—
16	Esteban Ocon Haas	S→H🚩L3→ML27	1:51:21.872	+1 lap	—
17	Alexander Albon Williams	M→H🚩L3→SL46	1:51:35.549	+1 lap	—
18	Sergio Perez Cadillac	S→S🚩L3→ML27	1:52:28.653	+1 lap (incl. 5s penalty)	—
19	Valtteri Bottas Cadillac	S→M🚩L3→SL27	1:51:28.161	+2 laps	—
20	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	S→H🚩L3	—	DNF	—
21	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	H→S🚩L3	—	DNF	—
22	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	S	—	DNF	—