Lando Norris had a quick start, while his teammate Oscar Piastri moved across the track, not to defend but to challenge for the lead. This forced George Russell to go wide, putting his wheels on the gravel and using the escape road.

Piastri then overtook Norris at the della Roggia chicane to take the lead. Norris then even lost one more position in favor of Charles Leclerc.

Max Verstappen complained that Lewis Hamilton didn’t leave him enough space, saying he "got a penalty for that" in the past. They were running in P5 and P6 early on, both ahead of Russell. Sergio Perez, behind Russell, mentioned that Russell had some "dangerous" damage.

On the first lap also Daniel Ricciardo had an incident with Nico Hulkenberg, who dropped to 16th after starting in P9. Hulkenberg then had another clash with Yuki Tsunoda, pitting on lap 6 for a new front wing. Tsunoda retired two laps later due to severe damage. Ricciardo received a five-second penalty for squeezing Hulkenberg, who got a 10-second penalty for the incident with Tsunoda.

By lap 10, Piastri was leading by seven-tenths ahead of Leclerc, with Norris in third, followed by Sainz, Hamilton, and Verstappen. Perez had passed Russell, and they, along with Alex Albon and Fernando Alonso, were in the final points positions.

McLaren then boxed Norris early, to make an undercut on Leclerc, which they managed easily. Piastri went with “ plan A” and stayed on the track a bit longer but still managed to come out in front of Norris, after his pitstop later on.

Meanwhile Haas got another penalty, but this time it was their other driver, Kevin Magnussen, who recieved 10 seconds for crashing into Pierre Gasly, who wasn’t able to find the pace for the rest of the race. That kind of penalty usually comes with 2 penalty points on top, which means that Magnussen probably won't be able to race in Baku as he has 10 penalty points at this moment.

Max Verstappen struggled with the car during the whole race, which was pretty noticable mainly in his way of communication with his engineer over the radio. The RB20 had no grip and problems with understeer throughout the whole weekend.

All of the teams went with two-pitstop strategy, except for Ferrari, which was the right call for them as they were 1-2 at that point. Close to the end both McLaren drivers managed to overtake Carlos Sainz, thanks to fresher tyres but didn’t have enough to fight Charles Lerclerc, who amazingly secured the victory for Ferrari at their home track. Piastri then finished second, followed by Norris and Sainz.

Lewis Hamilton took fifth place for Mercedes, Verstappen sixth for Red Bull, followed by George Russell and Sergio Perez. Alex Albon managed to score 2 points for Williams after finishing ninth, with Kevin Magnussen completing the top ten, even after his 10 second penalty.

2024 Italian Grand Prix results: