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2021 Formula 1 Italian GP
Sep 9, 2021 to Sep 12, 2021
| Autodromo Nazionale Monza, IT
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Formula 1 Italian GP
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- McLaren take 1-2 in the Italian Grand Prix with Ricciardo winning ahead of Norris
- Bottas takes third having started P19
- Verstappen and Hamilton out of the race after contact at the chicane
- Both AlphaTauris and Mazepin also out of the race
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Leaderboard
- Ricciardo, McLaren
- Norris, McLaren
- Bottas, Mercedes
- Leclerc, Ferrari
- Perez, Red Bull
- Sainz, Ferrari
- Stroll, Aston Martin
- Alonso, Alpine
- Russell, Williams
- Ocon, Alpine
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Checkered flag
10:41:25 am
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And that concludes the triple header - we'll see you in two weeks' time for the Russian GP at Sochi. Enjoy the rest of your day, and thanks for joining us!
10:40:30 am
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We'll leave you to enjoy the podium celebrations - meanwhile, here's the race report: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-italian-gp-ricciardo-leads-mclaren-1-2-verstappen-and-hamilton-collide/6666361/
10:38:46 am
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It's time to fill your boots, Australia - we're getting a shoey.
10:37:30 am
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Ricciardo: "I've been a sandbagging SOB all year - fourths, fifths...I might as well just win."
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10:36:51 am
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Ricciardo: "It worked well for me yesterday, and I knew even if we got the start it wasn't guaranteed we'd lead the whole race. To lead from start to finish, I don't think any of us expected that. But I knew something good was to come."
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10:34:58 am
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Norris: "We've had a pretty awesome weekend. Four years ago when I joined the team, we were working towards this. Now we've got a 1-2."
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10:33:06 am
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Bottas: "Starting from the back, it's never easy. I told the team we were gonna be on the podium today, and we did."
10:31:44 am
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10:31:15 am
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Obviously, the thing Ricciardo is most excited about is driving Dale Earnhardt's old NASCAR Cup Chevy Monte Carlo - owned by Zak Brown.
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10:29:23 am
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"And for anyone who thought I left - I never left. I just moved aside for a while," says Ricciardo over the radio.
10:27:43 am
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10:27:08 am
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Sainz claims sixth place from Stroll, with Alonso, Russell and Ocon rounding out the scorers.
10:26:39 am
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Bottas completes the podium ahead of Leclerc, as Perez drops to fifth after his penalty.
Checkered flag
10:25:44 am
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Until now! Daniel Ricciardo wins the Italian Grand Prix - taking the fastest lap too! Lando Norris completes a McLaren 1-2!
10:25:07 am
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Carlos Sainz Jr was within a whisker of winning this race last season - but McLaren still hasn't won since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix...
10:24:05 am
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The two McLarens begin the final lap of the race.
10:23:48 am
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Perez is doing enough to keep Bottas at bay, and has over five seconds over Sainz now.
10:23:07 am
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Stroll, running well in P7, is under investigation for failing to slow under yellow flags. That could be trouble, with both Alonso and Russell less than five seconds behind him.
10:22:56 am
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It's the penultimate lap.
10:22:04 am
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"All we've got," Hugh Bird tells Perez. As it stands, he'll take sixth once his penalty is applied - can he build enough over Sainz to secure fifth?
10:20:58 am
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Bottas had been getting closer to Perez once again, but it seems every time he gets within a decent range, Perez finds a bit more in reserve.
10:20:50 am
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Giovinazzi gets ahead of Kubica, taking P13 off his Alfa Romeo stand-in team-mate. It could have been so much more for the Italian but his first lap clash set in motion a tough afternoon.
10:18:33 am
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With five laps to go a lot of driver are being pinged for track limits at the final corner. Vettel, Russell and Alonso the latest to be warned about it.
10:17:59 am
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Norris is closing up on Ricciardo slightly now, giving him a bit more protection from the cars behind - which have fanned out a bit now and no longer have use of DRS on each other.
10:15:57 am
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Vettel gets ahead of Kubica to take P12 at the return to green flag action.
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10:15:05 am
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"Daniel has been told to pull away, let's go with him," Norris is told.
Green flag
10:14:19 am
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We're back to green flag racing, and Ricciardo is on the precipice of a 2s gap out front. Norris has also dropped Perez, despite the Mexican's rapid reaction to the VSC ending.
Safety car
10:12:25 am
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Mazepin has stopped on the exit of the Ascari chicane. That's the end of his race. Virtual Safety Car deployed.
10:11:45 am
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Bottas gets a run on Perez into the Curva Grande and passes, but goes too deep into the chicane - which lets Perez re-pass him. Toto Wolff went through the gamut of expressions in that one second.
Yellow flag
10:08:31 am
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The news of his penalty must have shocked Mazepin, as he locks up under braking for the first chicane and takes to the run-off. The Russian duly pits at the end of the lap having flat-spotted his tyres.
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10:08:01 am
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Norris gets the call to keep the status quo between him and Ricciardo.
Penalty
10:06:06 am
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Mazepin has been given a five-second time penalty for the clash with team-mate Schumacher. That'll go down well at Haas.
10:06:03 am
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Leclerc's found a bit more pace, and is closing up on Bottas now. The top six is now with six seconds!
10:04:48 am
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15 laps remaining.
Breaking news
10:04:37 am
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Away from the track action, here's the latest on the clash between Hamilton and Verstappen which will be investigated after the race: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/hamilton-and-verstappen-crash-set-for-post-italian-gp-investigation/6666333/
Penalty
10:03:03 am
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Perez has a five-second time penalty for passing Leclerc off the circuit.
10:01:20 am
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Ricciardo does indeed pull his finger out, going faster than the cars immediately behind him.
10:01:04 am
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Both the Vettel vs Schumacher and Schumacher vs Mazepin clashes have been noted by the stewards. It could be a long afternoon in the 'telling off' office at the end of this race.
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10:00:00 am
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"I need Daniel to pick up the pace a bit, he's driving too slow," Norris says, worried about the pressure from behind.
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09:59:19 am
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Bottas does a 1m24.827s, as he now plans to cut through the leading trio.
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Published: Sep 12, 2021, 2:41 PM
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