After Verstappen constructed up a stable lead within the early levels following a superb launch from the pole place, the Purple Bull star loved a principally serene drive across the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari till Norris’s McLaren started to shut the hole from P2 because the race reached its latter levels.
An exciting finish to the occasion ensued as Norris continued to chop into Verstappen’s benefit, however a snap of oversteer appeared to take additional life out of the McLaren driver’s ageing tyres, permitting the Purple Bull to carry onto P1 by simply 0.725s because the chequered flag was waved.
Regardless of trying to be on Norris’s tail within the struggle for P2 earlier within the occasion, Charles Leclerc needed to accept the ultimate podium place of third in entrance of Ferrari’s residence followers, whereas Oscar Piastri claimed P4 in a stable drive for McLaren.
Carlos Sainz added to Ferrari’s factors tally by claiming fifth place, forward of Lewis Hamilton in a lonely sixth for Mercedes, adopted by his teammate George Russell in seventh, who had made a shock late pit cease for medium tyres, permitting him to say the additional level for quickest lap.
Sergio Perez salvaged P8 for Purple Bull after a troublesome qualifying noticed him begin the race in P11, with Lance Stroll taking Aston Martin’s solely factors in ninth. Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the highest 10 after a racy drive within the RB.
The Haas pair of Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen adopted in eleventh and twelfth, respectively, regardless of the previous working within the prime 10 earlier on and the latter partaking in a couple of battles to work his manner by way of the sphere.
RB’s Daniel Ricciardo crossed the road in P13, dropping again from P9 on the grid, with the lead Alpine of Esteban Ocon following in P14 forward of Kick Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu in P15.
Pierre Gasly ended the day in sixteenth place for Alpine, having been one in every of simply two drivers to start out the race on the mushy tyre. Williams’ Logan Sargeant was simply behind in seventeenth, whereas Valtteri Bottas rounded out the finishers in 18th place.
Fernando Alonso had spent a lot of the afternoon working close to the rear of the pack in what has been a difficult weekend for the Spaniard. He retired his Aston Martin within the latter levels, classifying him in P19.
The one different retiree was Alex Albon, who was compelled to retire his Williams earlier within the Grand Prix.
