F1 2021 – Ricciardo wins Italian Grand Prix – Max and Hamilton collide

F1 2021 – Daniel Ricciardo won Formula 1’s 2021 Italian Grand Prix.

McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo claimed a sensational victory at the Italian Grand Prix after Formula 1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton crashed out.

Ricciardo took the lead from Verstappen with a great start and led every lap on his way to scoring a famous win for McLaren, heading home a 1-2 for the team ahead of Lando Norris.

Full race results at the Italian Grand Prix, Round 14 of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship.

POS	DRIVER	NAT.	TEAM	TIME
1	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	53 Laps
2	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	+ 1.747s
3	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	+ 4.921s
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	+ 7.309s
5	Sergio Perez	MEX	Red Bull Racing	+ 8.723s
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	+ 10.535s
7	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	+ 15.804s
8	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Alpine F1 Team	+ 17.201s
9	George Russell	GBR	Williams Racing	+ 19.742s
10	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Alpine F1 Team	+ 20.868s
11	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	+ 23.743s
12	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	+ 24.621s
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	ITA	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	+ 27.216s
14	Robert Kubica	POL	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	+ 29.769s
15	Mick Schumacher	GER	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	+ 51.088s
DNF	Nikita Mazepin	RUS	Uralkali Haas F1 Team
DNF	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
DNF	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda

It ends a nine-year winning drought for McLaren, with the British outfit’s previous victory coming at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo had dominated the opening stint of the race to stay ahead of Verstappen but the Australian’s route to an eighth career victory was cleared when Verstappen and Hamilton came to blows at Turn 1 in a dramatic incident.

Polesitter Verstappen had dropped down the order following an awful pit stop and was trying to pass Hamilton as the seven-time world champion emerged from the pits following his own stop.

Verstappen attempted to go around the outside but the pair collided at the exit and both cars ended up beached in the gravel, with Verstappen’s Red Bull landing on top of Hamilton’s Mercedes.

It came after a clash on the opening lap when Verstappen had forced Hamilton to run wide at the della Roggia chicane as the pair battled it out for second place, with Hamilton dropping back behind Norris to fourth.

The Monza clash marks the second time this season Verstappen and Hamilton have collided, following their controversial crash at the British Grand Prix in July.

Ricciardo aced the restart following a lengthy safety car period, while teammate Norris jumped Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to move into second, securing McLaren’s first 1-2 finish since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.

“For anyone who thought I left, I never left,” Ricciardo exclaimed over team radio after crossing the line.

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas turned in a stunning recovery drive from the back of the grid to complete the podium in third after Sergio Perez, who finished third on the road, was demoted to fourth with a time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage when he passed Leclerc.

Leclerc subsequently took fourth ahead of the penalised Perez, while Carlos Sainz finished sixth in the second Ferrari.

Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso, George Russell and Esteban Ocon completed the rest of the top 10.

2021 F1 Italian – Sprint Qualifying starting grid

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