Italian Grand Prix
2021 · Round 14 · Monza, Italy · Sep 10-12, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Ricciardo (from 2nd on the grid), with a 1.747s margin. Bottas made the biggest gain, from 19th on the grid to 3rd (up 16 places). Giovinazzi had a difficult race, dropping from 7th to 13th. The safety car was deployed on laps 26-30. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 1-2 and on lap 44. The winner made one pit stop: on lap 22 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Ricciardo (McLaren) on lap 22, with 23.8s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Ricciardo (1:24.812).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Ricciardo 1:24.812 | McLaren | 2 | 53 | 1:21:54.365 | 26 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 3 | 53 | +1.747 | 18 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 19 | 53 | +4.921 | 15 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 | 53 | +7.309 | 12 |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 8 | 53 | +8.723 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | 53 | +10.535 | 8 |
| 7 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 | 53 | +15.804 | 6 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 10 | 53 | +17.201 | 4 |
| 9 | George Russell | Williams | 14 | 53 | +19.742 | 2 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 53 | +20.868 | 1 |
| 11 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 13 | 53 | +23.743 | 0 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 11 | 53 | +24.621 | 0 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 7 | 53 | +27.216 | 0 |
| 14 | Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 53 | +29.769 | 0 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 53 | +51.088 | 0 |
| – | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 16 | 41 | Power Unit | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | 25 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 25 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | – | 3 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | – | 0 | Brakes | 0 |