Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has had a season for the ages — and now, he can say it literally.
Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, on Sunday, and in doing so, he broke a Formula 1 record. His win at the Dutch GP at Zandvoort tied the record for most consecutive wins with another former Red Bull driver in Sebastian Vettel, but Verstappen broke it on Sunday, winning 10 races in a row and putting him in the history books.
The start of the Grand Prix was delayed when Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri car broke down on the formation lap. Verstappen had to work a bit harder than usual to take the lead this time around, as he battled Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was on pole for the race, for over 10 laps. Eventually, however, Sainz locked up entering Monza’s Prima Variante chicane and Verstappen was able to pounce.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez finished the race in second, but Sainz and his teammate Charles Leclerc had a hard-fought battle for the last podium spot. In the end, Sainz won out, grabbing third place and his first podium by just over a tenth of a second.
Here is how the Italian Grand Prix shaped out:
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
- Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams)
- Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine) [DNF]
- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) [DNF]