Ricciardo leads the McLaren one-two at the Italian GP of the crash between Hamilton and Verstappen

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Monza he waited for a mad dash. After what Lewis Hamilton had a poor sprint grade and Max Verstappen took advantage of this circumstance, both were faced with an unpredictable Sunday. A bad stop had made the Dutchman lose the position with the British, but they met after the passage through the pits of the Mercedes. Both fought in the first chicane of the circuit and went to the gravel. This situation took advantage of the McLaren who completed a great weekend with the triumph of Daniel Ricciardo and the second place of Lando Norris. ‘CzechPérez passed the finish line earlier than Valtteri Bottas, but his overtaking led to a five-second penalty that restored the Finn to the spot in the battle of the second swords.

Victory that arrives in its most difficult season. The first with a history like McLaren, a team that had not managed to win since Brazil 2012. Long journey through the desert that ends in Monza 2021. His teammate Norris doubled him on points 114 to 57 in the championship, but this Sunday he was the protagonist in Italy from the first meters.

In a start that was going to mark the race, Hamilton surprised when he came out with the hard tire that, a priori, gives less grip at the beginning, but did it more when the traffic lights went out. Brilliant start, alongside that of a Ricciardo who managed to take the lead with his McLaren, and attacked Verstappen.

They arrived in parallel to the second chicane and the Dutchman did not leave space for the British when they were wheel to wheel, but the stewards decided that he did not deserve any type of sanction. Hamilton fell to fourth place again and the two McLarens held off the title contenders until lap 26, when everything changed.

A start where the local pilot, Antonio Giovinazzi, was about to cause the exit of the security car. At the same point in the fight between Hamilton and Verstapen, that of Alfa Romeo went long, returned uncertainly to the track and hit the right front wheel of a Carlos Sainz that he couldn’t do anything to avoid the touch, even though his Ferrari could continue without problem.

The accident

Calm tense in the head, with Hamilton trying to overtake Norris, but without success until the pit stops began. The first was Ricciardo, leader, biting into the threat of Red Bull, which on the following lap, when Verstappen did the same, turned against them. 11 seconds to switch to hard tires for the Australian’s 2.4.

Norris took advantage of it to stop and go ahead, like Hamilton, although his stop was slow too (4.2 seconds) and at the pit exit he changed the race completely.

The Mercedes came out paired with Verstappen and, aware that in his first fight there was no penalty for ‘MadMax’ by leaving him without space, he did the same, but the Dutchman did not skip the curve, he tried to put the car in spite of everything, but he jumped when he ate a banana and jumped over Hamilton’s car.

The two out of the race, adding spice to their fight for the title and with the touch between them at Silverstone in the memory. Of course, most importantly, the two left under their own power thanks to the halo, the cockpit protection system, which prevented Verstappen’s car from falling on Hamilton’s head.

Safety car on the track and the rest of the pilots took the opportunity to make their stop. Ricciardo remained in front after the restart, but Mexico’s Sergio Pérez and Finn’s Valtteri Bottas appeared in the equation. Of course, it turned out well for the McLaren team because with 11 laps remaining, they began a fight for the last place on the podium that made them lose a lot of time.

Behind, the two Ferraris, without rhythm to fight for the front positions, lurking waiting for the error and taking advantage of Pérez’s five-second penalty for overtaking Lando Norris off the track, which made them close their home race with the monegasque Charles Leclerc 4th and the Spanish Carlos Sainz 5th.

McLaren calmly lived the last laps. Nobody disturbed them from behind and they signed a historic double for the British team completed with an extra point for the winner, Daniel Ricciardo, who set the fastest lap on the last lap of the race.

Alpine, sin ritmo

53 laps in which Fernando Alonso managed to gain two positions with respect to his departure, but which can ascend another one, up to seventh place, due to an investigation that the Canadian has pending Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) for exceeding the speed allowed with a double yellow flag. The Asturian’s partner, the Gaul Esteban Ocon, finished tenth closing the points.

[Más información: Verstappen y Hamilton, fuera del GP de Italia: así fue el polémico accidente que les dejó sin carrera]



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