The 2024 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia 2024) was a

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motor race held on 1 September 2024 at the

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, Italy. It was the sixteenth round of the

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. The race featured the Grand Prix debut of

Franco Colapinto Franco Alejandro Colapinto (born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian racing driver who is due to compete in FIA Formula 3 for MP Motorsport. He is the 2019 F4 Spanish champion and a race winner in the European Le Mans Series. He is a member ...

, who drove for Williams until the end of the season.

Lando Norris Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a Belgian-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One with McLaren, racing under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formu ...

and

Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian racing driver who previously served as the reserve driver for Alpine F1 Team, having previously been in the team's driver academy. He won the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with R-ace GP, and wo ...

locked out the front row for

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, their first at Monza since . The 53-lap race was won by

Charles Leclerc Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in . Leclerc ma ...

of Ferrari, marking the team’s first win at Monza since

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. Piastri and Norris rounded out the podium.

Background

The event was held at the

for the 74th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 30 August – 1 September. The Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the

and the 75th running of the

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as a round of the Formula One World Championship. On 29 August, the Safety Car crashed off the track at turn 11. Driver

Bernd Mayländer Bernd Mayländer (born 29 May 1971 in Waiblingen) is a German racing driver and current Formula One safety car driver. Racing career Bernd started his career in karting sport at the end of the 1980s. In the following years he made his way to ...

and passenger Richard Darker were not injured in the incident.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend,

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led the Drivers' Championship with 295 points, 70 points ahead of

in second, and 103 ahead of

in third.

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, with 434 points, led the Constructors' Championship from

and Ferrari, who are second and third with 404 and 370 points, respectively.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of

, who replaced

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at Williams from this Grand Prix onwards. Colapinto made his Formula One debut.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli Andrea Kimi Antonelli (born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing. He previously competed in the Italian F4 Championship and ADAC Formula 4 Champ ...

drove for

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in place of George Russell during the first practice session, making his Formula One practice debut.

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were planning to have

Felipe Drugovich Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian-Italian racing driver of Austrian descent who last competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 Euroformula Open champion and the 2022 Formula 2 champion. ...

drive in first practice in place of

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and M ...

, before cancelling this plan in response to the track changes.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier

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brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the three softest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at this event.

Track changes

Ahead of the event, Monza Circuit underwent significant changes. In addition to facility improvements, the entire track was resurfaced. The DRS zone leading in to turn 1 was extended by .

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 30 August 2024, at 13:30 local time (

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), and was topped by

ahead of

of Ferrari and

. Debutant

spun at turn 11, crashing into the wall and causing the session to be stopped temporarily. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by

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ahead of Norris and

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of Ferrari. The third practice session was held on 31 August 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Hamilton ahead of his teammate George Russell and Leclerc.

Qualifying

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was held on 31 August 2024, at 16:00 local time (

Qualifying classification

Race

The race was held on 1 September 2024, at 15:00 local time (

), and was run for 53 laps.

Race report

Polesitter

kept the lead until teammate

took the lead at turn 4 on the opening lap. Prior to this, on the run-in to turn one, George Russell clipped Piastri's rear-left tyre, forcing Russell to take the run-off area. He then made contact with

, causing a loss of his front wing endplate. Piastri and Verstappen did not suffer damage. After Piastri took the lead, Norris lost 2nd position to

, who had started 4th.

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( "Ricardo", ; born 1 July 1989) is an Italian-Australian racing driver who last raced in Formula One driving for McLaren, under the Australian flag. He made his debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with the HR ...

, battling

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, pushed the latter into the gravel in turn 8. Four laps later, Hülkenberg locked-up his tyres and collided with Ricciardo's teammate

Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda (Japanese: 角田裕毅, ''Tsunoda Yūki'', ; born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who is racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri in Formula One. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , he was the 2018 Japanese F4 champion a ...

. causing sidepod and floor damage to his RB car. Tsunoda retired due to the damage on lap 7. Leclerc's teammate

initially overtook the McLarens during their first stops but ended up losing the positions to them. Leclerc stopped early to run the hard tyres, a decision he initially criticised on team radio. However, he was shifted into first place following stops for other drivers and ended up running the tyres to the end, winning the race ahead of Piastri and Norris. Leclerc's victory marked his seventh career win and Ferrari's first win at their home race since

, which was also won by Leclerc. This race marked the debut of

, who finished in twelfth having qualified in eighteenth. A Williams junior, Colapinto was brought in from Formula 2 early to replace

, who was dropped due to underperforming. Following the race,

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of Haas received penalty points on his licence for a collision with

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. This took Magnussen over the limit of 12 points for a rolling year, and earning him a one-race ban from the following

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Race classification

Notes * – Includes one point for fastest lap. * –

finished ninth, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with

. * –

finished 12th, but received a total of 15-second time penalty; five seconds for forcing

off the track and ten seconds for failing to serve the penalty correctly.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

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