The Italian Grand Prix delivered a thrilling afternoon of racing and an incredible comeback from Kimi Antonelli, who won his home race for the first time from 19th on the grid. It was not such a positive outing in front of the Tifosi for Ferrari, however, with the Scuderia’s struggles proving to be one of several fascinating talking points that emerged from the event. Here are all the key moments from the 2026 Italian Grand Prix…...

Arvid Lindblad described his and stand-in team mate Yuki Tsunoda’s double points finish at the Italian Grand Prix as “damage limitation” for Racing Bulls after Alpine’s eye-catching Qualifying display. Racing Bulls and Alpine are both pushing to claim fifth in the Teams' Championship and earn the ‘best of the rest’ title this season - behind front-runners Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull. Alpine looked set to make major moves at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza when Pierre Gasly charged his way to a shock pole position, with Lindblad the lead Racing Bulls at the tail-end of the top 10 and Tsunoda falling at the Q1 hurdle....

Lining up 19th on the grid of his home Italian Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli must have been cursing the Mercedes algorithms. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said it was the algorithm that dictated Antonelli take a back-of-grid engine penalty at his home race because the computers “don’t take [drivers'] nationality into consideration”. Those same systems told him he had no chance of winning the race. A top-five finish was his likely result, and even after making his monumental comeback to lead the race on Lap 18, his tyre strategy should have limited him to second place at best....

Mercedes Kimi Antonelli became the first Italian to win at Monza since 1966, which considering he started from 19th on the grid was an incredible result and arguably his best victory to date. He had an electric first lap, and found himself 12th when the red flags came out. Another brilliant first lap at the second start saw him eighth, and from there he quickly climbed up to run second behind his team mate....

Usually a Formula 1 driver who starts from pole position and tumbles down to seventh won’t be too happy with such an outcome, but that wasn’t the case for Pierre Gasly in Monza. As much as Gasly dared to dream that circumstances might allow him at least make it to the podium, the Frenchman and his Alpine team knew that the numbers didn’t add up. The A526 was superb over one lap on Saturday....

Audi have notified the FIA of their “intention to appeal” after Yuki Tsunoda avoided any penalty for a potential starting infraction at the Italian Grand Prix. Following Charles Leclerc’s crash on the second lap of Sunday’s 53-lap race at Monza, the red flag was deployed to repair barrier damage before a standing restart took place. However, drivers were sent round for a further formation lap after Tsunoda, making his second appearance of the season for Racing Bulls, made a late change of direction into the correct grid box when he realised he was heading for the wrong grid position....

Lewis Hamilton has called on Ferrari “to change things” in how it manages the intra-team battle between the seven-time World Champion and Charles Leclerc following last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. The Tifosi had high hopes of a strong result in Sunday’s 53-lap race Monza, with Leclerc and Hamilton occupying the second row of the grid. But the race quickly unravelled as Hamilton dropped to the fringes of the top 10 after finding the gravel on the exit of the first chicane having gone side-by-side with Leclerc, who in turn crashed heavily at the end of the second lap....

On Saturday evening at Monza, McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella was adamant that poor execution was the root cause of a disappointing Q3 outcome that saw Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris start in P6 and P8. After Sunday’s hectic race saw them move up to P4 and P5 - with Norris ahead this time - the Italian acknowledged a much better overall performance, and pretty much the optimum that the team could have expected given the weakness of the MCL40 package on the straights....

Alpine Managing Director Steve Nielsen has set out the team’s ambition to “try and win it” at the Italian Grand Prix after Pierre Gasly claimed an impressive pole position for the Enstone-based squad. Having displayed strong pace throughout Qualifying - which saw him lead the timesheets in Q1 - Gasly managed to go fastest of all during the final segment to score his maiden pole in Formula 1, six years on from his debut victory at the same circuit....

Oscar Piastri has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix after the stewards found him guilty of impeding Liam Lawson in Qualifying. Red Bull substitute Lawson closed in on Piastri’s McLaren (which had just left the pits) through Monza’s first chicane during the closing stages of Q2 - the New Zealander subsequently expressing his frustration over the radio and missing the Q3 cut. After hearing from both drivers, Red Bull and McLaren team representatives, and reviewing the range of data available to them, the stewarding panel settled on a grid drop for the Australian....

Joshua Duerksen claimed his third Sprint Race victory of the 2026 FIA Formula 2 season, fighting through the pack in impressive fashion to take the win. The Invicta Racing driver started seventh on the grid, but was up to fourth place almost immediately by the time the pack reached Turn 4 on the opening lap. From there, the Paraguayan driver picked off his rivals to climb the podium rankings, before a mid-race Safety Car wiped out reverse grid polesitter John Bennett’s lead....

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton admit that Ferrari failed to execute a good enough strategy during Qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, with the pair only achieving P4 and P5 respectively. With the slipstream at Monza proving pivotal, teams and drivers tried to work in unison to give themselves a shot at pole position ahead of Sunday’s 53-lap race. But the Scuderia failed to deliver in front of their home fans, as both Leclerc and Hamilton found themselves two tenths adrift of surprise polesitter, Pierre Gasly....

Gabriel Bortoleto believes Audi “can be fighting for points” in the Italian Grand Prix, having just missed out on reaching the top 10 in Qualifying by the smallest of margins. The Brazilian failed to advance through to the final part of Qualifying on Saturday by just 0.001s, as Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari took the final spot in Q3. Despite missing out, Bortoleto believes he extracted the maximum from his Audi during a session where utilising a slipstream from the car in front proved crucial....

George Russell shared his predictions for the Italian Grand Prix after settling for second place in Qualifying, as Alpine driver Pierre Gasly executed a remarkable lap to clinch pole position at the last moment. With the second Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli set to start at the back of the grid, and Ferrari struggling to replicate their timesheet-topping pace from earlier in the weekend, it looked as though Russell had a relatively clear path to pole position....

1. What can Gasly do?! From a shock in Qualifying providing a new polesitter to Ferrari’s home race hopes, and from Kimi Antonelli’s attempt to charge through the field to the potential for plenty of position swapping, here are some of the areas to focus on in Monza as we go racing at the Temple of Speed… I’ve got to admit, this was not a question I was expecting to ask in this feature this weekend....

Mercedes-powered cars made it 13 poles from 13 races in 2026 on Saturday afternoon, but no-one predicted Pierre Gasly would be the driver up top. While the Frenchman’s pace isn’t in doubt, Alpine haven’t really threatened the sharp-end of the grid in quite a while. Fastest in Q1, fourth in Q2, and quickest by six-hundredths when it mattered most. Presented with a rare opportunity, Gasly didn’t blink. But what happens on race day?...