We got another unexpected, chaotic, and much-needed race weekend after the most traumatic races of this season so far. The Italian Grand Prix 2025 at Monza showed why it’s considered the “Temple of Speed” and why it’s so hyped for all the right reasons. The race gave us so much more drama even before it started, with multiple pit lane starts and the retirement of Hulkenberg’s Sauber.
We got to see some promising performance by Lewis Hamilton, although it still wasn’t much of a dream weekend for Ferrari at Monza, like it’s supposed to be. The race was eventually won by Max Verstappen, followed by the Papaya boys, but not before absolute madness during the race, so let’s get into the details.
The Italian Grand Prix 2025: Pure Dominance, Strategy Miss, And Pit Upsets
Starting from the beginning, we had both Pierre Gasly and Isack Hadjar starting from the pit lane as Gasly’s car broke down at the parc ferme as it didn’t have a cover on it overnight, while Hadjar got a power unit upgrade. Then, the Italian Grand Prix 2025 starts with the formation lap, where Nico Hulkenberg is told to retire the car, possibly due to hydraulic failure.
As the light goes out, it was total chaos as Max Verstappen, starting from the pole position, goes off the track in corner 2 while Lando Norris, who was trailing behind Verstappen, gets a momentary lead. Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc overtakes Oscar Piastri to take the third position. Verstappen then regains the lead as Piastri overtakes Leclerc again on lap 6 to maintain the lead at the Italian Grand Prix 2025.
Now, just three laps later, in lap 9, Esteban Ocon gets a 5-second penalty for forcing Lance Stroll off the track since the track is much narrower as compared to others. Then Alonso boxed the car and got a pretty fast pit stop, thanks to Aston Martin’s pit crew, but as the fate would have it, he had to retire the car due to suspension capture at curb vibration and ended up having a DNF on Lap 25.
Just a few laps later, both Kimi Antonelli and Pierre Gasly got a black and white flag warning for track limits. Max Verstappen goes into the pit for hard tires, but this is where the real drama begins. Carlos Sainz passes Ollie Bearman, but just as he reaches the next turn, he and Bearman make contact and spin on the track.
At this point in the Italian Grand Prix 2025, many would think it would bring out a safety car, but it didn’t, and that pretty much messed up McLaren’s strategy as they were really playing on the safety car this weekend at Monza. Then, on lap 46, with just 9 laps to go, McLaren decides to pit the cars, and Piastri gets a pretty fast stop, clocked at 1.9 seconds, while Norris had to face the fate of slow pit stops once again as he ended up in the pit lane for more than 5 seconds.
Then comes the most controversial decision of the Italian Grand Prix 2025 as Oscar Piastri gets team orders to give Norris the position back, which pretty much felt like McLaren was just trying to cover up their mistake and slow pit stops with this decision, while Piastri had to give up his second place for no reason. While this drama was happening, Bearman got a 10-second penalty for making contact with Sainz and a 5-second penalty to Kimi Antonelli for forcing Alex Albon off the track.
Read More
During the final laps of the race, Max Verstappen was almost half a second ahead of Lando Norris and finished the race in style and ease. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri completed the podium while Charles Leclerc and George Russell finished fourth and fifth.
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton started from P10 and finished P6, moving up 4 places, which only makes one wonder if he could have stood on the podium of the Italian Grand Prix 2025 if it wasn’t for the grid penalty he faced for Zandvoort.
It was a good day for Alex Albon and the rookies Gabriel Bortoleto, Antonelli, and Hadjar as they all finished with points.
Italian Grand Prix 2025 Full Results
| POS. | NO. | DRIVER | TEAM | LAPS | TIME / RETIRED | PTS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 53 | 1:13:24.325 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 53 | +19.207s | 18 |
| 3 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 53 | +21.351s | 15 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 53 | +25.624s | 12 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 53 | +32.881s | 10 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 53 | +37.449s | 8 |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 53 | +50.537s | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber | 53 | +58.484s | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 53 | +59.762s | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 53 | +63.891s | 1 |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 53 | +64.469s | 0 |
| 12 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 53 | +79.288s | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull Racing | 53 | +80.701s | 0 |
| 14 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 53 | +82.351s | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 52 | +1 lap | 0 |
| NC | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 24 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kick Sauber | 0 | DNS | 0 |
Also read: All Records Carlos Alcaraz And Aryna Sabalenka Made With US Open 2025 Win
