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Verstappen Shatters F1 Speed Record With Commanding Monza Win

A late McLaren team order clarified second and third, with Ferrari again short of race pace.

Overview

  • He completed 53 laps in 1:13:24.325 at an average 250.706 km/h, setting the fastest Grand Prix on record.
  • Lando Norris finished second ahead of Oscar Piastri after McLaren instructed a position swap following Norris’s slow front-left tire change.
  • Ferrari missed the podium at home, with Charles Leclerc fourth and Lewis Hamilton sixth, and Leclerc said the result was painful because the car lacks pace.
  • Organizers reported 369,041 spectators across the event, described as the largest attendance for a sporting event in Italy.
  • It was Verstappen’s third Monza victory, and Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s 10‑second penalty dropped him from eighth to ninth in the final classification.