Overview

• Max Verstappen repassed Lando Norris on lap four and controlled the race to take his third victory of 2025.
• The Red Bull driver won by 19.2 seconds as Monza delivered the fastest Grand Prix on record, a day after his record qualifying lap.
• A front-left wheel-gun problem caused Norris’s slow stop, promoting Piastri to second before McLaren ordered a swap that Piastri accepted after questioning it on radio.
• The position change cut Piastri’s lead over Norris to 31 points with eight races remaining, sharpening scrutiny of McLaren’s pit-stop reliability and team management.
• Elsewhere, Nico Hülkenberg retired on the formation lap with a hydraulic fault, Fernando Alonso retired with a rear-suspension failure, and stewards penalized Ollie Bearman (10s), Kimi Antonelli (5s) and Esteban Ocon (5s).