Charles Leclerc held onto pole position in an absorbing race to claim a second consecutive race win of the 2019 season and give Ferrari a first Italian GP triumph since 2010.
Charles Leclerc survived an onslaught from Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to win a thrilling Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton hustled Leclerc during a remarkable spell of wheel-to-wheel action at Monza - but the young Monegasque excelled to keep the world champion at bay and register his second win in as many weeks and Ferrari's first on home soil in nine years.
With 11 laps remaining, Hamilton then made a mistake at the first corner in his pursuit of Leclerc, falling off the road and allowing Bottas to take second. On fresher tyres, Bottas took over from Hamilton in his pursuit of Leclerc but crossed the line just eight-tenths shy of the Ferrari star.
Last weekend, the 21-year-old driver won an emotional Belgian Grand Prix a day after the death of his friend, Anthonie Hubert, in a Formula Two race.
The first-year Scuderia Ferrari driver delivered the Italian faithful their first Italian Grand Prix victory since Fernando Alonso won the race in the 2010 Formula 1 season, ending their longest ever drought of failing to win at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Sebastian Vettel had a poor afternoon, however, when an unforced error and a penalty left him in 13th place. Max Verstappen, starting from 19th after an engine change, was eighth.
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