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The '''2021 Italian Grand Prix''' (officially known as the '''Formula 1 Heineken Gran Premio d'Italia 2021''') was a [[Formula One]] [[motor race]] due to be held on 12 September 2021 at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021/Italy/Circuit.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref> It was the 14th round of the [[2021 Formula One World Championship]] and the second Grand Prix in [[Italy]] of the season, after the [[2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix|Emilia Romagna Grand Prix]] on 18 April.<ref>{{Cite web|title=F1 Schedule 2021 - Official Calendar of Grand Prix Races|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref>
The '''2021 Italian Grand Prix''' (officially known as the '''Formula 1 Heineken Gran Premio d'Italia 2021''') is a [[Formula One]] [[motor race]] due to be held on 12 September 2021 at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021/Italy/Circuit.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref> It will be the 14th round of the [[2021 Formula One World Championship]] and the second Grand Prix in [[Italy]] of the season, after the [[2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix|Emilia Romagna Grand Prix]] on 18 April.<ref>{{Cite web|title=F1 Schedule 2021 - Official Calendar of Grand Prix Races|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref>


== Background ==
== Background ==
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== Race ==
== Race ==
The race started at 15:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] on 12 September.<ref name=":1" />
The race started at 15:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] on 12 September.<ref name=":1" />

On lap 1, [[Daniel Ricciardo]] overtook Verstappen to take the lead of the race.
Later on, title rivals [[Max Verstappen]] and [[Lewis Hamilton]] collided at turn 1, bringing out the safety car.



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2021 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Race details
Date 12 September 2021
Official name Formula 1 Heineken Gran Premio d'Italia 2021
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.599 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 306.72 km (190.584 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Grid positions set by results of sprint
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:24.812 on lap 53
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Gran Premio d'Italia 2021) is a Formula One motor race due to be held on 12 September 2021 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.[4] It will be the 14th round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship and the second Grand Prix in Italy of the season, after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on 18 April.[5]

Background

Aerial view of Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

The event, due to be held over the weekend of 10–12 September at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, will be the fourteenth round of the 2021 World Championship. The race will take place one week after the Dutch Grand Prix and precedes the Russian Grand Prix. It will be the home Grand Prix for Antonio Giovinazzi, Ferrari and AlphaTauri. Pierre Gasly is the previous race winner, having won the 2020 event.

Championship standings before the race

After Max Verstappen's win at the Dutch Grand Prix, he takes the lead of the Drivers' Championship, as he sits on 224.5 points. He leads Lewis Hamilton by three points. Valtteri Bottas' third place at the previous race saw him jump Lando Norris, meaning Bottas sits third, trailing his teammate by 98.5 points. Norris is fourth, on 114 points, while Sergio Pérez is fifth, eight points behind Norris.

Mercedes retain their lead of the Constructors' Championship, by 12 points, to Red Bull. After a double point finish, Ferrari jump McLaren into third place, with McLaren 11.5 points behind. Alpine stay fifth, 80 points from McLaren.

Entrants

See also: 2021 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the only exception being Kimi Räikkönen, who was replaced by Robert Kubica, as it happened to the preceding Dutch Grand Prix, when Räikkönen tested positive for coronavirus.[6][7]

Tyre choices

Sole tyre supplier Pirelli allocated the C2, C3, and C4 compounds of tyre to be used in the race.[8]

Weekend format

The event will be the second, of three, to implement a trial weekend format.[9] The first race to use this format occurred during the British Grand Prix.[10] The change in format means that Free practice 1 and qualifying will take place on the Friday. Free practice 2 and sprint qualifying will take place on the Saturday, while the race is the sole event on the Sunday.[11]

The sprint qualifying is a 100 km (62 mi) race which would decide the starting order for the race on Sunday, for this event this is equivalent to 18 laps.[12][13] The grid order for sprint qualifying will be decided via the normal Q1, Q2, Q3 qualifying session. The final classification of the sprint qualifying race would be the starting grid for the race. The winner of the sprint qualifying would be on pole. Additionally, sprint qualifying awards points to the top three finishers: 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd, and 1 for 3rd.[14] The maximum time limit is 60 minutes, and normal fuel flow limits still apply.[15] The top three in sprint qualifying would also be given a victory parade and special wreaths for their efforts.[16]

Practice

Free practice 1 took place at 14:30 CEST on 10 September. The first practice ended with no major incidents. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time, with Max Verstappen in second and Valtteri Bottas in third.[17]

Free practice 2 took place at 12:00 CEST on 11 September.[18] The first practice ended with one interruption. The red flag was brought out when Carlos Sainz Jr. spun and crashed at the Ascari chicane. He said over the radio that it "hurt" but he was cleared during the precautionary checks.[19] The other Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, had to stop his session early because he was feeling unwell.[20] His situation was monitored by medical staff and ultimately, he was cleared to take part in the Sprint. The session ended with Hamilton in first, Bottas in second and Verstappen in third.[21]

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 18:00 CEST on 10 September.[18] All three parts of qualifying ended with no major incidents. At the end of the first part of qualifying, Lewis Hamilton was fastest, with Valtteri Bottas second and Lando Norris third. The second part of qualifying saw Hamilton, Bottas and Norris go first, second and third, respectively. The final part of qualifying saw Bottas go fastest, with Hamilton second and Max Verstappen third.[22]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times SQ
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:20.685 1:20.032 1:19.555 1
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.543 1:19.936 1:19.651 2
3 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:21.035 1:20.229 1:19.966 3
4 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.916 1:20.059 1:19.989 4
5 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.292 1:20.435 1:19.995 5
6 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:21.440 1:20.556 1:20.260 6
7 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:21.118 1:20.750 1:20.462 7
8 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:21.219 1:20.767 1:20.510 8
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:21.308 1:20.882 1:20.611 9
10 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:21.197 1:20.726 1:20.808 10
11 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:21.394 1:20.913 N/A 11
12 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:21.415 1:21.020 N/A 12
13 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:21.487 1:21.069 N/A 13
14 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:21.500 1:21.103 N/A 14
15 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:21.890 1:21.392 N/A 15
16 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:21.925 N/A N/A 16
17 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1:21.973 N/A N/A 17
18 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:22.248 N/A N/A 18
19 88 Poland Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:22.530 N/A N/A 19
20 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 1:22.716 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:26.181
Source:[22][24]

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying took place at 16:30 CEST on 11 September.[11] Valtteri Bottas kept first position from the start and lead all laps of the race. Lewis Hamilton lost four places, at the second corner. He managed to make up one place, but this was only due to Pierre Gasly crashing. Gasly's crash was caused by contact with Daniel Ricciardo. The damage meant Gasly's wing came off, under his car, bouncing him through the gravel and into the wall.[25] The safety car was deployed due to this crash. Yuki Tsunoda and Robert Kubica also made contact on lap 1, resulting in Tsunoda losing his front wing and Kubica spinning into the gravel. Both drivers were able to carry on.[26] After lap 1, the positions of the top 8 drivers did not change. This meant that while Bottas took the checkered flag, Max Verstappen will be on pole position, due to Bottas having a penalty for exceeding engine changes.[27][28] Ricciardo will be alongside Verstappen, in second, and his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, starts third.[29][30] In the aftermath of the sprint qualifying, Sergio Pérez cricised the format, saying the sprint at Monza was "very boring" and did not add anything.[31] Formula One managing director Ross Brawn defended it, saying there was "plenty of action".[32]

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points Final
grid
1 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 18 27:54.078 1 3 191
2 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 18 +2.325 3 2 1
3 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 18 +14.534 5 1 2
4 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 18 +18.835 4 3
5 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 18 +20.011 2 4
6 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 18 +23.442 8 5
7 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 18 +27.952 7 6
8 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 18 +31.089 10 7
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 18 +31.680 9 8
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 18 +38.671 12 9
11 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 18 +39.795 13 10
12 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 18 +41.177 11 11
13 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 18 +43.373 14 12
14 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 18 +45.977 16 13
15 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 18 +46.821 15 14
16 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 18 +49.977 17 15
17 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 18 +1:02.599 20 16
18 88 Poland Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 18 +1:05.096 19 17
19 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 18 +1:06.154 18 18
Ret 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 0 Accident 6 PL2
Fastest lap: Netherlands Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda) – 1:23.502 (lap 9)
Source:[24][33][29]
Notes
  • ^1 – Valtteri Bottas was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.[27]
  • ^2 – Pierre Gasly received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. He was also required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He was then required to start the race from the pit lane for a new energy store specification.[34]

Race

The race started at 15:00 CEST on 12 September.[18]

On lap 1, Daniel Ricciardo overtook Verstappen to take the lead of the race. Later on, title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided at turn 1, bringing out the safety car.


Notes

  1. ^ Formula One plan to hold twenty-two Grands Prix. This remains subject to the cancellation of rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the replacement of any rounds which are cancelled.[1][2]
  2. ^ Valtteri Bottas finished first in sprint qualifying, but was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. Max Verstappen was promoted to pole position in his place.[3]
  3. ^ a b Nikita Mazepin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to the state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[23]

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  9. ^ Valantine, Henry (22 July 2021). "Monza confirmed as second sprint qualifying test venue". PlanetF1. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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  11. ^ a b "Session times confirmed for Italian GP – including F1 Sprint at Monza | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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  25. ^ "WATCH: Dramatic start to the F1 Sprint at Monza as Gasly crashes out on Lap 1 | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  26. ^ "'Rally move' saved Robert Kubica after Yuki Tsunoda crash - BollyInside". Bollyinside - US Local News & Breaking News Stories. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  27. ^ a b Luke Smith (10 September 2021). "Bottas set for back of grid start at Monza after engine change". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  28. ^ "F1 Italian GP sprint race: Bottas wins as Verstappen grabs pole, Hamilton fifth". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  29. ^ a b "Formula 1 Heineken Gran Premio d'Italia 2021 – Starting Grid". Formula1.com. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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