Race Highlights | 2025 Italian Grand Prix

Nico Holgenberg has been told to box to retire the car. Oh man, are you serious? Ah, the disappointment. Five red lights in Monza. And the Italian Grand Prix is underway. Max Verstappen looking across at Lando Norris. He's got the inside line and they're wheel to wheel, they're side by side. He's on the grass, Lando Norris, trying to take the lead of this one. Taking the widest possible line. Will they make it through? Max Verstappen goes off the road, keeping the lead. Will they all make it through behind? Lando Norris will claim that he stayed on the racetrack and that he deserves the lead up to third position. Go Charles Leclerc, he's gone past Oscar Piastri. Piastri can pass at this corner that we've seen him before. But out front for the lead, Lando Norris trying to go around the outside of Max Verstappen, can't get there. And Leclerc will have a sniff. He's nearly nudging Lando Norris through that corner. It's Max Verstappen with the lead. Yeah, as predicted, then Lando needed to get his car up the inside there And this time it's Piastri roaring back to take the place. Crucial for his chances of winning the Grand Prix. So that initial launch you can see in that mid-phase, that's where Lando was able to get alongside Max and then he just drove his straight line. Now Lando was saying, look, he drove me on the grass. But in fairness to Max, he just drove the straight line. He was always going to try and run it around the outside on the brakes. Give back the position, the shout on the radio. They want to negate it. And it's going to be a change of lead. Max Verstappen is told to give the position back to Lando Norris, who takes the lead. And as we go on, is there a chance now for Charles Leclerc to come back? Piastri all over the back of Max Verstappen. He went deep in the first turn. Look at Charles Leclerc attacking out. They're racing side by side. Pass and repass at Monza. And Charles Leclerc goes back past. Extraordinary battling for third position. And Piastri is trying to go back and that gap disappears. DRS is now enabled. We didn't need it. Norris out front. OK, this is Esteban Ocon up against Lance Stroll. We're heading to the Roger. And this is the second chicane on the racetrack on the second lap. And Stroll a judge to be forced off the road. And that's a five-second penalty for Esteban Ocon. Through the heat haze. And this is Lando Norris having to look in the mirror. Max Verstappen inching closer. He wants to retake the lead of this Grand Prix that he had to give up. Inside line for Lando Norris. Roaring around the outside. Will they make the corner? Unbelievable move to take the lead for Max Verstappen. Majestically measured from Verstappen, wasn't it? Has the low downforce, has the straight line speed, but then also manages to get the car stopped around the outside. I thought Norris was going to plow into him at the apex. And they both managed to get through there. So Verstappen is back into the lead. Fastest lap of the race for Max Verstappen. In the background, there's a move to the inside for Lewis Hamilton. Getting past his old rival, Fernando Alonso. Hamilton up to seventh position. Big moment for Oskar Piastri. Needs this position back to go and fight up against his title rival. Trying to do what Verstappen did a few laps ago. And Piastri powers by. He retakes third in this never-ending battle with Charles Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton wants another place. The crowd's cheer will tell you that he's got it. Up to sixth position. And Hamilton having a very old school Lewis Hamilton race. He's been super aggressive so far. He's a five-time winner of the Italian Grand Prix. And he's picking cars off at will. Antonelli late on the brakes. He's been waiting for this move. And he's got ninth position. That has been coming lap after lap after lap. And he's finally able to get by. Fernando Alonso is stopping. Suspension failure. This is unbelievable, mate. Exit of Ascari is what we're looking at. Over the kerbs. And the failure of the part in that moment. The sparks out of the back. And the suspension fails. This is it in slightly quicker speed. The vibrations of the Formula 1 car over the kerb. Breaking the car. This is Liam Lawson up against Yuki Tsunoda. Banging wheels. And they're both going to go over the road. At the second chicane. And the place is given back here further along in the lap. Critical pit stop for Red Bull. Hits his marks. Tyres go on. He goes on to the hards. Will McLaren now react with the soft compound to try and fight back? Oliver Behrmann having to deal with Carlos Sainz. He's got the momentum. Trying to go the long way round. There's the contact! Contact between the two of them. The yellow flag is out. Can the cars keep going? They can! Clean line into the braking zone. Leaves space. Well, on reflection. Didn't leave any space. 10 second time penalty for Oliver Behrmann for causing a collision. Albon very close to the grass. Coming out of the first chicane. He was on the grass. Yeah, he'll not be happy with Antonelli there. Who moved over to defend. And that's going to continue all the way down to the braking zone in the second chicane. Great view from on board. So battle of the brakes. Back-to-back titles incoming for McLaren. Soft tyres. 1.9 second stop for McLaren as well. Terrific work under race pressure. What's going on with Lando Norris here? What's going on with Lando Norris? A slow stop and it counts! A 5.9 second stop and it counts! And that is going to eradicate the advantage. Piastri has had access to the softer tyres. We are boxing the cars this way round to ensure you cover Leclerc. You are free with Lando once he's ahead of the track. Through goes Oskar Piastri! Front left. You can see it took a while. They weren't sure. They went back at it. Wasn't done up properly, was it? The left front. Oskar, this is a bit like Hungary last year. We pitted in this order for team reasons. Please let Lando pass and you're free to race. I mean, we said that a slow pit stop was part of racing. So I don't really get much change still. But we really wanted to do it. Team order issued. Team order listened to. Lando Norris given back the position and the points will come down. It would have been 37. It's now going to be 31. Lando Norris restored to second place. Norris and Piastri have swapped places mostly. Just because you had a slow start? It's not our business, but I guess it keeps it fair between the drivers in terms of championship. Are you focused on the road ahead as well, please? But out of the Parabolica for the 53rd and final time to take a third win of the season. Max Verstappen wins the Italian Grand Prix. His third win here in four years and surely his most satisfying one of the season. Way back, the dominant team of Formula 1 in 2025 had no answer to the Red Bull Pace today. It's second place eventually. Philando Norris and Oscar Piastri completes the podium and leads the World Championship by 31 points. A sight to behold once again, especially if you're a Max Verstappen fan. Red Bull back on top with their third win of the year and the fastest ever race time in Formula 1 history. An hour and 13 minutes, the quickest race ever run in the history of the World Championship.