Radio Rewind | 2026 Italian Grand Prix | Lenovo

Okay, Giorgio, let's stop Yo-Yo in our position. I don't think it's the end of the world for Yo-Yo. That was some savoury joining from Alphinese. It went into false neutral. And the Italian Grand Prix is underway. Gasly tracking to the inside to cover off Russell. Not only Russell, but good momentum for Charles Leclerc in P3. Russell going to the outside line. Lewis Hamilton diving to the inside of his teammate. Gasly leaves. The Ferraris are close. Russell is in second. Hamilton and Leclerc making contact. Yes, Charles, pushing you off. Max Verstappen was in fourth and Piastri is going through. As Verstappen takes it back on the brakes and recovers to fourth. So P14, Bortoletto, Ocon, cars ahead. Overtake enabled. Russell has it. Single press needed. Here we go. Russell knows he's got to get this move done. And George Russell takes the lead. Big pressure from Charles Leclerc behind. Can Gasly hang on to second? I don't think he will. Can he get the Ferrari back as we go through Curva Grande? He's got the deployment and he's got back P2. Parabolic, a single press again. Oscar Piastri can't find his way back. Gianluca is up and into the wall. And that's Carlo Pinto moving his way through up to P4. With the red flag? Yeah, potentially. No, I backed off on the straight after the yellow flag and I don't think people backed off behind me. OK, we can report that. Safety car. Are you OK? Is it Lewis? Is he OK? It is Leclerc and he is out of the car. Red flag is out at Monza. That barrier needs repairing. Charles Leclerc is out of the car. He's OK. All 21 making their way to the famous main straight at Monza. When you stop, will be mode 4. Yes or no? This here should be a penalty. Extra formation lap. And everyone goes around again, building up the anticipation for this. And we go racing once again at Monza. Up to third position goes Franco Carlo Pinto. Boost available. Franco behind him. He's trying it around the outside and he makes it work again. The road goes Franco Carlo Pinto. That was unsafe rejoining from Alpine. Copy, that was Carlo Pinto unsafe rejoin. How's the car? Let's take one straight. Copy. Come on, we've got pace here. Let's go get everybody. Operating magic off. Nice work, Kimi. So, Gastri ahead. 1.1. Mode 9, mode 9. Mode 9 when you can to get the pack up. They always tell me they're so late. I'm like, wake up! This is the battle for second place. Max Verstappen with the speed, with the position into the Parabolica. Verstappen car behind 2.1. Hamilton behind medium and Piastri hard. Another position gained. And boost out of three, Kimi's friend. Boost out of three. Gasly could get done here. Easy move for Piastri. What's going on with my engine? Yeah, we're working on it, mate. Let's go for a boost, press start, finish. And he falls now to P6. Point three. Max Verstappen doing what he did last year and taking the lead. Further back, Piastri has third place. Use boost there. Kimi Antonelli is up to fourth. Lewis strong into 11.1. Here comes Antonelli! Laid on the brakes and going through. Make that P19 to P3. So Piastri, point four behind. Just make sure we keep it clean. George Russell has the lead. Verstappen laid on the brakes, but it's not enough to take it back. That's it, mate. Time out. Well, OK for now, Max. Get behind 0.3. Antonelli behind. And Antonelli has the momentum, has the speed, has the inside line. And it's a Mercedes 1-2. Yeah, the car's completely broken and gone. That's Lewis Hamilton taking fourth position back. And give me a good menu control position 12 if you need it. Control 12. Here we go! Kimi Antonelli, 19th at the first start. He's passed a lot of them. Kimi Antonelli is through for the lead. 0.8 ahead, 0.6 behind. Just running with two hands behind my back against these guys. And you're doing it well. So yeah, keep at it, mate. That's deep into the corner for George Russell. Does it present the opportunity for Antonelli to come back? Antonelli looking for a gap that wasn't there. But how about the outside line? How about the lead again? Okay, George, so let's stop yo-yoing on position. Let's focus on building the gap to Verstappen. Take the race to the end. The challenge I've got is the deployment. It seems so different between the two of us. I'm much quicker in the one, he's quicker in the four. As long as we keep it clean, I don't think it's the end of the world to yo-yo. Okay, Kimi, so we're going to try and stop yo-yoing. We just need to build that gap to Verstappen. Yeah, right. And then wait for me. Pardon me. Do you want me just to sit behind or what? Bye, Kimi. Stop the car, Lance. Stop the car. We have a hydraulic issue. Don't shift and the pedal will be long. Pedal will be long and steering will become heavy. So stop the car somewhere safe. The virtual safety car is out to neutralize the race. We are considering to stay out. I don't really know if this side is going to see it. Help me lap there. Twenty-six. Okay, Kimi, we will be boxing. So give us a flap adjust if you need it. Thank you, Delta. Car feels pretty good. Just a little bit of low speed understeer. Copy. So Kimi and Verstappen both are pitted. Kimi onto the medium. Verstappen onto the hard. VSC ending exit 11. Yes, mate. Come on. Let's go. Stay to zero from here, mate. Stay to zero. Georgia, 25.4. Lewis, 25.7. Hamilton goes down the escape road. This tyre is terrible, mate. He gets past. Yeah, 1.8 ahead. Kimi Antonelli looking for rapid passes. And he's got Piastri with no ability to fight back. Slipstream from Antonelli can help Oskar. Let's try and go with him all the way from Hamilton. And now Verstappen is getting past. And he goes past Lewis Hamilton, who is struggling on those old medium tyres. Green sector 2. Six tenths quicker than Berman. Last lap. Gap ahead at 5.6. Can you just leave me to it? Okay. Gap ahead at 5.6. Gap behind at 7.5. And you have overtaken. Man, his braking capability has been sensational today. And he's up to P3. Last lap. Good lap at the moment. Currently, Kimi forecast a catch right at the end of race. Gap 0.4. Force to the outside line. He's got history of going around the outside there. He's done so again. Back to the podium places. Colopinto up to P9. He makes the move into the second chicane. Gets past Yuki Tsunoda. Good job, mate. Come on. Suggested silver entry. Six for stability. Verstappen locks up. He'll go deep. Lando Norris going past as well. The world champions through to fifth. Battle for third continues. Inside line. Third position. Max Verstappen takes the place. Strat 10. When you can. Strat 10. Suggest Bimic 2. I think we are... On the switch and torque 11. Bimic 2. Please listen to me. Okay. I think I want the canvas. It's the front left. Try the yellow play. The yellow play. We think single pass out of Parabolica. Up to 200 miles an hour. Will they be able to fight? Russell holds the lead. Goes defensive. Antonelli on the outside line. Russell goes deep. And the roar sends Antonelli off the road. Antonelli through the gravel. What the f***, Alpenter? Standby, Kimi. Four laps remaining. Across the line. So we'll just keep it clean. No risk here. He's got him. Kimi Antonelli takes the lead of the Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli leads on home soil. Just keep it clean, Kimi. No risks. Single press. Through the grass. That is enormously quick at 180 miles an hour. Huge risk. Yeah, he pushed me off. Charles is very dangerous. He moved back at me after I went to the inside. He used boost as well. Keep going, mate. Keep going. Yeah. That's just dangerous, that's all. He just reacts to my maneuver, which is not allowed. Moscow Instruction from Pitwall. Clean racing, please. Clean racing. All right, Kimi, you can go. Strap mode 5 to the end. Gap 2.0. I do it now? Affirm. You need boost available. You can do three single presses from here. Oskar's going to use three single presses of boost. It went into false neutral. Single press. Just push and hold it straight. So don't come too close to the pit wall. Keep two wheels on track. Forza, Kimi! Yes! Oh, my God! Forza, Kimi. Just like being home, mate. On the sim. Oh, my God. It feels like a dream. Don't worry. When you get back, I'll give you a pinch. Kimi Grande, hero. My Italian, our Italian hero. You so deserve that. It was a fantastic lap. I hated the last one. But it was fantastic. Yes, Kimi! What a drive! Thank you, Turkey. Grazie, ragazzi. Grazie per il supporto. Adio. What about these purples at the end? What about the purples at the end, Kimi? What about these purples? You know how I am, boy. Yeah, I want you like this, actually. I want you like this. Well done. We're so happy. I think you might enjoy this podium, mate. Incredible for Kimi Antonelli, who wins the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid. Checkered flag. I will finish P6. Antonelli, what there is, Russell P2, Verstappen P3, Norris P4, and Piazza E5. Yeah, mate, that one hurts. That one definitely hurts. Good. Thank you for continuing to show up, mate. And great job all weekend, guys. in the garage, as always, still living. Good luck to you, too. And let's proceed. Thank you for joining us. Give us your love. Sorry, we can't give you what you need. Thank you. So, disappointed with myself, so it's worse. Mate, come on. Let's think about the positive here. P9. Mate, you finished P9 with an unbelievable drive today, mate. You're carrying a little bit of damage there. You drove really, really well. You got back up to P9. Mate, back into Q3, back in the points. You were down in P16 and you got all the way back to P9. We nearly had P8 there, mate. Pace was mega. Okay? Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah. Let's focus on the next one. Sorry. Sorry for today. Mate, don't apologize. We do this all together. That was P10, Yuki. P10. That was well done, Yuki. That's how the 20-year-old from Italy celebrates with a champagne shower on the main straight.