The key moments from the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Absolute scenes at Monza. The 2026 Italian Grand Prix delivered a genuinely wild afternoon of motorsport, headlined by an insane home win for . Let me tell you, starting down in 19th on the grid after taking a heavy 30-place penalty for sweeping power unit changes aboard his Mercedes usually spells disaster. But Antonelli had other ideas.

He tore through the field right from the lights, sitting 12th after just a couple of tours before Race Control threw a red flag for ’s heavy crash. By Lap 18, he made an initial move on team mate for the lead. A mid-race Virtual Safety Car saw Antonelli pit for fresh medium tyres while Russell stayed out on used hards, but Mercedes boss Toto Wolff wasn't wrong when he claimed afterwards that nothing would have stopped him. The victory leaves Antonelli sitting 66 points clear of Russell in the championship standings.

Unfortunately, it was a devastating home race for Ferrari. and Charles Leclerc went wheel-to-wheel into the second corner on the opening lap, sending Hamilton wide into the gravel. Hamilton radioed in that Leclerc pushed him off, while Leclerc lost control of his SF-26 one lap later and piled into the barriers. Hamilton salvaged a sixth-place finish, calling the race tough to swallow, while Leclerc admitted he had to look into what happened after going off and on throttle during the first tour.

and Alpine delivered the shock of the season on Saturday afternoon. Gasly utilized the Mercedes power unit to go fastest in both Q1 and Q3, claiming his maiden Formula 1 pole position at the very venue where he took his first victory six years ago. While holding off the top teams over 53 laps was always going to be a stretch, he crossed the line in seventh place, 27 seconds adrift of Antonelli. Team mate also scored points in ninth after a spirited fightback, helping Alpine close the gap to the Red Bull sister outfit to 13 points in the battle for fifth in the teams' standings.

The Tifosi also got quite a spectacle before the lights went out, featuring an honorary lap from none other than Lightning McQueen to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the Disney and Pixar film Cars. even received his very own Piston Cup earlier in the weekend, alongside a pre-race musical set from Italian singer Laura Pausini.