F1 Italian GP live updates: Charles Leclerc delights Ferrari home crowd with win (2024)

Ferrari has done it.

For the first time since 2019, the Prancing Horse has won at home. Charles Leclerc delivered the victory in front of the Ferrari faithful, keeping a surging Oscar Piastri at bay after the McLaren plucked off Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz. It is Ferrari’s third win of the season, coming after Leclerc’s Monaco GP victory and Sainz’s Australian GP win.

Read our race report below.

Kevin Magnussen has received a Formula One race ban following a collision during the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The Danish driver accumulated the maximum amount of penalty points (12) after causing a collision with Pierre Gasly during the race, an incident where he received a 10-second penalty and two penalty points. It comes after a series of penalties that began in Saudi Arabia, where he incurred three penalty points and a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Williams’ Alex Albon.

“Unfortunately, Magnussen collected two penalty points for the collision with Gasly,” Haas confirmed in a statement, “meaning he will now serve a one-race suspension in Azerbaijan, having accumulated a total of 12 maximum penalty points in a 12-month period – resulting in the automatic ban.”

The race stewards confirmed that Magnussen’s super license would be suspended “for the next competition,” meaning Magnussen will not race in any session at the Azerbaijan GP on Sept. 15.

The Athletic's Madeline Coleman caught up with the Haas driver in the media pen after his penalty for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly. Magnussen possibly faces a race ban at the Azerbaijan GP for reaching 12 penalty points on his super license in the last 12 months.

He was frustrated with the stewards for their decision:

💬 “I don’t understand it at all. Flat out, just completely confused. We raced hard into Turn 4, we had slight contact, and we both missed the corner. We came back on track again, no damage to either car, no consequence in the race for either of us, and I get a 10-second penalty.

💬 “Then lap one, Ricciardo and Nico, Ricciardo put Nico on the grass at 300 km/h, completely destroyed Nico’s race, massive consquence and damage to Nico’s car, and (Hülkenberg) gets a five-second penalty. Where is the logic? I just don’t get it.”

Lando Norris to Sky Sports after the Italian GP:

💬 "A little bit [surprised by Oscar's attempt to overtake in the second chicane]. I would have braked a little bit later if I needed to. We had a big gap behind. Between us two cars, there's no risk. I feel like he got way too close for comfort. We could have both been easily out of that corner if I brake one meter later. If I could rewind, I would do things differently. Oscar drove a good race, so did Charles."

"I wasn't surprised you stayed out, I was surprised you survived," Piastri tells Leclerc.

"If I was locking up, I was destroying it," Leclerc said of his tires. He finished the race on 38-lap-old hards.

Simply remarkable. Charles Leclerc delivers Ferrari's first home victory at Monza since 2019 - which was his own second race win - and the place goes crazy. A total masterclass in tire management to make the one-stop strategy work. An absolute Hail Mary from Ferrari, but Leclerc gets the job done.

What a drive. A victory out of nowhere!

He's up nine seconds on Piastri.

Piastri is catching him by a second a lap but there are only five laps left...

Piastri has eight laps to make up 11.7 seconds to Leclerc at the front. A tense, tense finish ahead. They're pretty equal for pace in the first sector, but it's the second and third where Piastri was making big gains.