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Kimi Antonelli rose from the rear of the grid to claim victory in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, capping off a brilliant comeback drive by passing Mercedes team mate and title rival George Russell in the closing laps.

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle insists George Russell must get answers from Mercedes after a virtual safety car strategy potentially cost him victory at the Italian Grand Prix.
Russell looked set to reduce the gap to his championship rival and team-mate Kimi Antonelli at Monza. While Russell stayed out on hard tyres during a virtual safety car period, Antonelli ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli says becoming the first Italian to win his home Formula 1 race in 60 years was a "dream come true" as he pulled off an improbable comeback victory from the back of the Italian Grand Prix grid.
Antonelli started from 19th at Monza because of a planned power unit change, which exceeded his allowance for the season and landed him a back-of-the-grid penalty. Mercedes ...Keep reading

Kris Meeke claimed a maiden European Rally Championship win after delivering a dominant run to victory at Rali Ceredigion in Wales.
The five-time World Rally Championship winner, co-driven by Noel O’Sullivan, delivered a masterclass performance on the ultra-fast and challenging asphalt stages, in his first ERC start since Rally Poland 2006. Meeke took the victory by 38.6s from Teemu Suninen ...Keep reading

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli takes a breathtaking victory in an incident-packed Italian Grand Prix from 19th place on the grid.

George Russell was 59 points behind Kimi Antonelli and intended to reduce the gap at Monza by taking advantage of his team-mate's engine penalty for the Italian Grand Prix. The mission was a failure for the Briton, who leaves the 13th road of the Formula 1 season with a deficit of 66 points. The fault lay with an irresistible championship leader, who won despite starting from 19th on the ...Keep reading

Drivers' Championship




Pos.
Driver
Points

















1
K. AntonelliMercedes
267
18/2
29
25/1
28
31
25/1
-
15/3
8
25/1
15/3
23
25/1


2
G ...Keep reading

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli has taken a sensational home win at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, coming form 19th on the grid to defeat Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
In an action-packed display of battery-led yo-yo racing, Antonelli overcame a grid penalty and a mid-race pitstop to scythe through the field and defeat long-time leader Russell, with Max Verstappen defeating McLaren ...Keep reading

Antonelli's biggest victory
This was probably the biggest blow Kimi Antonelli has dealt George Russell in the championship battle so far. If it wasn't already clear, Antonelli is performing at a different level - not only compared to his team-mate, but arguably everyone else too.
Monza was supposed to be Russell's big opportunity to claw back points, with Antonelli taking new power unit ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc says he doesn’t understand “who is forcing that narrative” of a Ferrari rivalry, after clashing with Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the start of the Italian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari drivers were starting from the second row for the Prancing Horse’s home race; both of them took a decent getaway, but Hamilton pulled alongside Leclerc coming into Variante del ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg says it is "not feasible" for Ferrari to prioritise Lewis Hamilton over Charles Leclerc in the 2026 title race.
Ferrari entered the Italian Grand Prix weekend on the back of a chaotic Dutch Grand Prix, during which the team seemed reluctant to enforce team orders to allow Hamilton to pass Leclerc, despite the Monegasque driver being on a different ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc says he needs “a few additional checks” following his Italian Grand Prix crash, in order to make sure he’ll be fit next weekend for Formula 1’s Madrid round.
Leclerc lost control of his Ferrari SF-26 at high speed in the Parabolica at the end of lap two and suffered a hefty impact against the wall, which caused a red flag.
The Monegasque was taken to the medical ...Keep reading

We continue our 'Kyle Busch Remembered' series as NASCAR races at the historic Darlington Raceway for the 77th running of the Southern 500. Busch won one Cup race and two O'Reilly races at the track 'too tough to tame.'
Those three victories are among his record 234 career NASCAR wins across all three national divisions -- more than any other driver in history. Busch died at the age of 41 ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix, bringing out the red flag after two racing laps at Monza.
At the end of the second lap, Leclerc was defending fourth position from McLaren's Oscar Piastri when the Ferrari driver suffered a snap of oversteer and lost the rear of his Ferrari through the fast Parabolica right-hander.
Leclerc spun in the outside ...Keep reading

The full official starting order for Sunday's 2026 Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

Live coverage of the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia 2026 in Monza.

After impressing at Zandvoort, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have endured a difficult Monza weekend – leaving both with work to do in the race.

Andrea Stella believes McLaren can challenge for a podium at Monza despite Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris starting sixth and eighth respectively after a challenging Qualifying session.

Colton Herta’s Formula 2 season has been going from bad to worse, which nothing illustrates more clearly than his Monza weekend.
Former IndyCar frontrunner Herta was hired by the Cadillac Formula 1 team as a test and development driver for 2026, and he switched to F2 ahead of a potential graduation to the world championship.
But while F2 was always going to be a challenge, given he had no ...Keep reading

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel's demonstration run in Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F2002 ahead of the Italian Grand Prix has triggered an emotional response from fans.
With the Ferrari running on sustainable fuel, the German driver took to the Monza circuit on Sunday to pay tribute to his childhood hero. This weekend's Italian Grand Prix celebrates 30 years since Schumacher's ...Keep reading