Max Verstappen breaks record with 10th straight F1 win at Italian GP as ‘screwed’ Lewis Hamilton ends 6th after penalty
MAX VERSTAPPEN stormed to a record-breaking 10TH successive victory as he won the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
The Dutchman, 25, started the race from second on the grid after Carlos Sainz snatched pole in qualifying.
And the Spaniard held onto the lead when the lights went out – after a delayed start following Yuki Tsunoda’s retirement on the formation lap.
But 15 laps into the race the inevitable happened as Verstappen passed the Ferrari and never looked back.
Sergio Perez, 33, overtook Sainz with five laps remaining to make it a Red Bull one-two.
And Sainz, 29, rounded out the podium places ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc.
But Lewis Hamilton, 38, endured a frustrating afternoon as he finished sixth and bemoaned Mercedes’ strategy towards the end of the race.
Speaking on the team radio, he said: “Now we’re screwed because I don’t know how these tyres are going to last.”
The seven-time world champion, 38, was handed a five-second penalty but that did not hamper his finishing position.
Meanwhile, Verstappen’s win sees him move beyond Sebastian Vettel as the driver with the most consecutive Grand Prix victories.
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And it also edges him even closer to his third world title in a row.
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