On the evening of the 12th Beijing time, the F1 Italian Grand Prix started at the Monza Circuit. It was the 14th race of the 2021 Formula One World Championship and the second time this season it was held in Italy.
The focus of this race is on lap 26. When Hamilton entered the station to replace the neutral tire, he happened to be side by side with Verstappen and fought in Turn 1, resulting in the two colliding with the Red Bull racing car rear riding on the Mercedes car, Red Bull's right rear chassis top on Hamilton's HALO, and even the tires pressed on the Hamilton helmet. This led to both retirements, hamilton's first mid-flight withdrawal since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
"That's the result of you not leaving any room!" An enraged Verstappen shouted at the walkie-talkie, and he jumped out of the car and rushed out, not looking back to care about Hamilton's situation. Hamilton, who slowly stepped out of the car after the race continued for a lap, said after the race that he had a sore neck but no injury.
The fight between the two drivers in the first round of the race has already laid the groundwork for the accident. Verstappen, who started from pole, was overtaken by Ricciardo at the start and fell to second. Hamilton, who started fourth, rose to third after overtaking Norris and then attacked Verstappen, but at Turn 4, Hamilton braked one time causing the tyres to lock and directly off the track. Hamilton yelled at me over the intercom "He (Verstappen) pushed me aside!" ”。
In the end, McLaren team won the championship and runner-up, Ricciardo won his 8th race championship, which was also his first win after joining McLaren, and brushed the fastest lap at the last moment, and also got an extra point; his teammate Norris won the runner-up, and Perez, although the third crossed the line, needed a penalty of 5 seconds due to the violation, so Bottas, who started from the end of the team, won the third place and stood on the podium. Fourth to tenth places to earn points are Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Stroor, Alonso, Russell and Ocon.
Verstappen won the Dutch race against Hamilton in the standings and temporarily finished first. The accident at the main stage of the Italian race left the two men in the middle of nowhere, but Verstappen scored two points with the second place in the sprint, which further widened the point difference with Hamilton. Verstappen is currently at the top of the table with 226.5 points, five points ahead of Hamilton. With only a third of this season's schedule left, perhaps every future meeting between the two top drivers will be full of gunpowder.