Kimi Antonelli won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday, starting from 19th on the grid after a penalty for an engine change and climbing to first place to secure his seventh victory of the season.
The 20-year-old Italian driver completed the 53 laps of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in a time of 1:51:15.281. His teammate George Russell finished second, with Max Verstappen of Red Bull in third.
Antonelli became the first Italian driver to win the Italian Grand Prix since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966, a gap of 60 years. At 20 years old, he is the youngest winner ever at Monza. The victory also marked the largest comeback in the circuit's history.
The race saw an incident in the third lap when Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc lost control of his car and crashed, forcing him to retire early. Pierre Gasly of Alpine started from pole position but lost the lead quickly at the start.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri of McLaren finished fourth and fifth respectively. Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari crossed the line in sixth. Pierre Gasly of Alpine took seventh, with Arvid Lindblad of Racing Bulls eighth and Franco Colapinto of Alpine ninth. Yuki Tsunoda of Racing Bulls completed the points-scoring positions in tenth.
Sergio Pérez of Cadillac finished 18th. Colapinto, the Argentine driver for Alpine, secured ninth place and scored points.
Antonelli, who is in his second season in Formula One, extended his championship lead with the victory. The win came at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, known as the Temple of Speed, where Antonelli executed 26 overtakes during the race.
Russell's second-place finish kept him in contention in the championship standings, while Verstappen's third-place result maintained Red Bull's presence on the podium.