Ferrari Triumphs! Leclerc's Stunning Victory & McLaren's Missed Opportunity | 2024 Italian GP

the 2024 Formula 1 season has seen its fair share of drama but the Italian Grand Prix at Monza delivered a particularly thrilling race with Ferrari taking a stunning Victory on home soil heading into the race the top eight drivers were evenly split in their Tire strategies with McLaren Ferrari and Mercedes opting for the medium compound while Red Bull chose to start both Max Ven and Sergio Perez on the hard tires from p7 and p8 respectively at the start land Norris who had struggled to maintain the lead in previous races finally managed to hold on to the top spot into turn one however his Triumph was short-lived his McLaren teammate Oscar piastri quickly overtook him heading into turn four and Charles ler of Ferrari seized the opportunity to also pass Norris dropping him to third the race was not without its early drama George Russell who had started third was caught off guard by piastri at turn one and in a desperate attempt to recover r locked his brakes and missed the corner entirely dropping down the order and losing valuable positions on lap 16 McLaren pitted Norris early to undercut L clerk the plan worked to Perfection with Norris jumping ahead of the Ferrari after lerk responded a lap later meanwhile vapen had a scare on lap 19 nearly losing control and dipping his rear left tire into the gravel at the second lesmo when vapen pitted on lap 23 Red Bull's typically Flawless pit crew encountered an uncharacteristic hiccup a slow stop due to issues with the rear right tire resulted in a stationary time of 6.2 seconds further complicating ven's race tension continued to build as the race progressed on lap 31 Russell and Perez engaged in a fierce battle while Norris made a critical error going straight on at turn four which cost him time in his pursuit of piastri and this mistake LED Norris to pit for the final time on lap 33 Russell finally passed Perez on lap 38 while piastri made his final stop on lap 39 Norris then regained track position over vapen on lap 40 but by this stage it was evident that Ferrari and lerk were playing a long game with a One-Stop strategy in contrast to McLaren's more aggressive two-stop approach with 10 laps remaining lerk led the race with a 10-second plus Gap over piastri in second and Norris in third as ler crossed the line to start the final lap his lead had been reduced to 4 seconds but it was clear that Ferrari's strategy had paid off L clerk took the checkered flag delivering a sensational victory for Ferrari at their home Grand Prix McLaren despite starting the race in a promising one two position could only manage second and third with piastri finishing ahead of Norris Carlos signs took fourth followed by Lewis Hamilton Max verstappen George Russell Sergio Perez Alex albon and Kevin Magnuson who rounded out the top 10 point scorers though Norris gained eight points over vapen in the championship standings reducing the Gap to 62 points with eight races remaining the result was still underwhelming in the cooldown room Norris's frustration was palpable leading to renewed questions about his ability to perform Under Pressure while McLaren's Pace was undeniable it was Ferrari and lerk who ultimately stole the show at Monza leaving McLaren to wonder what might have been