Formula 1: Monza results, standings – Pierre Gasly scores first win

Pierre Gasly secured his first career Formula 1 victory by winning the Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in shocking fashion.

When Formula 1 prematurely congratulated Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton on his 90th career victory, which would have put him one win shy of the wins record of 91 held by Michael Schumacher, after he took the pole position for today’s Italian Grand Prix yesterday, nobody knew how truly premature that would be.

Hamilton started today’s 53-lap race around the 11-turn, 3.6-mile (5.794-kilometer) Autodromo Nazionale Monza road course in Monza, Italy from the pole position, and he dominated early on. A disappointing start by teammate Valtteri Bottas from the front row allowed for even further dominance, as he fell from second all the way down to sixth place.

Then a mechanical failure by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen sent Formula 1 into a chaotic race that would ultimately end a number of long, long streaks of dominance by not only the Silver Arrows but the other two teams of the “Big 3”, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing.

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A safety car ended up being deployed, just before Hamilton made his way around the circuit, allowing him to effectively make a free pit stop. But McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr. opted not to pit to inherit the lead from second place.

As it turns out, he couldn’t pit, as the pits were closed, due to where Magnussen stopped his car beside the track.

They were closed for Hamilton as well, but he wasn’t aware of it, and as a result, an investigation ensued. The race restarted, but was stopped shortly thereafter due to a crash by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

The race was then suspended and the red flag was deployed, at which point a number of drivers had come into the pits after they were opened up, including Sainz.

Hamilton stopped in the lead ahead of Racing Point’s Lance Stroll in second place, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in third and Alfa Romeo teammates Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi in fourth and fifth, respectively, although Giovinazzi had pulled the same move Hamilton did.

Stroll hadn’t pit at this point, but Gasly had pit before the safety car period. Sainz was running in sixth place as the highest runner of those who had just made pit stops.

The investigation concluded with Hamilton being issued a 10-second stop and go penalty, which he would ultimately serve when the race got restarted.

All things considered, that penalty changed Formula 1 history.

The race restarted with a starting restart on lap 28, and Gasly passed Stroll on that restart. He inherited the lead when Hamilton served his penalty and dropped to 17th place, last among the drivers still in the race.

He never looked back.

Sainz, who was running in a legitimate second place behind Hamilton even when Hamilton was dominating the race early on, was able to work his way up to second and run Gasly down, but he didn’t have enough to get around him for the win.

As a result, Gasly secured his first victory by 0.415 seconds over Sainz in a career-high second place. Stroll tied his career-best result with a third place finish.

Before today, the 2013 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit had been the most recent race won by a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull Racing. That race was won by Raikkonen when he drove for Lotus.

Between then and now, 146 races had been contested.

Also before today, the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring had been the most recent race that resulted in no Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull Racing drivers on the podium. Hamilton won that race driving for McLaren ahead of Lotus teammates Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Between then and now, 155 races had been contested.

The highest finishing “regular” contender was Bottas in fifth place, as even McLaren’s Lando Norris was able to finish ahead of him in fourth.

Here are the full race results of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Race Results
1st – Pierre Gasly
2nd – Carlos Sainz Jr.
3rd – Lance Stroll
4th – Lando Norris
5th – Valtteri Bottas
6th – Daniel Ricciardo
7th – Lewis Hamilton
8th – Esteban Ocon
9th – Daniil Kvyat
10th – Sergio Perez
11th – Nicholas Latifi
12th – Romain Grosjean
13th – Kimi Raikkonen
14th – George Russell
15th – Alexander Albon
16th – Antonio Giovinazzi
17th – Max Verstappen
18th – Charles Leclerc
19th – Kevin Magnussen
20th – Sebastian Vettel

Here are the updated driver standings and constructor standings following Gasly’s shock victory.

Driver standings

Rank – Driver: Points (Behind)
1st – Lewis Hamilton: 164 (0)
2nd – Valtteri Bottas: 117 (-47)
3rd – Max Verstappen: 110 (-54)
4th – Lando Norris: 57 (-107)
4th – Lance Stroll: 57 (-107)
6th – Alexander Albon: 48 (-116)
7th – Charles Leclerc: 45 (-119)
8th – Pierre Gasly: 43 (-121)
9th – Daniel Ricciardo: 41 (-123)
9th – Carlos Sainz Jr.: 41 (-123)
11th – Sergio Perez: 34 (-130)
12th – Esteban Ocon: 30 (-134)
13th – Sebastian Vettel: 16 (-148)
14th – Nico Hulkenberg: 6 (-158)
15th – Daniil Kvyat: 4 (-160)
16th – Antonio Giovinazzi: 2 (-162)
17th – Kevin Magnussen: 1 (-163)
18th – Kimi Raikkonen: 0 (-164)
18th – Romain Grosjean: 0 (-164)
18th – Nicholas Latifi: 0 (-164)
18th – George Russell: 0 (-164)

Constructor standings

Rank – Constructor: Points (Behind)
1st – Mercedes: 281 (-)
2nd – Red Bull Racing-Honda: 158 (-123)
3rd – McLaren-Renault: 98 (-183)
4th – Racing Point-Mercedes: 82 (-199)
5th – Renault: 71 (-210)
6th – Ferrari: 61 (-220)
7th – AlphaTauri-Honda: 47 (-234)
8th – Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari: 2 (-279)
9th – Haas-Ferrari: 1 (-280)
10th – Williams-Mercedes: 0 (-281)

The next race on the 2020 Formula 1 schedule is the Tuscan Grand Prix, which is scheduled to wrap up the third consecutive tripleheader of races to open up the season. This race is set to be broadcast live on ESPN from Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 13.