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Gasly claims astonishing Italian GP thriller as Hamilton penalized
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France鈥檚 Pierre Gasly won an astonishing Italian Grand Prix thriller for Italy-based AlphaTauri yesterday in a topsy-turvy race packed with suspense and none of the usual top teams on the podium.
McLaren鈥檚 Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr finished a close second at Monza after a nail-biting chase to the flag, with Racing Point鈥檚 Lance Stroll third on a podium of youngsters.
Mercedes鈥檚 championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished seventh after starting on pole and dropping to last following a 10-second stop/go penalty for entering the pit lane under a red light while leading.
Despite the setback, the six-time world champion retained his 47-point lead at the top 鈥 now over teammate Valtteri Bottas, who was fifth, after Red Bull鈥檚 Max Verstappen retired.
Hamilton has 164 points after eight races to Bottas鈥檚 117 and Verstappen鈥檚 110.
It was the first time since 2013, when Kimi Raikkonen triumphed with Lotus in Australia, that a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull had won a race.
鈥淚t鈥檚 unbelievable,鈥 gasped Gasly, who was dropped by Red Bull鈥檚 main team last year but has come on in strides in the strangest of seasons disrupted by COVID-19 and without spectators. 鈥淚t was such a crazy race and we capitalized on it.
鈥淚鈥檝e been through so much in 18 months, I struggle to realize this.鈥
The victory was a first in Formula One for Gasly, the first for a French driver since Olivier Panis in 1996 and the second for the former Toro Rosso team whose only other win was also at Monza with Sebastian Vettel in 2008.
鈥淚 was so close but yet so far,鈥 said Sainz, who had also dreamed of taking his first win before joining Ferrari next year. 鈥淚 needed one more lap.鈥
The race had to be stopped at the halfway mark after Ferrari鈥檚 Charles Leclerc crashed heavily into the tire wall at Parabolica. Leclerc鈥檚 teammate Vettel had already retired with brake failure and the chances of hearing the Italian anthem on the podium had appeared to be nil up to that point.
The standing restart from the grid, and Hamilton鈥檚 penalty that left the Briton having to make up a 30-second deficit, set up a thrilling 17-car sprint and a glimpse of what a reverse-grid race might look like.
Meanwhile, Racing Point has dropped an appeal against a 400,000-euro (US$473,520) fine and 15 point penalty for copying Mercedes鈥 2019 brake ducts, the Formula One team said earlier.
Renault, which made the original protest, had already withdrawn its appeal 鈥 leaving only Ferrari still taking action.
In a statement ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Racing Point welcomed 鈥渕uch-needed clarification of the rules on listed and non-listed parts鈥 by the governing FIA.
The team also noted that the stewards and all parties involved in the appeals process had recognized a lack of clarity in the regulations and that there was no deliberate intention to break them.
鈥淣ow that the ambiguity around the regulations has been settled, we have decided to withdraw our appeal in the wider interests of the sport,鈥 the team added.
Racing Point said the matter had been a distraction and that it looked forward to focusing on racing with Canadian Stroll, son of owner Lawrence, and Mexican Sergio Perez.
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