At the fastest circuit on the calendar, George Russell’s benchmark lap and Lewis Hamilton’s scarlet debut at Monza framed a fierce late-season hierarchy.
Monza strips away aerodynamic sleight of hand and demands absolute commitment through the chicanes.
For the Tifosi packed along the Rettifilo Tribuna, seeing Hamilton in scarlet overalls at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza carried an electric gravity.
Right behind them, Max Verstappen posted a 1:22.569 in his Red Bull across a busy 24-lap stint, closely shadowed by teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli, who recorded a 1:22.
At the fastest circuit on the calendar, George Russell’s benchmark lap and Lewis Hamilton’s scarlet debut at Monza framed a fierce late-season hierarchy.