Mercedes’ George Russell was immersed in the incredible feeling of standing on the Monza podium last weekend. The Briton went into the Italian Grand Prix weekend having scored his sixth podium of the season in Zandvoort the weekend previous, and there were questions as to whether Ferrari might fall back into Mercedes’ clutches. In the end, the Scuderia had strong pace, particularly in qualifying, and Charles Leclerc took pole position ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, with Sergio Perez in fourth. Three of the top four had penalties though, as did Russell’s team-mate, Sir Lewis Hamilton, who initially qualified fifth, so Russell started second behind Leclerc on Sunday. READ:...
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