Beijing News After the awards, Pierre Gasly sat on the highest podium for a long time and refused to leave. He wanted to enjoy this moment. The Italian Grand Prix that ended at Monza last night is destined to be written into the history of F1. It was a Grand Prix that had a serie

Toro Rosso driver Gasly won his first career championship. Picture/F1 official microblog

Beijing News (Reporter Sun Haiguang) After the awards, Pierre Gasly sat on the highest podium for a long time and refused to leave. He wanted to enjoy this moment. The Italian Grand Prix that ended at Monza last night is destined to be written into the history of F1. It was a Grand Prix that had a series of unexpected events. Toro Rosso driver Gasly won the first championship of his career, while Sainz and Stroll ranked second and third respectively.

The first accident of the race occurred on the 19th lap, when Magnussen's car malfunctioned and he retired. The race immediately displayed a yellow flag and deployed the safety car. After that, Hamilton, who had been leading the race, chose to pit for a tire change, but was given a 10-second penalty for ignoring the pit signal.

The second accident of the race occurred on the 25th lap. Ferrari driver Leclerc had a major accident and hit the tire wall directly when cornering. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously injured. Subsequently, a red flag was raised and the race was suspended.

According to F1 rules, the race will start back on the grid. This is the first time that the static start rules have come into play under the red flag since the promulgation of the static start rules in 2017. On the first lap after the race restarted, Hamilton returned to the pit lane to receive a penalty, and Toro Rosso driver Gasly became the leader.

In the final stage, McLaren driver Sainz kept putting pressure on Gasly, but failed to complete the overtaking. In the end, he ranked second with a slight disadvantage of 0.415 seconds. Gasly won the first championship of his career. This was also Toro Rosso's first race win in 12 years.

"To be honest, it's unbelievable. I may not have realized what happened now. This game is so crazy." Halfway through last season, Gasly was demoted to Toro Rosso by Red Bull Racing due to poor performance. Team, now he has become the 109th race champion in F1 history and the first French driver to win a race championship in 24 years. "I have experienced too much in the past 18 months. I got on the podium for the first time last year. This I won another championship at Monza. I don’t know what to say. This team has done so much for me. They allowed me to stand on the podium for the first time, and now they gave me my first win. I don’t know how. Thank you."

Hamilton, who finished seventh, also praised Gasly after the game, "When he was delegated, he went through a challenging period. Now he has defeated the team that delegated him. "This is a great victory." In this game, Hamilton also showed the strength of Mercedes. When he returned to the track after receiving the penalty, Hamilton was already in last place, but it only took him half a race to improve his score to seventh place.

Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang

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