Updated On: 12 September, 2022 09:10 AM IST | Italy | AFP
Red Bull’s Verstappen hails his wheels after storming to victory at Italian GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Italian GP at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza yesterday. Pic/AFP
Max Verstappen won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix on Sunday to leave him in touching distance of his second straight Formula One title.
Championship leader Verstappen claimed his first win, or podium finish, at Monza after fighting from seventh on the grid to beat Charles Leclerc over the line on another difficult day for Ferrari. The Red Bull driver is 116 points ahead of Leclerc in the drivers’ standings after winning a race whose final six laps were run with the safety car after Daniel Ricciardo slid off the track.