F1 Daily: Antonelli's Monza Miracle, Hamilton's Frustration, and Audi's Protest

The Temple of Speed didn't fail to deliver on Sunday, as Formula One fans were treated to a race filled with highs and lows. Plus, it helps that an Italian driver won the Italian Grand Prix, a feat that hasn't been achieved since Ludovico Scarfiotti did it in 1966.

There's no better way to start today's F1 Daily than to talk about the winner himself…

Not to snatch Lewis Hamilton's signature catchphrase, but what a hammering drive that was for Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli. He climbed from 19th at the start to a rousing P1 finish in his very home race. 

What's more important is that the 20-year-old Italian extended his championship lead to 66 points over teammate George Russell and 76 points over Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton. 

But now comes the pressure of maintaining (or increasing) his lead. You can say that it's now Antonelli's championship to lose.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton came to blows in Lap 1, causing the latter to lose several places. Then, Leclerc didn't even finish his second lap, crashing out at the Parabolica. To cap it off, Hamilton just didn't have the pace to fight for the podium places.

And finally, as we've expected, Hamilton's frustrations with the team have boiled over. He has now lost significant ground in the championship, and the seven-time World Champion has raised questions about Ferrari's team management approach. 

Team principal Fred Vasseur has some explaining to do. 

After winning back-to-back in the Hungarian and Dutch Grand Prix, McLaren's pace seemingly fell off this weekend. But it was a productive Sunday for them, with Lando Norris finishing fourth and Oscar Piastri crossing the line fifth. 

This was an important haul of points for McLaren, who is still chasing Ferrari for 2nd place in the Constructors' Championship. After Monza, the Papaya has now trimmed the Pracing Horse's P2 lead to only 59 points.

Audi is set to lodge an appeal over the stewards' decision not to penalize Racing Bulls' Yuki Tsunoda over a possible restart infringement. Tsunoda made a mistake of parking out of his grid box in the restart at Monza, triggering an extra formation lap. 

But the stewards didn't hand over any penalties, allowing the Japanese driver to finish P10. The two Audi drivers, Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg, finished right behind, in P11 and P12.

Bortoleto crossed the checkered flag exactly seven seconds after Tsunoda did. If Tsunoda gets at least a 10-second penalty for his restart infringement, Bortoleto will jump into P10 and score a meaningful midfield point for Audi.