Kimi Antonelli wins the 2026 Italian Grand Prix from P19
Antonelli finished ahead of George Russell and Max Verstappen with a winning margin of 3.857 seconds. Antonelli leads the championship by 66 points.
Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Italian Grand Prix for Mercedes from P19, 3.857 seconds ahead of George Russell. It is the 7th Grand Prix win for Antonelli in our archive, all of them this season.
Russell finished as runner-up from P2, and Max Verstappen completed the podium from P5. Mercedes took a one-two.
The result extends a championship lead that now stands at 66 points.
How the race turned
Antonelli qualified P7 but started P19, and finished first. Pole-sitter Pierre Gasly was classified P7.
The race had three retirements from 22 starters: Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc. The season average is 4.8 per race.
Antonelli also set the fastest lap, 1:23.504 on lap 53, having made two pit stops.
The decisive data
At the flag Russell was 3.857 seconds behind. Antonelli covered 53 laps in 1:51:15.281. On points, Mercedes took 43 points from the weekend, McLaren 22 points and Red Bull Racing 15 points.
Team by team
Mercedes scored 43 points: Antonelli P1 from P19, Russell P2 from P2. For McLaren, Norris P4 from P8 and Piastri P5 from P6, worth 22 points. Red Bull Racing scored 15 points: Verstappen P3 from P5, Lawson P14 from P22.
For Ferrari, Hamilton P6 from P4 and Leclerc out on lap 1 from P3, worth 8 points. Alpine scored 8 points: Gasly P7 from P1, Colapinto P9 from P7.
The profile behind it
Antonelli's strongest Driver DNA dimension is Positions Gained, at the 80th percentile in the 2025–2026 window. On the car side, Mercedes rank at the 95th percentile for Qualifying Speed in Constructor DNA this season.
In the five races before this one, Antonelli had scored 86 points with one win, finishing P3, P15, P1, P3, P2. Over the same races Russell had 77 points and three podiums.
It is the first win for Antonelli at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in our archive.
Inside the teams
Teammate George Russell finished P2. At Mercedes, Antonelli now leads Russell 7–6 in qualifying and 7–3 in races where both were classified, with a median qualifying gap of 0.24%; the full comparison is on the Russell vs Antonelli page.
Championship effect
Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers' championship on 267 points, 66 points clear of George Russell.
With 10 rounds left, including one sprint, one driver can still score 258 points, and 14 drivers remain mathematically in reach of the lead. The lead is 26% of what remains. After round 8 it was 40 points, so the trend still runs toward the leader.
In the constructors' standings Mercedes lead on 468 points, 122 points ahead of Ferrari.
The circuit's record
In our archive, Autodromo Nazionale Monza had hosted 75 previous Grands Prix. Of the classified editions, 26 of 75 were won from pole and 39 of 75 from the front row, which makes a win from P19 the exception here rather than the rule. The previous edition, the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, went to Max Verstappen from P1. Michael Schumacher holds the most wins here, with five wins.
The result
The full classification for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, round 13 of the season, with grid slots and points.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 19 | 1:51:15.281 | 25 |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | +3.857 | 18 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 5 | +14.718 | 15 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 8 | +19.056 | 12 |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 6 | +19.253 | 10 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 4 | +24.655 | 8 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1 | +27.351 | 6 |
| 8 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | 9 | +45.136 | 4 |
| 9 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 7 | +47.353 | 2 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | 15 | +58.187 | 1 |
| 11 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 10 | +1:05.187 | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Audi | 12 | +1:06.187 | |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 13 | +1:14.117 | |
| 14 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing | 22 | +1:15.609 | |
| 15 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 11 | +1:18.958 | |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 17 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 20 | +1 lap | |
| 18 | Sergio Pérez | Cadillac | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | 16 | +2 laps | |
| DNF | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | Out, lap 26 | |
| DNF | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 21 | Out, lap 23 | |
| DNF | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | Out, lap 1 |
Grid to finish
Each line joins a points finisher's starting slot to the finishing position.
Follow the championship
The season moves on to the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, which starts on 2 October 2026. The 2026 Italian Grand Prix page has every session, the 2026 championship standings page the updated table, and F1 Intelligence the form, team and DNA view of the grid, including every teammate battle.
Evidence & methodology
Every number and name in this story comes from a frozen fact packet built from the PropSports F1 data plane. The draft passed the factual gate (no unsupported numbers, names, causes or outcomes) and the editorial gate before publication.
Limits
- Driver DNA is quoted from the 2025–2026 window as of publication, not as it stood before this event.
- Lap-by-lap order is not available for this race, so how the race turned is described from the classification: grid, finish, laps led, pit stops and fastest lap.
- Pit-stop counts are as published in the classification; stop timing and tyre choices are not sourced.
Facts used (76)
- Event: 2026 Italian Grand Prix (projection: events)
- Championship round: round 13 (projection: events)
- Kimi Antonelli starting position: P19 (projection: race classification (grid))
- Kimi Antonelli qualifying position: P7 (projection: qualifying classification)
- George Russell starting position: P2 (projection: race classification (grid))
- Max Verstappen starting position: P5 (projection: race classification (grid))
- Winning race time: 1:51:15.281 (projection: race classification)
- Laps completed by the winner: 53 laps (projection: race classification)
- Winner pit stops: two pit stops (projection: race classification (pit stops))
- Winning margin over second place: 3.857 seconds (projection: race classification (gap))
- Pole-sitter Pierre Gasly race result: P7 (projection: race classification)
- Fastest lap of the race: 1:23.504 (projection: race classification (fastest lap))
- Lap the fastest lap was set on: lap 53 (projection: race classification)
- Cars that retired: three retirements (projection: race classification (status))
- Cars classified or retired: 22 starters (projection: race classification)
- Average retirements per race this season (to date): 4.8 (derived: race classification)
- Winner teammate result: P2 (projection: race classification)
- Mercedes qualifying head-to-head this season (leader first): 7–6 (derived: qualifying classification)
- Mercedes race head-to-head this season, both classified (leader first): 7–3 (derived: race classification)
- Mercedes median qualifying gap this season: 0.24% (derived: qualifying classification)
- Mercedes points this weekend: 43 points (derived: race classification)
- McLaren points this weekend: 22 points (derived: race classification)
- Red Bull Racing points this weekend: 15 points (derived: race classification)
- Kimi Antonelli grid: P19 (projection: race classification)
- Kimi Antonelli result: P1 (projection: race classification)
- George Russell grid: P2 (projection: race classification)
- George Russell result: P2 (projection: race classification)
- Mercedes points this weekend: 43 points (derived: race classification)
- Lando Norris grid: P8 (projection: race classification)
- Lando Norris result: P4 (projection: race classification)
- Oscar Piastri grid: P6 (projection: race classification)
- Oscar Piastri result: P5 (projection: race classification)
- McLaren points this weekend: 22 points (derived: race classification)
- Max Verstappen grid: P5 (projection: race classification)
- Max Verstappen result: P3 (projection: race classification)
- Liam Lawson grid: P22 (projection: race classification)
- Liam Lawson result: P14 (projection: race classification)
- Red Bull Racing points this weekend: 15 points (derived: race classification)
- Lewis Hamilton grid: P4 (projection: race classification)
- Lewis Hamilton result: P6 (projection: race classification)
- Charles Leclerc grid: P3 (projection: race classification)
- Charles Leclerc result: out on lap 1 (projection: race classification)
- Ferrari points this weekend: 8 points (derived: race classification)
- Pierre Gasly grid: P1 (projection: race classification)
- Pierre Gasly result: P7 (projection: race classification)
- Franco Colapinto grid: P7 (projection: race classification)
- Franco Colapinto result: P9 (projection: race classification)
- Alpine points this weekend: 8 points (derived: race classification)
- Leader points after this round: 267 points (projection: standings progression)
- George Russell deficit to the leader: 66 points (derived: difference from leader_points, c2_points)
- Rounds remaining after this one: 10 rounds (projection: events)
- Sprint weekends remaining: one sprint (projection: events)
- Most points one driver can still score: 258 points (derived: rounds × race maximum + sprints × sprint maximum from rounds_left, sprints_left, race_max)
- Drivers who can still mathematically reach the leader: 14 (derived: points + max_left ≥ leader points from max_left)
- Lead as a share of the points still available: 26% (derived: lead ÷ max_left from c2_gap, max_left)
- Championship lead after round 8: 40 points (projection: standings progression)
- Comparison round: round 8 (projection: standings progression)
- Constructors' leader points: 468 points (projection: standings progression)
- Constructors' lead: 122 points (derived: difference from standings progression)
- Winner career race wins including this one (our archive): 7th Grand Prix win (derived: our race archive 1950–present)
- Grands Prix held here before this one (our archive): 75 previous Grands Prix (derived: our race archive)
- Earlier races here won from pole: 26 of 75 (derived: our race archive)
- Earlier races here won from the front row: 39 of 75 (derived: our race archive)
- Winner's grid slot in 2025: P1 (derived: our race archive)
- Most wins here before this race: five wins (derived: our race archive)
- Form window: the five races before this one (projection: events)
- Kimi Antonelli points in the form window: 86 points (derived: race classification)
- Kimi Antonelli form-window finishes, oldest first: P3, P15, P1, P3, P2 (derived: race classification)
- Kimi Antonelli wins in the form window: one win (derived: race classification)
- George Russell points in the form window: 77 points (derived: race classification)
- George Russell podiums in the form window: three podiums (derived: race classification)
- Driver DNA window: 2025–2026 (projection: dna-driver)
- Kimi Antonelli strongest Driver DNA dimension: Positions Gained (projection: dna-driver)
- Kimi Antonelli Positions Gained percentile: 80th percentile (projection: dna-driver)
- Mercedes Constructor DNA, Qualifying Speed (2026): 95th percentile (projection: dna-constructor)
- Next event start: 2 October 2026 (projection: events)