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2022 FIA Formula One World Championship
16 Round
2022 Italian Grand Prix
Monza Circuit
Monza, Italy
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Max Verstappen will be the favourite to win the
Italian Grand Prix having dominated in the current campaign.
The Red Bull Racing-RBPT driver endured a disappointing race in last year's Italian Grand Prix as he was forced to retire due to a collision.
Verstappen maintained his scintillating form in the current campaign when he won the Dutch Grand Prix on September 4.
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The Dutch star arrived in the Netherlands off the back of three straight wins in France, Hungary and Belgium and he made it four successive wins by winning the race.
Mercedes driver George Russell and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished second and third respectively behind Verstappen at the Circuit Zandvoort.
Verstappen looks set to retain the Formula One world title and is placed at the top of the 2022 Drivers' Championship standings ahead of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez.
The 24-year-old will be edge closer to successfully retaining the Formula One world championship if he wins the Italian Grand Prix.
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"It was not straightforward. We had to push the whole race. With the safety car, virtual safety car, making the right calls is always a bit of a question mark, but it worked out really well," Verstappen said after the Dutch Grand Prix.
"Once we got back to the soft tyres, we had great pace again. We timed it really well off the last corner with the banking [on the Lap 61 restart], you could see the draft was quite strong, and we got ahead.
"It's always special to win your home Grand Prix – it was already last year. I have to say this year, and I had to work for it even more, so an incredible weekend. Unbelievable support … I'm proud to be Dutch."
Red Bull Racing-RBPT are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they are followed by Ferrari and Mercedes respectively.
2021 Italian Grand Prix results
Winner: Daniel Ricciardo - McLaren-Mercedes
Second-Place: Lando Norris - McLaren-Mercedes
Third-Place: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes
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