Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Italian Grand Prix weekend?
It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days.
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Monza.
Driver performance summary
| Driver | Q stage | Q pos. | Q gap to team mate | GP grid pos. | GP pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Q3 | 7 | -0.040s | 7 | 6 |
| Sergio Perez | Q3 | 8 | +0.040s | 8 | 8 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Q3 | 6 | +0.073s | 6 | 5 |
| George Russell | Q3 | 3 | -0.073s | 3 | 7 |
| Charles Leclerc | Q3 | 4 | -0.006s | 4 | 1 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Q3 | 5 | +0.006s | 5 | 4 |
| Lando Norris | Q3 | 1 | -0.109s | 1 | 3 |
| Oscar Piastri | Q3 | 2 | +0.109s | 2 | 2 |
| Lance Stroll | Q1 | 17 | +0.396s | 17 | 19 |
| Fernando Alonso | Q2 | 11 | -0.396s | 11 | 11 |
| Esteban Ocon | Q2 | 15 | +0.028s | 15 | 14 |
| Pierre Gasly | Q2 | 14 | -0.028s | 14 | 15 |
| Alexander Albon | Q3 | 9 | -0.519s | 9 | 9 |
| Franco Colapinto | Q1 | 18 | +0.519s | 18 | 12 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Q2 | 12 | -0.044s | 12 | 13 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Q1 | 16 | +0.044s | 16 | Not classified |
| Valtteri Bottas | Q1 | 19 | -0.344s | 19 | 16 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Q1 | 20 | +0.344s | 20 | 18 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Q2 | 13 | +0.287s | 13 | 10 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Q3 | 10 | -0.287s | 10 | 17 |
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Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver do you think did the best job throughout the race weekend?
Who got the most out of their car in qualifying and the race? Who put their team mate in the shade?
Cast your vote below and explain why you chose the driver you picked in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix weekend?
- No opinion (0%)
- Kevin Magnussen (6%)
- Nico Hulkenberg (0%)
- Zhou Guanyu (0%)
- Valtteri Bottas (0%)
- Yuki Tsunoda (0%)
- Daniel Ricciardo (2%)
- Franco Colapinto (3%)
- Alexander Albon (2%)
- Pierre Gasly (0%)
- Esteban Ocon (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (0%)
- Lance Stroll (0%)
- Oscar Piastri (12%)
- Lando Norris (0%)
- Carlos Sainz Jnr (0%)
- Charles Leclerc (71%)
- George Russell (0%)
- Lewis Hamilton (2%)
- Sergio Perez (1%)
- Max Verstappen (1%)
Total Voters: 122
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Jere (@jerejj)
1st September 2024, 15:39
LEC for both DOTW & DOTD honor.
BasCB (@bascb)
1st September 2024, 15:42
Norris deserves a mention for that superb qualifying. Piastri for taking the lead in the first lap. Sainz made a good call, but Leclerc brought home that victory.
And McLaren really should get a grip on their strategic thinking or they can lose the constructors championship to Ferrari of all people.
elchinero (@elchinero)
1st September 2024, 15:49
#44 …. 2024 WDC
BasCB (@bascb)
1st September 2024, 15:55
Oh, I should have mentioned Colapinto – his first race in a Williams and finishes in 12th not too far away from Albon!
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
1st September 2024, 15:49
I was all set to give it to George as he missed almost all of Friday’s practice yet still stuck it into third in Qually.
But I have gone with Charles for a balanced weekend overall and a masterful control of his tyres.
Franco Colapinto deserves a major pat on the back for his first outing as well.
Ivan B (@njoydesign)
1st September 2024, 16:02
Leclerc, of course. Honorable mention to colapinto, well driven in the race, and had he a bit more luck yesterday, maybe he would also have scored points?
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
1st September 2024, 16:03
Perhaps Mclaren overestimated their speed. Perhaps a bit of immaturity from Oscar about Pirelli tyres. Perhaps it was Tifosi power for Charles, who gets the vote for the driver of the weekend. He is certainly having a solid run post the summer break.
Neil (@neilosjames)
1st September 2024, 16:04
Leclerc – I can see this being one of the most one-sided votes the site has ever had.
David BR (@david-br)
1st September 2024, 16:06
Leclerc, easiest choice of the season, a proper ‘tyre whisperer’ (to quote George Russell).
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
1st September 2024, 16:34
It seems K-Mag has a lot of supporters!!
Nick T.
1st September 2024, 17:04
That 5% is likely one vote, but he did put in a great performance.
juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
1st September 2024, 22:35
Absolutely, MAG and COL both did brilliantly.
Kev for lots of entertaining passes (except for one … “racing incident”) and Franco for bringing it home in one piece not too far from the points.
Well done those drivers.
Melbourne '96 (@melbourne-96)
1st September 2024, 17:20
Piastri, he has already become the nr.1 McLaren driver, Norris chances, not helped by the team, have come and gone… Norris is too soft, like D.Hill, Coulthard, Bottas, etc. Charles lucked into a forced, well-performed, one-stop strategy.
Melbourne '96 (@melbourne-96)
1st September 2024, 17:21
Ps. Real winners say no to there team every now and then.
Melbourne '96 (@melbourne-96)
1st September 2024, 17:22
Edit: their
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
1st September 2024, 17:36
Norris is done as a driver – I don’t think he can get back on track and fight anyone for position. He’s way too soft.
BLS (@brightlampshade)
1st September 2024, 17:28
Leclerc drove very well throughout the race. Hustling the McLarens in the first half and then stretching his tyres out in the second part of the race. A worthy winner of DOTW and DOTD
Russel was bemoaning the lack of spare parts Mercedes have and then destroys a front wing weaving through bollards. So that’s my “not” DOTD, with Stroll picking up the “not” DOTW
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
1st September 2024, 17:36
Piastri knows that Lando will do anything to avoid a crash and he’s been squeezing him like a lemon.
If I were Norris, I would not give Piastri an inch ever again.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
1st September 2024, 17:39
0% votes for Norris with 50 votes – he’s lost every fan’s respect today as a racer.
Stoo
2nd September 2024, 14:20
+1 If I were LN I wouldn’t even give him the time of day – driving for the win was earned by Norris in qually, and the treachery shown by Piastri jumping LN like that when he wasn’t even expecting him to do that speaks volumes.
Shame on you Zac Brown and to blazes with your Papaya Rules ! From now on Norris should be saying Rules ! what rules ?
As for Hungary, he should have said NO when he was asked to hand Piastri the win, because that gave Piastri the platform to keep them on a week by week basis.
Terrion (@terrion)
1st September 2024, 18:14
Leclerc has done an excelent job today. Very solid performance by Piastri. Albon did an amazing job and what a start to F1 carreer by Colapinto. Bottas is putting the Kick where it really shouldn’t be seen. So many great performances and yet I would give DOT to KMAG. Aggresive when he should have been, saved tyres when it was necessary. If it weren’t for the ban for next race, this would be his most highly rated race this year.
Also shame for Hulk, Zhou, Perez, Alpines and Toro Rosso sucked, Sainz, Max, Astons and Mercs were nowhere and Lando bottled it again
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
2nd September 2024, 1:31
I went Piastri. In hindsight I’m thinking I maybe should have gone Colapinto, and definitely being made to feel guilty for not really shortlisting Leclerc. Whilst he was a worthy winner, I got the feeling (perhaps mistakenly) that the team decided the strategy. And whilst there is no doubt he executed it fantastically, would he have been getting the same number of votes had it not quite worked even if he drove to the same standard? Sorry. Probably overthinking it, though as Team of the Weekend I’d definitely agree on Ferrari.
As others have noted though, there were a number of great performances. Indeed KMag did some of the things that will actually make me miss him. Imagine a whole field of Kmags.
AlexS
2nd September 2024, 12:38
Ferrari asked him if he wanted stay out and he said yes.