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A few drivers are getting track limits notices through the Parabolica - the perils of paving over gravel traps.
The other Mercedes is making moves stick, as Bottas gets by Ocon to take P11.
Hamilton has a crack at Norris into Turn 1 at the top of lap 12, but Norris holds the line into the chicane - and into the next one, despite the Mercedes' drivers efforts into Curva Grande.
Bottas is up to P12 now getting by Vettel. Ahead of him next is Ocon and then Latifi to return to the points places.
Perez is up to P6! He goes wheel to wheel with Sainz around Curva Grande after passing at the first chicane and defends his position at the second chicane.
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"Hamilton's struggling when he closes up, we're getting good gaps to the rest of the field," Norris is told.
Penalty
Giovinazzi has a five-second penalty for rejoining the circuit unsafely on lap 1.
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"Really hard to get close," says Verstappen, struggling to get within overtaking distance of Ricciardo.
During the first lap action we've not had a chance to update Bottas's progress from the back of the grid. He's just blasted by Russell on the main straight to take P13.
Breaking news
The Sainz/Giovinazzi contact is now under investigation.
Mechanical problem
Double DNF for AlphaTauri - Gasly's pre-race mechanical worries have come true as he retires at the end of lap four.
Leclerc's put some distance between himself and team-mate Sainz, who is now under attack from Perez over sixth.
Behind the clashes of the frontrunners, Vettel was shown the gravel by team-mate Stroll which forced the German driver to back out of it. He's dropped behind Stroll, Alonso, Ocon and Latifi and is P12.
Stopwatch
Verstappen hits back with a 1m25.808s, some way quicker than Ricciardo, to get within DRS range.
Giovinazzi gets going again and pits at the end of the first lap for a new front wing. He returns to the action in P19 - Tsunoda did not make the start of this race and is out.
Crash
Giovinazzi appears to run over the kerbs at the chicane, right behind the clash between Hamilton and Verstappen, and coming back on the tack clips Sainz's Ferrari. That sends the Italian driver into a bump with the wall.
Green flag
We had a brief VSC period, but we're back up and running again! Ricicardo leads, and is trying to break away from Verstappen, with Norris a little bit further behind.
At the second chicane Giovinazzi is spun around! The Italian made a super start overtaking Sainz but then in congestion at the braking zone it all got a bit messy.
Hamilton then goes side-by-side with Verstappen into the second chicane, but the two touch - and Norris gets third once again!
That's a lovely start from Ricciardo, who outdrags Verstappen into the chicane and into the lead! Hamilton clears Norris off the line and claims P3.
Lights out
And the 2021 Italian Grand Prix is go!
The cars line up, ready to get going into Turn 1...
Brake problem for Tsunoda, then - that's stopping him getting into the race so far.
Green flag
The formation lap begins now.
Tyre news: Hamilton, Kubica, Bottas and Gasly start on hard tyres, everyone else begins on mediums.
Mechanical problem
Nightmare for AlphaTauri - Tsunoda's being wheeled back to the pitlane. Gasly will start from the pitlane as well; a horrible situation for the team at its home race.
Just over five minutes to go until the Italian Grand Prix kicks off for the formation lap.
Those planes were incredibly well-timed with the national anthem. Wonder how many times they practiced that?
Breaking news
Verstappen's on pole, but has the two McLarens surrounding him on the grid. Here's how the orange cars look this weekend: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/why-italian-gp-success-is-on-for-mclaren-even-if-verstappen-dominates/6666051/
Hopefully AlphaTauri manages to get Gasly sorted enough for the race - but it sadly looks like a repeat of last year's result is unlikely at best.
Some news to note already - Pierre Gasly seems unhappy with his AlphaTauri as he does a few installation laps to the grid. "Doesn't feel right" and "I can't race like this" is his verdict.
Good afternoon everyone - welcome to our Autosport Live coverage of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza! It's just 25 minutes until lights out.
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