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By: Jake Boxall-Legge

Summary

Pierre Gasly takes maiden victory in madcap Italian GP
Gasly fends off Carlos Sainz after Hamilton serves 10s stop-go penalty for coming into the pits when it was closed to recover Magnussen's stranded Haas
Stroll completes unusual podium for Racing Point
Hamilton recovers from last to finish P7 after serving penalty
Hamilton had comfortable 13.5s lead prior to first safety car over Sainz, Norris, Perez, Ricciardo
Bottas unable to make progress after dropping behind both McLarens with poor opening lap
Verstappen fails to finish after Honda power unit problem
Vettel retires early after brake problem causes him to straight-line Turn 1 chicane and smash through the polystyrene marker boards
Status: Stopped
And we'll leave you there for today. Thanks for your company, we hope you enjoyed that - and we'll see you next weekend at Mugello! Take care.
Gasly takes a moment to sit and reflect on the podium as the reality sets in.
Last time the French and Italian anthems played together in that order? Canada 1995.
Gasly, Sainz and Stroll take to the podium. La Marseillaise rings out for the first time since, I believe, Japan 2008 when Alonso won for Renault.
"Claire, I'm sure you're going through a world of emotions right now, but thank you," Latifi also says. This was the Williams family's last F1 race in charge - and Latifi was just one place away from a point.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Frank and Claire, for all the things you've done for me - it's going to be a shame to see you leave," Russell said over the radio.
Gasly: "Honestly, it's unbelievable. I don't think I'm realising what's happening right now! We've been through so much through the past 18 months...I have no words."
Sainz: "I'm halfway disappointed with P2, you wouldn't have believed I would have had a chance at victory. In a normal race I would have got P2, I had good pace behind Lewis."
Stroll: "It's been a couple of years since I stood on the podium, so it's good to be back! It's a bit of a bummer, it was mine to lose from second [on the grid] and just caught the wheelspin."
And there's our P3 man, Lance Stroll. What could have been had his second start not been so leisurely. But if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, the world would be a giant Snickers bar.
 
Gasly gets a congratulatory hug from Grosjean and Leclerc.
Pierre Gasly, F1 winner. What a performance.
If you went on Twitter and moaned that you weren't watching F1: we get boring races sometimes. But it makes races like these all the more special.
"I don't know whether to cry! So close, yet so far - I needed one more lap." says Sainz.
 
 
"Can we do this again? Oh my god, YES!" Gasly mumbles. No, not mumbles - roars.
Norris crosses the line fourth, Bottas fifth, Ricciardo sixth, Hamilton seventh having just managed to clear Ocon - and takes the fastest lap!
And Lance Stroll hangs on to complete the podium. Who expected that top three?!
Carlos Sainz can't quite get close enough, it's down to the wire, but he has to settle for second.
But in this Italian Grand Prix, it's PIERRE GASLY who wins!!!
At the start of the final lap Hamilton is now up to seventh place having got past Ocon.
"Keep it clinical," Sainz is told. "I want this win, Tom," he replies.
Hamilton hasn't needed to do much overtaking this season, given where he's been starting the races, but he is getting his fill this afternoon after his penalty. The Mercedes driver powers alongside Kvyat and under braking for the second chicane he holds the inside line to take eighth.
It's the penultimate lap now, and Gasly's doing everything he needs to hold off Sainz.
Ricciardo's inching in on Bottas now, aiming to clear the Mercedes driver for fifth.
Gasly's managing to match Sainz now, who can't seem to get any closer as he hits the AlphaTauri's turbulent air.
With five laps to go Hamilton gets by Perez at the first chicane to move up to ninth place. He also has the fastest lap of the race so that's an extra point he currently holds.
Hamilton is in the points - he gets by Raikkonen to take tenth place and is already in the DRS zone of Perez. Six laps to go.
Ricciardo is in a world of his own in sixth, 1.5s away from Bottas but with a 6s gap on Ocon.
Honda has confirmed it spotted an issue with Verstappen's power unit which was the reason for his retirement.
Bottas is throwing the kitchen sink at Norris, but still can't find a way past.
Hamilton watch: He gets by Latifi under braking for the second chicane on lap 45 to take P11.
Sainz has really stepped it up now - he took 0.4s out of Gasly on the previous lap, and he's still eating into the lead as he gets to within 2s.
Ocon is the latest to claim an overtake on Raikkonen to move up to seventh place. It is double pain for the Finn as he loses another place, this time to Kvyat, on the start/finish straight.
Stroll, meanwhile, lapped faster than Sainz last time around. The top 3 order could yet shuffle.
Another lap, another first chicane overtake. Hamilton powers by Grosjean and takes P12. He's now got a 2.7-second gap to close down to catch Latifi next up the road.
Sainz is now within three seconds of Gasly. Gasly's losing about 0.3s a lap, which might not be enough to hang on at this rate.

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