With the tifosi roaring him on and his Ferrari keeping Max Verstappen at bay on the straights, Carlos Sainz began to believe that 2023 Italian Grand Prix victory could be his. But the very pace keeping him in the lead was to prove his downfall, writes Mark Hughes
Max Verstappen's victory around Monza made it 15 on the bounce for Red Bull and 10 for him, both statistics beating the all-time records. But at least they had to work for it this weekend. For the first 15 laps at least.
That's how long pole-setting Carlos Sainz kept the Ferrari in front to the delight of the crowd, with the other Ferrari of Charles Leclerc not far behind. Sainz said there was a brief moment where he was thinking he just might be able to pull this off; the Ferrari was so fast on the straight that Verstappen couldn't quite get ahead even with DRS, and Sainz was being super-aggressive in his defence. He was in a Ferrari, leading at Monza, after all...
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