F1 Results Today: Verstappen struggles AGAIN as Ferrari strong at home

Saturday's final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix was almost singularly uneventful, with teams just working to put in sensible runs without the disruption caused by a pair of red flags on Friday.

Qualifying looks set to be a humdinger of a session, with Mercedes putting their cars first and second on the timing boards in FP3 but both Ferraris and the McLarens also showing strong pace.

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Max Verstappen, however, struggled with turn-in once again as he failed to match some of his outside title rivals.

Kevin Magnussen brought out a red flag in FP2 at Monza on Friday afternoon, spinning off at the second Lesmo corner and burying his Haas in the wall.

The timing of the Dane's crash meant that a number of drivers didn't get a representative qualifying simulation, choosing instead to come out and do race runs in the final 20 minutes once the green flag flew again.

The slightly truncated running saw Daniel Ricciardo not only leading his VCARB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, but also ahead of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez as he fights for his F1 life – despite not having the full suite of upgrades provided to Tsunoda.

Kimi Antonelli was the focus in FP1 on Friday afternoon, making one of the most-hyped Formula 1 debuts in years – only for him to bring out a red flag with a massive crash just ten minutes into the session.

Antonelli was in George Russell's car for the practice session, having finally been allowed to obtain his superlicense after turning 18 years old.

The Italian was flying around the famous parabolica corner when he lost control of the car, spinning off into the barriers at high speed and clambering out of the wrecked car to head off to the medical centre.

Antonelli wasn't the only driver jumping into an unfamiliar car on Friday though, with Franco Colapinto replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams for the rest of the season. Colapinto's hour on track went somewhat better than Antonelli's – he made it the full hour, for one thing – but he went off at the exact same spot at the Italian in the dying seconds of the session, just saving it from the wall.

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F1 FP3 Results: Italian Grand Prix 2024

1. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - 1:20.117sec
2. George Russell [Mercedes] - +0.093s
3. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.109s
4. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +0.135s
5. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.145s
6. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - +0.251s
7. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.346s
8. Alex Albon [Williams] - +0.479s
9. Franco Colapinto [Williams] - +0.788s
10. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +0.826s
11. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - +0.851s
12. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +0.960s
13. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] - +1.024s
14. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +1.038s
15. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +1.040s
16. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - TBC
17. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +1.141s
18. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - +1.170s
19. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] - +1.240s
20. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] - +1.918s

F1 FP2 Results: Italian Grand Prix 2024

1. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - 1:20.738sec
2. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.003s
3. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.103s
4. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +0.120s
5. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.154s
6. George Russell [Mercedes] - +0.348s
7. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +0.402s
8. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +0.562s
9. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - +0.578s
10. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +0.625s
11. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] - +0.723s
12. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +0.761s
13. Alex Albon [Williams] - +0.854s
14. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - +0.872s
15. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - +0.940s
16. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] - +0.997s
17. Franco Colapinto [Williams] - +1.046s
18. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +1.081s
19. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +1.129s
20. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] - +1.485s

F1 FP1 Results: Italian Grand Prix 2024

1. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - 1:21.676sec
2. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.228s
3. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.241s
4. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.450s
5. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] - +0.451s
6. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +0.523s
7. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - +0.538s
8. Alex Albon [Williams] - +0.544s
9. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - +0.635s
10. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - +0.639s
11. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +0.896s
12. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +0.929s
13. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] - +1.038s
14. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +1.087s
15. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] - +1.178s
16. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +1.188s
17. Franco Colapinto [Williams] - +1.204s
18. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +1.204s
19. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +1.481s
20. Kimi Antonelli [Mercedes] - +2.279s

Who is the current F1 world champion?

Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, and currently leads the 2024 world drivers' championship.

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