Italian GP: Martin Brundle's verdict on Kimi Antonelli fairytale, 'bruised' George Russell and Lewis Hamilton-Charles Leclerc incident
7 September 2026, 09:29 | Updated: 7 September 2026, 12:54
Whatever your feelings about the 2026 Formula 1 cars, that was a cracking Italian Grand Prix, one of the very best I've been lucky enough to commentate on in 30 years.
On a track where very low tyre degradation used to generate long periods of a train of cars simply following each other, this was relentless overtaking and counter-attack.
And of course, the fairytale victory of Italian hero Kimi Antonelli who went from 19th on the grid into the lead just 18 laps later.
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