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Filip Cleeren

Huge crash knocks Charles Leclerc out of F1 Italian GP

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix, bringing out the red flag after two racing laps at Monza.

At the end of the second lap, Leclerc was defending fourth position from McLaren's Oscar Piastri when the Ferrari driver suffered a snap of oversteer and lost the rear of his Ferrari through the fast Parabolica right-hander.

Leclerc spun in the outside barriers at high speed, but walked away unhurt. But a safety car turned into a full red flag so race officials could repair the barriers.

It was a huge blow for Ferrari at its home race, which had already suffered a poor start when Leclerc pushed team-mate Lewis Hamilton wide at the start. Hamilton was demoted to eighth, with Mercedes' George Russell taking over the lead from surprise polesitter Pierre Gasly in the Alpine.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari (Photo by: Alex Bierens de Haan / LAT Images via Getty Images)

On the team radio, Hamilton fumed that "Charles pushed me off", an incident that will not be investigated by the stewards.

Given the severity of the impact, Leclerc headed to the medical centre for precautionary checks, but was cleared and released without injuries.

Drivers are took a standing restart at 15:39 local time, with teams allowed to make a tyre change during the stoppage.

As Russell will lead the restart from Gasly, Max Verstappen and Franco Colapinto, championship leader Kimi Antonelli worked his way up to 12th after starting down in 19th due to an engine penalty.

Photos from F1 Italian GP - Sunday

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Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, George Russell, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Lando Norris, McLaren

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

George Russell, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Pierre Gasly, Alpine

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Pierre Gasly, Alpine

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Nico Hulkenberg, Audi F1 Team, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Oscar Piastri, McLaren

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Yuki Tsunoda, Racing Bulls

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Lando Norris, McLaren, Pierre Gasly, Alpine

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Nico Hulkenberg, Audi F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Woody Johnson, Aston Martin stakeholder

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Lightning McQueen

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Laura Mueller, Haas Race Engineer

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President; Stefano Domenicali, Formula 1 President and CEO

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Raquel Stroll, Yael Shelbia

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

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Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lando Norris, McLaren

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

George Russell, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Nico Hülkenberg, Audi F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Parade of military vehicles and police vehicles

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Sebastian Vettel

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Cars Crocs in the paddock

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Yuki Tsunoda, Racing Bulls

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Pierre Gasly, Alpine

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

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