The Italian Grand Prix resulted in a dominant victory for Max Verstappen, at the track where Red Bull struggled massively last year and where Verstappen described the car as “a monster.” Twelve months on reality looked very different, helped by a specific low-downforce rear wing, a fresh Honda power unit and above all a slightly different approach to the race weekend.
“The car worked perfectly this time, the strategy was good, so everything was fine,” Helmut Marko said in the Monza paddock post-race. “And Max was sovereign, besides that first corner. To win with 20 seconds' margin on McLaren, that's a real achievement.”
