Red Bull's Max Verstappen secured his 10th straight win at the Italian Grand Prix Sunday at Monza. The two time World Champion started outside the pole and passed pole sitter, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, on Lap 15.

"I had to be patient today to get the win, Ferrari had a lot of top speed all weekend and I think when you look at our rear wing we had to trim down our top flap, so our DRS the whole weekend wasn't as effective as normal," said Verstappen.

"That meant we could never have a good run down into turn one, so I had to be patient and force Carlos into a mistake. At one point, when his tyres were wearing a little, we tried to make him brake late, he locked up a little bit and I thought, "perfect" and was able to pass him on the exit to turn two." added Verstappen.

After starting 5th, Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez finished second, giving Red Bull a 1-2 finish, their sixth of the season.

"This was a very special victory but we had to do it the hard way. The Ferrari's were very quick today, just as they have been all weekend and with Carlos and Charles defending like their life depended on it meant we had to work that extra bit harder to lead the race," said Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner.

"Sergio did a brilliant job, finding his form to claim second, while Max continued his exemplary run to take the win. This now gives Max 10 victories in a row which breaks Sebastian's record from 10 years ago. It's a fantastic achievement and a huge effort from every single faction of The Team," added Horner.

The hometown favorites of Ferrari's Sainz and Leclerc finished third and fourth respectively.

Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc gave the Red Bulls a hard time throughout the race, before leaving the tifosi with their collective heart in mouth as they duelled between themselves for a place on the podium.

It was a nice birthday present for Carlos who turned 29 earlier in the week. It is his 16th Formula 1 podium, his first this season and number 802 for the team. With the 27 points it picked up today, the team moves ahead of Aston Martin in the Constructors' standings and is now 45 behind Mercedes.

"It has been a while since I had that much fun in a race," said Leclerc. "The battles we had throughout were great, and Checo (Perez), Carlos and I were really close towards the end, which made for an exciting handful of closing laps. We had some free space behind us, so I just enjoyed it and pushed to the maximum."

George Russell of Mercedes finished fifth followed by his teammate Lewis Hamilton.

"We were the third quickest team today so fifth and sixth was the best we could achieve. The car just doesn't have the pace of the Ferrari at this downforce level. Fortunately, on normal tracks the fight is much closer but today was all about damage limitation and the team and drivers did a good job to minimise our points loss in the constructors' championship, said Mercedes Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director.

Alex Albon's performace must continue to impress Williams Racing as the Thai-British racer notched his fifth Top 10 finish of the season with a P7 at Monza on Sunday.

Lando Norris of McLaren finished eighth followed by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso. Alfa Romeo's Valteri Bottas rounded out the top 10.

Pos	Driver		Team		Lap	Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	51	1h 13:41.143
2	Perez		Red Bull	51	+ 0:06.064
3	Sainz		Ferrari		51	+ 0:11.193
4	Leclerc		Ferrari		51	+ 0:11.377
5	Russell		Mercedes	51	+ 0:23.028
6	Hamilton	Mercedes	51	+ 0:42.679
7	Albon		Williams	51	+ 0:45.106
8	Norris		McLaren		51	+ 0:45.449
9	Alonso		Aston Martin	51	+ 0:46.294
10	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	51	+ 1:04.056
11	Lawson		AlphaTauri	51	+ 1:10.638
12	Piastri		McLaren		51	+ 1:13.074
13	Sargeant	Williams	51	+ 1:18.557
14	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	51	+ 1:20.164
15	Gasly		Alpine		51	+ 1:22.510
16	Stroll		Aston Martin	51	+ 1:27.266
17	Hulkenberg	Haas		50	+ 1 Lap
18	Magnussen	Haas		50	+ 1 Lap
	Ocon		Alpine		39	Retired
NS	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri		Did Not Start

(image provided by Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake)