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Charles Leclerc resisted an intense attack from Lewis Hamilton and a late charge from Valtteri Bottas to win the Italian Grand Prix and earn back-to-back Formula 1 wins.

Leclerc fought single-handedly for victory at Ferrari's home race after team-mate Sebastian Vettel had a spin early on while running fourth.

Hamilton gave chase for more than 20 laps in the middle of the grand prix before Bottas took over Mercedes' attack at the end, but Leclerc kept both at bay to win again just seven days after claiming his maiden grand prix victory.

Leclerc had kept Hamilton at arm's length through the first stint but came under attack after stopping one lap later than his pursuer - and taking hard tyres to the Mercedes driver's mediums.

Hamilton's earlier stop brought him out within striking distance of Leclerc straight away and two engaged in an ultra-intense cat-and-mouse chase for more than 20 laps.

During that time, Hamilton got close enough to launch two serious attacks.

First, on lap 23 of the 53, Hamilton used a minor delay as Leclerc passed Nico Hulkenberg's Renault at Parabolica to force the youngster to defend into the first chicane - where Leclerc took to the run-off.

Leclerc defended again into the second chicane but moved back across to the right, made light contact with Hamilton and forced his rival onto the run-off.

Leclerc was given a black-and-white flag warning for that move, and was perhaps fortunate to get away with what Hamilton described as "dangerous" driving on lap 36.

A small lock-up from Leclerc sent him over the run-off at the first chicane and gave Hamilton a run out of the corner.

As Hamilton looked to the outside through Curva Grande, Leclerc jinked to the left to block his path - leaving Hamilton vexed.

Over the next few laps Hamilton remained in close proximity but failed to launch another attack before locking his front left into the first chicane at the start of lap 42.

Hamilton took to the escape road, allowing Bottas through into second after the Finn had crept up to the lead two with his long first stint giving him an eight-lap offset on fresh tyres.

Bottas picked up the chase, three seconds adrift of Leclerc, and almost got within DRS range with six laps to go before losing a bit of time in the final sector.

His best chance came three laps from the end when he got to just half a second behind Leclerc, but Bottas ran deep into the first corner and dropped back.

Bottas got within DRS range again on the final lap, then made a small mistake at the second chicane that ensured Leclerc won by 0.8 seconds.

Hamilton finished a distant third after pitting for fresh tyres to set the fastest lap and score a bonus point, meaning his championship advantage over Bottas stands at 63 points.

While Leclerc held on to win his first Italian GP as a Ferrari driver, Vettel had a miserable race and finished outside the points in 13th.

He ran fourth early on but spun after striking the kerb on the entrance to the Ascari chicane on lap six.

Vettel then rejoined the track while cars were flashing past and clipped the Racing Point of Lance Stroll, who was seventh, into a spin.

Stroll got going again but rejoined as Pierre Gasly was exiting Ascari - which forced the Toro Rosso driver through the gravel.

Vettel received a 10s stop-go penalty for his unsafe return to the track, the harshest possible penalty short of disqualification, while Stroll's actions were deemed slightly less severe and he was hit with a drivethrough.

In the absence of Vettel - and also Max Verstappen, who started at the back following an engine change and had his race compromised by a first lap clash - Daniel Ricciardo clinched Renault's best result of the season in fourth.

Ricciardo had fallen behind team-mate Hulkenberg in the early laps but quickly repassed the sister car and assumed fourth when Vettel spun.

He held a commanding advantage over Hulkenberg until the end of the race, while Hulkenberg - who had briefly passed Vettel on lap one - held onto fifth ahead of Red Bull's Alex Albon to give Renault a massive haul of points.

Albon had to regain ground after banging wheels with Carlos Sainz Jr and going through the Lesmo gravel, and receiving a 5s time penalty for cutting a corner when battling with Kevin Magnussen.

Behind Albon, Sergio Perez benefited from a well-timed virtual safety car around his pitstop window to finish seventh, despite starting 18th.

Verstappen made it back to eighth after stopping on lap one for a new front wing, having broken his when the field bunched up at the first corner.

Antonio Giovinazzi scored points in his home race in ninth, while Lando Norris completed the top 10 having started 16th.

Three drivers retired from the grand prix, two shortly after making their pitstops.

Carlos Sainz Jr lost a likely strong points finish when his McLaren's front right wheel was not attached properly at his stop.

Daniil Kvyat, also running well inside the top 10, pulled his smokey Toro Rosso to a halt exiting the first chicane after his own stop.

Magnussen was the final retiree. He had already dropped out of the points when he locked up at Turn 1 and took to the run-off and eventually stopped with a hydraulic problem.

Race result

Pos Driver Car Laps Gap 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 53 1h15m26.665s 2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 53 0.835s 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 53 35.199s 4 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 53 45.515s 5 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 53 58.165s 6 Alexander Albon Red Bull/Honda 53 59.315s 7 Sergio Perez Racing Point/Mercedes 53 1m13.802s 8 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda 53 1m14.492s 9 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 52 1 Lap 10 Lando Norris McLaren/Renault 52 1 Lap 11 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso/Honda 52 1 Lap 12 Lance Stroll Racing Point/Mercedes 52 1 Lap 13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 52 1 Lap 14 George Russell Williams/Mercedes 52 1 Lap 15 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 52 1 Lap 16 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 52 1 Lap 17 Robert Kubica Williams/Mercedes 51 2 Laps - Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 43 Hydraulics - Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Honda 29 Oil leak - Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren/Renault 27 Wheel

Drivers' standings



Pos Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 284 2 Valtteri Bottas 221 3 Max Verstappen 185 4 Charles Leclerc 182 5 Sebastian Vettel 169 6 Pierre Gasly 65 7 Carlos Sainz Jr. 58 8 Daniel Ricciardo 34 9 Alexander Albon 34 10 Daniil Kvyat 33 11 Nico Hulkenberg 31 12 Kimi Raikkonen 31 13 Sergio Perez 27 14 Lando Norris 25 15 Lance Stroll 19 16 Kevin Magnussen 18 17 Romain Grosjean 8 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 3 19 Robert Kubica 1 20 George Russell 0

Constructors' standings



Pos Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 505 2 Ferrari 351 3 Red Bull/Honda 266 4 McLaren/Renault 83 5 Renault 65 6 Toro Rosso/Honda 51 7 Racing Point/Mercedes 46 8 Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 34 9 Haas/Ferrari 26 10 Williams/Mercedes 1



