Asked if Monza was “tough”, George Russell jokingly deflected the question onto McLaren’s team orders rather than his own Italian Grand Prix.

Formula 1 raced at Monza for round 16 of the championship, where reigning World Champion Max Verstappen claimed his first grand prix win since Imola, and McLaren made headlines with its use of team orders. As for Russell, he was fifth.

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Russell spent much of the Italian Grand Prix in the middle of a Ferrari sandwich as Charles Leclerc ran ahead of him, while his former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was sixth on the track.

The headlines, though, were being made by the drivers ahead.

Verstappen put in one of his best performances of the season as he claimed a surprise pole position before going on to w

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