Autobayng News Team
Williams split their strategies between Carlos Sainz Jnr and Alexander Albon and used team orders to ensure they got the most out of both.
Sainz and Albon qualified 13th and 14th respectively but knew the car had the pace to lap much quicker. The FW47 had been quick throughout practice but its drivers couldn’t get their tyres into the right temperature range during the tight time pressures of qualifying.
That wasn’t a problem in the race, where the FW47 was more competitive. Williams put Sainz on mediums for the start and Albon behind him on hards.
This worked out well for Albon. Every other car ahead of him also took mediums, and as the race progressed and the hard tyres began to out-perform the softer rubber, he was well-placed. Williams left their drivers in their original order as long as they dared, but told Sainz to let his team mate through shortly before half-distance.
While Sainz contained their hard-shod pursuers including Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll and Isack Hadjar, Albon pressed on with new-found speed. Race leader Max Verstappen was slower than the Williams on the last two laps before his pit stop.
Williams pitted Albon as he started to come under threat from Charles Leclerc, after the Ferrari driver’s pit stop. He was the last driver to take a set of mediums, emerged behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli and fought his way past the Mercedes driver, whose hard tyres were already 14 laps old.
Once Ocon and Stroll pitted from their extremely long hard tyre stints, Albon’s path was clear to take seventh. Underlining Williams’ pace, although Sainz ran the opposite strategy, he would probably have joined Albon in the points had he not been knocked into a spin by Oliver Bearman.
He ended the race in pursuit of Hadjar, another driver who made the ‘alternative’ hard-medium strategy work, impressively taking the final point after starting in the pits.
2025 Italian Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
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2025 Italian Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
2025 Italian Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:
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2025 Italian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
| Rank | # | Driver | Car | Lap time | Gap | Avg. speed (kph) | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’20.901 | 257.78 | 53 | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’21.003 | 0.102 | 257.46 | 52 |
| 3 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’21.245 | 0.344 | 256.69 | 47 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’21.294 | 0.393 | 256.54 | 53 |
| 5 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1’21.368 | 0.467 | 256.3 | 53 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1’21.546 | 0.645 | 255.74 | 50 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Williams-Mercedes | 1’21.740 | 0.839 | 255.14 | 47 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’21.800 | 0.899 | 254.95 | 45 |
| 9 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 1’21.820 | 0.919 | 254.89 | 53 |
| 10 | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1’21.968 | 1.067 | 254.43 | 53 |
| 11 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 1’22.133 | 1.232 | 253.91 | 46 |
| 12 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’22.139 | 1.238 | 253.9 | 51 |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’22.164 | 1.263 | 253.82 | 51 |
| 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1’22.185 | 1.284 | 253.75 | 52 |
| 15 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine-Renault | 1’22.239 | 1.338 | 253.59 | 48 |
| 16 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’22.712 | 1.811 | 252.14 | 52 |
| 17 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 1’22.777 | 1.876 | 251.94 | 49 |
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas-Ferrari | 1’22.892 | 1.991 | 251.59 | 48 |
| 19 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’23.757 | 2.856 | 248.99 | 23 |
2025 Italian Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
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2025 Italian Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
| Rank | # | Driver | Team | Complete stop time (s) | Gap to best (s) | Stop no. | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 23.602 | 1 | 45 | |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 23.971 | 0.369 | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 24.156 | 0.554 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 24.235 | 0.633 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 24.326 | 0.724 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 24.372 | 0.77 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 24.545 | 0.943 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Williams | 24.605 | 1.003 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 24.717 | 1.115 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 24.916 | 1.314 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 24.971 | 1.369 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 25.012 | 1.41 | 1 | 49 |
| 13 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 25.021 | 1.419 | 1 | 27 |
| 14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 25.16 | 1.558 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 25.372 | 1.77 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 26.143 | 2.541 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 27.498 | 3.896 | 1 | 46 |
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 30.754 | 7.152 | 1 | 51 |
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 38.418 | 14.816 | 1 | 49 |
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