Team by team analysis of the Italian Grand Prix

Team by team analysis of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, round 16 of the 22-race Formula One world championship (listed in championship order):

RED BULL (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez 6)

Verstappen's fifth win in a row, 11th of the season and 31st of his career came from seventh on the grid after engine penalties. He was third after lap one and took the lead when Leclerc pitted on lap 12. Verstappen pitted on lap 25 and was back ahead when Leclerc came in again 20 laps from the end. Perez set fastest lap after recovering from an overheated front-right brake disc early on. He might have passed Hamilton had the safety car not been deployed. Verstappen now leads Leclerc by 116 points and could clinch his second title in Singapore.

FERRARI (Charles Leclerc 2, Carlos Sainz 4)

Leclerc started on pole position for the eighth time this season but was on a two-stop strategy compared to Verstappen's one. The pitstops were smooth and there were no driver errors but in the end the Red Bull was just the quicker package. Sainz started 18th after grid penalties.

MERCEDES (George Russell 3, Lewis Hamilton 5)

Russell started on the front row on soft tyres, switched to hards and back to softs and chalked up his seventh podium in 16 races. He was the only podium finisher to use hard tyres. Hamilton got bogged down in traffic initially but made his way through the field after engine penalties left him starting on the back row.

ALPINE (Esteban Ocon 11, Fernando Alonso retired)

Alonso retired on lap 31 with a suspected water pressure issue while in a scoring position. The blank allowed McLaren to cut the gap to 18 points.

MCLAREN (Lando Norris 7, Daniel Ricciardo retired)

Norris made a slow start from third, with Ricciardo slotting in there