Hello! With half an hour to go till Q1, a reminder of where the drivers stand – and lower down the table it is not where they stood after the Dutch GP, because Isack Hadjar has been restored to third place in Monaco at the expense of Pierre Gasly. As you may remember, drivers were wrongly penalised for speeding in the pit lane and Gasly benefited from not taking his penalty during the race, unlike the others. He had third taken off him, then won it back on appeal, but this week the FIA’s international court of appeal ruled against the Alpine driver, which means:

1 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 242pts
2 George Russell Mercedes 183
3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 183
4 Lando Norris McLaren 159
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 155
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull 112
7 Oscar Piastri McLaren 106
8 Isack Hadjar Red Bull 71
9 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Red Bull 51
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 35
11 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 23
12 Franco Colapinto Alpine 19
13 Oliver Bearman Haas 18
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 10
15 Nico Hülkenberg Audi 6
16 Carlos Sainz Williams 6
17 Alexander Albon Williams 5
18 Esteban Ocon Haas 3
19 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 3

The last Italian to win the world championship was Alberto Ascari in 1953 and the country has embraced their wunderkind in the German marque wholeheartedly. For all that Ferrari is a religion in Italy, in Monza Antonelli has brought Mercedes into the faith.

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