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"It was not our day today. My race was done on the first lap. I made a good start and managed to avoid the bottleneck through the first chicane, but I was pushed wide at Turn Six and lost a lot of places, which was made worse by drivers cutting the chicane at Turns Four and Five before. The car was then damaged too, so it was impossible to really recover. We then pitted just before the Safety Car, which was also unlucky. It gave us hope that we could perhaps close up on the cars ahead, but there was just too much ground to make up. Esteban [Ocon] and Mick [Schumacher] also made contact with me, which did not help. I enjoyed a good battle with Robert [Kubica] towards the end and we did all we could today. I also want to say congratulations to Daniel [Ricciardo] for winning the race today."

Lance Stroll made progress in Formula One's second-ever Sprint, ensuring he started the Italian Grand Prix from ninth. From wheel-to-wheel battling into Turn One, through to his duel with Sergio Perez, recap Saturday's action now.

On the outside of the corner lies an aggressive kerb that is best avoided because it can easily damage the floor.

The best line is to clip the inside of the kerb at Turn Five while avoiding the bump ahead of the Lesmos. While it’s a sharp right-hand corner, it’s still taken in fifth at 190km/h, following a dab of the brakes.

Drivers move slightly left on the exit and make the most of all available track, running across the outside kerb, ahead of the second Lesmo that quickly follows, which is taken in the same way as the first Lesmos.

The exit here is crucial because it’s another long straight ahead; with the benefit of DRS. The run to Ascari is also likely to be one of the last chances to make an overtake ahead of the final sector.

Ascari is a high-speed ess bend, where drivers clip the inside kerb on entry at 180km/h, shifting right and using the kerb, lifting slightly for Turn 10. It’s very, very quick.

Drivers move to the outside to position themselves for the exit, braking slightly and maintaining a high average speed, clearing the left-right-left at over 225km/h.

Parabolica is approached at over 300km/h for the final corner of the lap. Again, braking at around the 100m mark, drivers switch from the outside on approach to the inside line of the corner, navigating at 225km/h.

The key is to unwind the steering wheel through the second half of the corner and to exit back on the main straight at over 275km/h, making sure not to run wide and lose the lap time, before powering back across the finish line.