Charles Leclerc savours 'incredible feeling' after beating Oscar Piastri to win Italian Grand Prix

Speaking to Sky Sports in the immediate aftermath of his win, Leclerc admitted it was an 'incredible feeling'.

He has now won his second Grand Prix, having triumphed in Monaco earlier in the season.

"It is an incredible feeling," he said.

"I thought the second time, if there was a second time, would not feel as special as the first, but the emotions over the last few laps were the same.

"I want to win Monza and Monaco every year and I have managed to do to. It is so, so special."

On whether Ferrari can keep fighting for victories, he added: "I don't know.

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"Our package was working well on a track like Monza but whether it will be the same for the rest of the season I doubt.

"I still think McLaren are favourites but we have done a step forwards, that's for sure.

"Baku is a pretty nice track for me, so maybe we can achieve something special there [at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix next time out]."

Piastri finished second once again, having come close to winning the Dutch Grand Prix last time out.

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And the McLaren star admitted he was hurt after missing out on victory once again.

"It hurts. I’m not going to lie, it hurts a lot," he said.

"I did a lot of things right today. There was a lot of question marks on the strategy going into the race.

"From the position we were in with the tyres looking like they did, doing a one stop seemed like a very risky call, and in the end it was right.

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"Very, very happy with the pace, with the race that I managed to achieve. Just when you finish second it hurts."

As for Lando Norris, the F1 star was forced to settle for third.

He was overtaken by Piastri, something that has raised questions about their relationship as team-mates.

Norris admitted he was surprised to see Piastri drive past him, while also saying McLaren considered a one-stop strategy.

"[Of course] Oscar caught me by surprise as he got past," he said.

"I don't know what I could have done differently. If I brake a metre later, I probably would have crashed.

"It's something we will look at but Ferrari drove a better race, particularly Charles."

He added: "We considered a one-stop strategy the whole race but it was not possible with the amount of graining I had.

"We are disappointed but Ferrari drove a better race."