After the Grand Prix, the top three traditionally sit together behind the scenes in the so-called cool down room. With the microphone on and the camera pointed at the drivers, it sometimes yields great conversations. This time, Antonelli, Russell and Verstappen provided some fun insights.

With Verstappen and Russell were initially in the room without Antonelli, the Briton asked Verstappen about his final pit stop. Antonelli and Verstappen pitted during the virtual safety car, while Russell stayed out. Russell asked when exactly the VSC ended, to which Verstappen indicated that it was just as he was exiting the pits.

When Antonelli joined them on the couch, the screen showed footage of the duel between the two Mercedes drivers. “I saw that and thought, ‘a bit more, guys,’” Verstappen jokes to the Mercedes men.

Later, they also saw Charles Leclerc’s crash on the screen. Antonelli says it was a strange crash, but Verstappen had an idea where it went wrong. According to the Dutchman, Leclerc simply got on the throttle too early.

Speaking immediately post-race, Antonelli was overjoyed with his incredible win - recovering from P19 to the top very step at Monza. He said: "Unbelievable! I am so happy and I could have never imagined to be here today. But we managed to pull it off and I'm really, really happy."

His teammate Russell, although disappointed to miss out on what would have been a crucial win, congratulated his teammate: “Huge congrats to Kimi. Incredible result from him. When I looked at the leaderboard in the beginning I saw he was already in P5, P4, I knew straight away he was going to be in the mix. Huge congrats to him."