ജThe two-time world champion came out on top of a wheel꧟-to-wheel duel with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to take a lead he never relinquished on his way to a historic 10th win in a row.

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Polesitter Sainz put in a valiant defence to keep Verstappen at bay during the opening 15 laps, 𝓡ꦺbut the two-time world champion eventually got by in his superior Red Bull. 

A lock-up from Sainz a♉t the first chicane opened the door for ܫVerstappen, with the pair running side-by-side through Curva Grande. 

Verstappen held the outside line, which became the in🌱side for the Variante Della Roggia - where the Dutchm🥃an got the move done. 

Sergio Perez charge🎉d past the Ferrari duo on his way to claiming&ꦓnbsp;second place to complete a 1-2 for Red Bull, some nine seconds behind his teammate. 

Verstappen's win is his 12th from 14 races in what is turning out to be an incredible 20ꦅ23 season for the 25-year-old, who has extended his championship l♕ead over Perez to 145 points. 

"I nev♔er would have believed that it was possible," Verstappen said of his✅ latest achievement. 

"We had to work for it today and that 🌞definitely made it a lot more fun."

The Ferrari pair squabblꦺed hard for the final spot on the famous Monza podium, with Sainz fending off multiple attacks from Charles Leclerc to just seal third. 

Despite both picking up five-second time penalties, the Mercedes duo of George Ru꧑ssell and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth. 

Alex Al𓄧bon took an impressive seventh place in his🐈 Williams having defended brilliantly ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris. 

Aston Mart꧋in's Fernando Alonso and Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas completed the top-10. 

The race was delayed by 20 minutes when the start was aborted after Yuki Tsunoda's AlphaTauri suffered an engine f🅷ailure on the formation lap and became stuck in gear.