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RACE START: Watch the getaway in Monza as Piastri snatches the lead from pole-sitter Norris
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It may have looked like Lando Norris finally got the launch he needed, but it was his team mate Oscar Piastri who took the lead with an incredible overtake on the opening lap of the Italian Grand Prix.
Pole-sitter Norris started off the line well, but was quickly chased down by the Australian as third-placed George Russell went off the track at Turn 1 and lost out, dropping to seventh position and damaging his car.
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With Piastri making his move on his team mate stick at the second chicane, crowd favourite Charles Leclerc soon got involed. The Ferrari man also passed the McLaren of Norris with the pole-sitter dropping to third.
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