Binotto happy with "brave" decision to put Leclerc on hards at Monza

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has praised the "brave" decision to put Charles Leclerc onto hard tyres during the Italian Grand Prix as the Monegasque took the first Ferrari win in Italy for almost a decade.

Leclerc was vulnerable to Lewis Hamilton following the pit stops, with the Mercedes driver on the softer medium tyres, but Leclerc managed to hold on to the win to send the Tifosi crazy.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the race, Binotto said: “We knew that the wear would have been critical, the rear soft tyres were almost to the end on the first stint, and we believed the best way to protect was to be on the hard.