Ferrari's Carlos Sainz had his watch was stolen during a robbery hours after the Italian Grand Prix.
The Spanish F1 star claimed his first podium finish of the season at the Monza Circuit on Sunday, but his successful weekend ended on a sour note despite recovering the wrist wear.
The Sun reports that the 29-year-old was still in his Ferrari kit when he was targeted at around 8:30pm near the Armani hotel.
He is said to have chased them down alongside members of the public, reclaiming his Richard Mille watch which is worth an estimated £500,000, while those responsible were arrested.
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It has been reported that Sainz was okay following the altercation.
Speaking of his day at the track, Sainz had said: "It was a great weekend all along and to be able to celebrate a podium with the tifosi is the perfect icing on the cake!
"I really want to thank every single one of them for their endless support. They are very special!
"Today I did everything I could to try to keep both Red Bulls behind, using my tyres to the limit and pushing the entire race. Unfortunately they still have the edge over us on race day and P3 was the maximum today.
"We had good battles on track with them and with Charles and I hope people enjoyed it as much as I did.
"Now we have some time to regroup and start preparing Singapore as soon as possible.
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“It was tough. It was tough, hard racing. It's always been a pleasure to race Charles whenever we've had the chance. A great racer, same as Max and Checo [Perez]. We had fun out there today and I hope you guys enjoyed.”
As he mentioned, Sainz had to settle for third following Max Verstappen's runaway victory as well as Sergio Perez climbing up to second.
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