Italian Grand Prix: Formula One stars and football legends combine for a five-a-side showdown in Monza

STARS of Formula One and football legends combined on the Monza pit lane for a special five-a-side match – and there were goals galore!

A team made of Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez and Jolyon Palmer represented the drivers ahead of the Italian GP.

And they went up against a fearsome five of Robert Pires, Michel Salgado, David Trezeguet, Christian Karembeau with Brazilian legend Dida between the sticks.

For every goal scored in the match, €1000 was donated to a fund set up to help survivors of last month’s earthquake in Italy.

The goals rained in – 32 of them in fact – as both teams seemed to ditch goalkeeping duties and went about scoring as many as possible.

Alonso scored a stunning worldy from the halfway line, Perez missed an open goal and there was some world class defending by Max Verstappen.

The main event began earlier today, as Lewis Hamilton set the pace ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the first practice session.