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Hamilton on “nothing special” P5 in the F1 Italian GP: “We just didn’t have the pace”

Lewis Hamilton achieved his seventh top five result in the past eight races. Starting from P6, he became the best finishing Mercedes driver due to the damage on the picked up by his teammate George Russell at turn 1. Mercedes’s pace didn’t appear as positive or as impressive as it had been at Spa and…

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Norris: “Today our race car was probably not quite good enough” to beat Leclerc in F1 Italian GP

The McLaren driver wasn’t able to secure an eventual third win of the season in Monza from pole. Norris lost the lead of the race on the first lap to his teammate Oscar Piastri, and Ferrari’s audacious one stop strategy eventually secured Charles Leclerc the top spot. The Brit was left deeply unsatisfied by his…

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Verstappen says “both” F1 championships are unrealistic for Red Bull with “undriveable”, “monster” RB20

Max Verstappen didn’t hold back in his criticism of Red Bull’s distinct lack of performance and operational mistakes in the last few races, that culminated in a lowly sixth place finish at the 2024 Italian GP – and even went as far as saying his chances of retaining the drivers’ world championship crown are “unrealistic”…

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F1 | Italian GP | Race | Leclerc pulls off extraordinary one-stop win to beat the McLarens at Monza

With Norris, Piastri, Russell, and Leclerc lining up the first two rows at the Italian GP, we’re in for an exciting race. Champion leader Verstappen will have some work to do today to make up some places from 7th in his RB20, as Red Bull appear to be struggling more than ever this season.  Pole-sitter Norris is…

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Sainz on “frustrating” P5 result in qualifying for F1 Italian GP: “We couldn’t get the car turned” due to understeer

The Spanish driver will start his last Italian GP as a Ferrari driver from P5, right next to Lewis Hamilton, the driver set to replace him. In spite of a small trip in the gravel during Q1, it was a smooth session for Sainz, comfortably through to Q3 unlike his latest Dutch outing, which had…

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F2 Feature | Italian GP | Bortoleto wins in Monza after starting 22nd

Maloney starts the feature race in Monza from pole position, with Hadjar, Aron, and Hauger lining up behind him respectively.   The lights go out and Maloney holds his lead off the line, Aron getting the jump on Hadjar, before challenging Maloney, ultimately contacting Martí, and Hauger, Aron spinning off, his race over.  Hauger sustains a…

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Leclerc proclaims that “tyre management” will determine the outcome of F1 Italian GP

As the passionate Tifosi showed up in thousands at the historic Monza circuit, Ferrari hoped to live up to their expectations by securing the pole position in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Despite being in contention, besting the McLarens and the Mercedes of George Russell proved to be an insurmountable task as Charles Leclerc…

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“I think it’ll be very difficult” — Russell on chances of victory if the McLarens have a good start at F1 Italian GP

Mercedes arrived at Monza with a quick car and appeared to be in contention for pole position. While the McLaren drivers successfully locked out the front row, George Russell managed to pip Charles Leclerc by a margin of 0.021 seconds in a closely-contested Italian Grand Prix qualifying session. Set to start from third on the…

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Piastri: McLaren “very easily felt like we could have ended up in 7th or 8th” ahead of F1 Italian GP qualifying

The McLaren driver will start his second career Italian GP from the front row, right next to his teammate Norris on pole. It was an overall positive for Piastri, who suffered from a couple of small mistakes during Q1: one of his own, as he cut the apex at T1 on his first attempt, and…

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