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Twelve years after Sebastian Vettel, Pierre Gasly claimed the second win for the Red Bull Formula 1 second team. Led by 24-year-old French driver AlphaTauri, a sensational trio took the podium at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza: the driver for McLaren Carlos Sainz jr. second and Lance Stroll at Racing Point, like Gasly, applauded the unexpected result.
The chaotic course of the race resulted in the first podium in the queen class without the “big three” Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull since Hungary 2012. “It’s amazing. I don’t really know what happened today. It was a crazy race,” he said . Gasly. The first French winner since Olivier Panis in Monaco in 1996 admitted: “Of course we benefit from the Red Flag.”
A strong accident of the uninjured Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc at the Parabolica ensured it. The consequences of the 21-minute break turned the rankings upside down. The Scuderia suffered a total loss in the home race, the 999th Grand Prix for the racing team: Vettel was also eliminated.
World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was unable to comment on victory after a ten-second penalty at the worst possible moment. Hamilton, who had started from pole position for the 94th time, pulled away as usual, in contrast to qualifying runner-up Valtteri Bottas, who was sixth on the first lap. Sainz and his teammate Lando Norris were on their way to the podium, unlike Red Bull star Max Verstappen, who didn’t move, was only eighth, and was later eliminated.
Vettel comes out after a few rounds
With Vettel, who like Quali-17. I was already in a desperate position, the brake line exploded after a few laps. The German’s last appearance at Monza in the Ferrari ended early, he said cynically in a television interview: “I’ll be in the simulator on Tuesday, the car at least stops.” At ORF he followed with an Austrian dialect attempt: “I mog nimma”.
On the 21st of 53 laps, the history of this unusual race was rewritten. After a defect in Kevin Magnussen’s Haas, the safety car had to be shipped. Hamilton, who had previously made a comfortable gap, was the only one in the top group to pit to change tires. A fatal mistake: the race direction had closed the pit lane at this point.
As soon as it was back to normal, the big moment of shock ensued: Leclerc lost control of his SF1000 on the Parabolica, which ended up in the tire wall completely demolished. Last year’s winner from Monaco was able to get out of his car himself, he’s doing well. The interruption of the race was inevitable.
During this break, Hamilton’s stop-start penalty (10 seconds) became official, which was then passed to the end of the field pushed. The goal of a sixth win of the season in race eight was out of reach, but the effects on World Championship qualifying are still manageable: With Verstappen’s zero, Bottas replaced the Dutchman as the first chaser, Hamilton continues to lead. comfortably with 47 points.
Cars that tend to be behind make their way to the finish. Former Red Bull driver Gasly led an F1 crowd for the first time and despite all the efforts of the chaser Sainz (+0.415 seconds), he never left this position. Spaniard Sainz was almost never second, but initially struggled with victory: “Just one more lap. Just one more lap, then I would have caught him.” (apa / kle)
