Mercedes: No party. No problem

The Mercedes team dominated the classification for the Italian Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton won the 94th pole position in his Formula 1 career, seventh for him at the Monza track. His teammate Valteri Botas was second, 0.069 seconds. The first comment from the team was on Twitter and it was significant: “No party. No problem.” The reference was clearly to the prohibition of the use of qualification regimes or match regimes, as they became known some time ago. The difference between Hamilton and third Carlos Sainz with McLaren was 0.808 seconds.

“We didn’t load the engine very much today,” Toto Wolf said. “After all, we had a party.”

There is no party. No problem. 🔥🚀 pic.twitter.com/LhOIiE7ScF

– Mercedes-AMG F1 (@ MercedesAMGF1) September 5, 2020

“It wasn’t that bad,” Hamilton said after the final.

“Fantastic performance from the team today when deciding when to take us to the track. It wasn’t easy, you could see how close everyone was, and it really required a clean tour. I think I did that in my two attempts, so overall I am very happy. “

Boots was very close. I made some big changes before qualifying and was a bit nervous if I did the right thing, but things worked out really well. In previous years I have had less air pressure here. Now there was a strong grip at these temperatures. The speed was incredible.

A new trajectory !! And a seventh pole at Monza for @Lewis Hamilton!! 👊 pic.twitter.com/AY6fRKXmrm

– Mercedes-AMG F1 (@ MercedesAMGF1) September 5, 2020

He broke the track record, twice! 💪@Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s race at Monza from the front#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 # F1 pic.twitter.com/kNnPWv7ZuW

– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 5, 2020

Boots noted that the battle with his teammate was serious, as expected.

“I started first this weekend. I’m not sure about the discharge, obviously there was none for me. In the end, I was alone, which is not so bad. But I didn’t get any advantage on the straight. My pace in long series. it was good compared to Lewis. There is still something to fight for, “said the Finn.

A little later, Boots explained that he had chosen to appear first in the series.

“I was expecting the differences to be small, I felt fast, so I’m a bit disappointed to be second. In the end, it was up to me to go first or second. I chose to be first because our analyzes showed that the difference shouldn’t be very big. There was an option to be even better, as you had a chance to do a really clean course. I only had one shock: at the end of Q2, the feeling was not so bad and then I gave my best time. Otherwise, I was also fast, but it is impossible to say which was the best option before reviewing the data.