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Is all for today!
With this we are also making a line below our Friday ticker at this point. Tomorrow we will continue on the road at 12:00 hours with FT3, but as usual we will be at the start again from the morning with a new ticker for you. Have a good night, sleep well and see you tomorrow!
Racing Point: where is the good balance?
“The disappointing thing about the last two events is that the good balance we had with the car until then has disappeared,” reports Andrew Green, explaining: “We have a low downforce car that has different properties than before. Spa lessons we knew Monza could get us off the wrong foot. We still have a lot to do to get the car where we know it can be. “
“We tried some things with what we learned at Spa. Some things helped, some didn’t. We’re a bit off on the wrong foot, to be honest,” Green admits, adding: “Our opponents are strong. You may have taken half a step forward. , and we have taken half a step back. We believe that we must limit ourselves to controlling the damage this race weekend. “
Saturday advance
This curvy video gives you a preview of what we can expect in tomorrow’s qualifying. In any case, apparently all drivers assume there will be chaos again. Why Formula 1 fails to do something about it, you have to be able to ask. A debacle threatens to be announced.
15 years ago today …
… Juan Pablo Montoya won the Italian Grand Prix in 2005. It was the penultimate Grand Prix victory of the Colombian’s career, beating Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella. At the same time, we talked about this in the ticker before, with positions 10 and 12 being the last time until today that Ferrari ran out of points in a race at Monza.
© YEARS
Gasly: I don’t even know where the beat came from.
We just talked about the strong AlphaTauri beat. “To be honest, we have no idea,” laughs the French when asked where the rhythm is coming from. “We were surprised to see ourselves up there. I think the low downforce setup we have for Monza seems to be working quite well,” Gasly said. We are definitely curious to see if the performance can be repeated on Saturday.
Vettel also believes in chaos in qualifying
“This minimum time is being introduced. I think it is the right step,” explains Vettel. Drivers are allowed a maximum of 1:43 minutes in a warm-up lap between the two safety car lines, otherwise they face a penalty. “But still, the poker will probably be played elsewhere,” Vettel believes, adding: “We are going to be surprised. We have the drivers’ meeting right now. We will definitely talk about it. We don’t know if anything sensible will come out of this.” . But we can definitely try. “
Racing Point: “Not where we want to be”
In fact, we haven’t even mentioned the team in the ticker today. Sports performance with P8 and P11 did not necessarily lead to it. “We’re not where we want to be,” admits Stroll, explaining: “We have to make the most of it on Saturday and Sunday. It’s definitely not our best Friday. We lack speed compared to the Renaults and ourselves. [AlphaTauri] looks competitive this weekend. “
“The differences are very close. If we can find a few tenths tonight, we should be in good shape tomorrow. But there are some really fast cars out there,” reflects his teammate Perez, explaining: “We still have problems with our sick leave package. Downforce. It’s not as good as we assumed. We’ll see. The gaps are close. I hope we can be sure of the top ten. “
Vettel: tire pressure is too high
But that wasn’t the only problem at Ferrari today. “The pressure is far from the way they would like to drive the tires, I think,” he says, explaining: “Of course we have to stick to the rules. It will be a difficult race because we will be with others.” Fighting cars and being caught in a crowd. It’s different from driving up front, having a free race and having a strong car. But we’ll take care of that on Sunday. “
“Now we are thinking about Saturday. Hopefully we get a better car,” said Vettel, who explains: “The car is difficult to drive, but we know it. We lose on the straights, as expected. We also lack grip at the entrance of the corner. The car practically slides on all four wheels and it’s not really in a good position. It’s very difficult to get a clean lap. But we’re trying to fix that a little better for tomorrow. “
Ferrari slower again than in 2019
We already know that from Spa. Ferrari was also slower at Monza than on Friday 2019. Vettel and Leclerc were around half a second faster a year ago. For comparison: in Mercedes it could increase by almost nine tenths! That shows how dramatic the accident is. It’s also interesting that Red Bull has only been able to improve marginally. We look forward to much more on Saturday.
Williams: “extreme” configuration attempted
Because there were a total of three drivers in action today, Williams is in the bottom three places in the daily standings. “It’s no secret that our car has a lot of air resistance. That’s why the straights are challenging,” recalls Latifi and Russell reveals: “We chose a pretty extreme setup on my second low-gas attempt. It was a bit too far. […] Our pace is definitely much better than what we show today on paper. Still, I don’t necessarily think we can fight Alpha and Haas this weekend. “The track is just not good enough for the car.
Ferrari-Pappnasen
No, that’s not an insult 😉 Sebastian Vettel made sure that the Ferrari crew can be seen in the stands this weekend at Monza in the form of cardboard displays.
The full story is here!
Mercedes: focus on tires
“We spent a lot of the day understanding the tires,” reveals Andrew Shovlin, explaining: “It’s a bit warmer than last year, which will bring some changes, but overall performance is seen on all compounds.” quite similar, especially in the long term. Tonight we have to do the usual balancing work. Our traction is strong right now and there are still some places where the front axle could be better and some places where the rear could be a little better is weak. “
Two crown boxes
Also this week, Formula 1 published a balance. A total of 5,704 corona tests were carried out last week. Two of them tested positive. As always, who he is is not revealed. Obviously he is definitely not a regular driver, because everyone is at the start this weekend.
Shock Absorber Issue: Gasly Happy Anyway
Resolution at AlphaTauri: A problem with a shock absorber meant that Gasly had to abandon his FT2 career at the end. Until then, however, things turned out very well. “Today was by far the best Friday since the start of the season,” said the Frenchman who finished the day in fourth place. He even got the impression that improvement was possible on Saturday. “I think the new engine mode rules may cause some surprises,” Gasly said. His teammate Kvjat was not so happy with their careers. But still he came in seventh.
Optimistic Renault despite deficit
P12 and P15 at the end of the day for Ocon and Ricciardo. That doesn’t necessarily sound like a podium candidate. But Riccardo talks about a “good day” and puts it in perspective: “At FT2 we showed the pace, but our lap time was canceled.” He also exceeded the limits of the track. But it doesn’t worry about that. Long runs were “good” too. Ocon is also confident. His long runs were “steady” and he made a “good move” between FT1 and FT2. It looks like tomorrow’s timesheet should increase significantly.
Vettel-Dreher im Video
You can take another look at the lathe here. Much more harmless than Verstappen’s output on FT1, but of course it still messed up the program a bit.
