I don’t know how happy Red Bull is right now with the ban – Bottas –

Mercedes at the forefront with and without party mode (Photo: AFP)

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Mercedes didn’t back off canceling party mode: Lewis Hamilton led the 94th starting point of his career with a lap record at Monza, breaking the record for the highest average speed stopwatch lap with a time of 1: 18.887, the new peak now. 264,362 km / ó. By the way, with his newfound success, the Briton no longer wrote the Mercedes pole position series, which started at the Abu Dhabi GP.

“It wasn’t too bad! The team did a fantastic job even today, they were always sent to the field at a great pace. It wasn’t my most fluid stopwatch at the moment, everyone could see how close we were to each other so I definitely had to do a clean lap. I feel like I was successful in both of my Q3 attempts, so overall I’m happy. We made a number of major qualifying changes to the car, so I was a bit tense about whether we were going in the correct direction, but in the end everything worked out fine. ” Said the World Cup champion, who was the seventh training leader at Monza.

An average speed of 264.362 kilometers per hour …

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– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 5, 2020

The second Valtteri Bottas It was 69 thousandths of its British time, so Mercedes dominated the front row in a row in the sixth Grand Prix.

“As expected, the fight was very close between us. I don’t know what would have happened if we had a windshield as I was only able to catch one at the end of the second leg, and that was a bonus then. At the end of time, however, he was very lonely, not bad, but obviously not even helping on the straights. I felt really fast all weekend so I’m disappointed that I only got second place instead of first. However, my race simulation worked well on Friday so I still have a chance to progress in the race. Also, by banning different engine modes, we will be even better on Sunday so I can’t wait. I don’t know how happy Red Bull is right now with the ban on engine modes. ” He stabbed the rival a little.

For a minor surprise Carlos Sainz Jr. finished third with McLaren, which raced with a very small downforce package over the weekend as most expected a battle by Red Bull and Renault for third place.

“From the beginning of the stopwatch, I felt very strong with the car. I managed to get up from the first stage using one set of tires, and since then I was about to run a 1.19: 6 lap because I knew I would definitely finish in the top five with that. However, on my last try, I almost lost control, I experienced some pretty hot moments at Lesmo and from there I crossed the border. I’m still shaking ” Said the Spaniard, who expected a faster Renault.

He is second in the individual World Cup Max verstappan He finished fifth on the stopwatch, so he could only cut for him for the race from the third starting line. The Dutchman was disappointed in Red Bull’s performance, saying he shouldn’t be fighting McLaren and Racing Point for third place.

“We just don’t have a good weekend. We tried everything, we raced with more and more downforce, we changed the balance, time turns out however, nem hasn’t improved at all. This is only proven by the fact that the balance of the car is not good at all. We cut off the season so we can fight Mercedes, we are here for this at Monza, and a McLaren and a Racing Point also finished in front of us. This is not OK. The car just doesn’t feel good, even compared to last year. We can fight for third place, but that’s not why I’m here, I don’t care. ” He declared.

Teammate Alexander Albon He also referred to the great form of the rivals, but it did not look like they had caught up with Red Bull.

“I don’t think Renault or Racing Point would have caught up with us, it’s just that their car has a better track. When we get to a place where we have to go with a smaller clamping force package, they are always very strong. ” Said the ninth Thai.

Sebastian Vettel is already in the first stage while Charles Leclerc in the second he was fired, so the Maranellos were unable to start the top ten on any of the home tracks after 1984. After disappointing results, Monaco said they waited a bit longer to beautify them at Mugello next week.

“We expected a slightly better result this weekend. We knew that next to the spas and a back track, the Monza would be the one that would lie to us the least, but it feels pretty bad when you do a good lap and that’s only enough for thirteenth place. But now that’s the case, I’m trying to get everything out of the car. Obviously, failure is even more painful in a home setting, but now that’s the reality for us. We have to keep working and hopefully at Mugello, which will also be a home race for us, we can do a little better. I hope to see the light at the end of the tunnel next weekend as the last two weekends have been very disappointing. ” Leclerc said.

After the time trial, the sports supervisors investigated the Q1 case between Esteban Ocon, Kimi Räikkönen and Nicholas Latifi, but ultimately did not award a penalty to the French blocker.