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Mercedes dominant, and it could not be otherwise at the Monza circuit. First morning with Valtteri Bottas, early afternoon with a surprising 1: 20.192 from Lewis Hamilton. The Englishman set the best time of the combined, ahead of the first “land” car, Lando Norris, by nine tenths of a second in PL2. “Double double”, therefore, for the Brackley team: but in the words of Hamilton, in addition to the pursuit of perfection in performance, you can also see more. A kind of fear of what will happen in qualifying. The risk is to find themselves in a situation similar to that of 2019, with the pilots looking for the wake and therefore not willing to expose themselves first. Race Director Michael Masi has already signaled that stewards will be informed of any slowdown, but Hamilton defines it anyway “nightmare” a scenario like last year.
2020 Italian GP: stellar Mercedes also in race pace
Lewis hamilton (2nd PL1, 1: 20.948 – 1st PL2, 1: 20.192): “Last year we couldn’t even do the last lap here. I think it will be interesting to see how this year goes. I heard you could insert a time limit to go around the launch lap, this might help us. But I think it will still be a nightmare in the last corner. It will surely be hard. As for our Friday, it was a beautiful day. We have improved our performance from PL1 to PL2, but we have to take a few more steps to improve the feeling with the car. In the morning we didn’t have great sensations, we slipped a lot on the track also because the downforce is very low here. I think the gap will narrow in ranking.“.
Valtteri Bottas (1 PL1, 1: 20.703 – 2nd PL2, 1: 20.454): “I had good feelings all day. I’m sure we can still improve the car. I’d say the biggest problem for me was a little lack of stability in some corners In the back. But other than that, the day was pretty good. Detachments on others surprise me a bitbut we’ll see how it goes tomorrow. As for the risk of a 2019-bis, Monza is a fast and short track, there are not many corners to make a difference. It will be a battle, but I feel great, so I can’t wait.“.
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