F1 GP Italia, in Monza challenge Mercedes | The direct, at the head of Hamilton

Lap 2 – Hamilton has 1 ”6 over Sain, Leclerc 13th and Vettel 17th, the Ferraris started on soft (Lec) and hard (Vet) tires

Round 1 – Go ahead! At the first corner in the lead, Hamilton followed by Sainz and Bottas! Problems for Bottas also went through Norris, Pérez and Ricciardo

The recon tour began! All taken regularly

Everything is ready for the reconnaissance lap.

The previous race

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Everything is ready in Monza for the Italian GP, ​​round eight of the 2020 World Championship. Lewis Hamilton sets off from pole position with the Mercedes in pursuit of the 90th victory of his career. Beside him the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. The Ferraris start from positions 13 and 17 with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel.

14.55 – Frecce Tricolori in heaven and national anthem

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Frecce Tricolori in heaven to Mameli’s hymn, perfect timing

14.50 – Grid images

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Images from the Monza starting grid. Charles Leclerc quenches his thirst and seeks concentration.

14.40 – Bottas already on the curbs!

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An uneventful line-up lap for Valtteri Bottas, who took a curb excursion and returned to the pits for checks.

2.35pm – F1: “Thank you to the Williams family”

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Nice tribute tweet from F1 to the Williams family, who this week officially sold ownership of the team: “In view of the Italian GP, ​​we pay tribute to Sir Frank, Claire and the Williams family. His passion, energy and love for the sport has made F1 immensely richer. His achievements solidify his legacy; his story will always be part of Formula 1 ”.

2.31 pm – Pit Lane open, drivers on track to line up

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Once the Monza pit lane is open, the cars leave the pits to take part

2.30pm – Ferrari in a tweet: “Fans, we miss you!”

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Ferrari via Twitter to fans: “We miss you!”

14.25 – The first Monza? In 1922

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1922 is the year in which the inaugural race of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was held. Works on the plant had begun on May 15 of that same year and were completed in just 110 days. The first complete lap of the track was covered on July 28 by Pietro Bordino and Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat 570. It was the third permanent circuit in the world, only preceded by the American one in Indianapolis (1909) and the English one in Brooklands (1907). , no longer exists today. The first race, the second Italian GP, ​​took place on September 10, 1922. The winner was Bordino himself, with a Fiat 804, who preceded his teammate Nazzaro by 22 seconds. Third was the Spanish Pierre de Vizcaya, in a Bugatti T30, 4 laps behind.

2.15pm – Summary of classification

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Here you can review the highlights of yesterday’s qualifying with Lewis Hamilton taking pole position 94 of his career.

2.10 pm – 83 Italians in F1

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83 Italian drivers have raced at least one Formula 1 GP. Two of them have won world titles: Giuseppe Farina in 1950, with Alfa Romeo, and Alberto Ascari, in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari. 27 Italians also competed with Ferrari, the first Ascari and Luigi Villoresi in the Scuderia’s debut race, the 1950 Monaco GP, the last Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009. The most successful in history remains Ascari with two world titles and 13 victories, all obtained behind the wheel of Scuderia cars, in just 32 races. The Italian driver with the most races is Riccardo Patrese, Formula 1 record holder, winner of six races. At the moment the only Italian on the track is Antonio Giovinazzi.

14.05 – Here the title awarded 11 times

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The title has been awarded 11 times at Monza. This is a record tied with Suzuka, the historic venue for the Japanese GP. For a long time the Italian track has been the scene of one of the last events of the season and that is why on many occasions the world championship has been closed at the Autodromo Nazionale. It first happened in 1950 with Giuseppe Farina, an Alfa Romeo driver. These are the other ten Italian graduates: Juan Manuel Fangio (1956, in a Ferrari), Phil Hill (1961, in a Ferrari), Jim Clark (1963), Jack Brabham (1966), Jackie Stewart (1969 and 1973), Niki Lauda (1975, at Ferrari), Mario Andretti (1978) and Jody Scheckter (1979, at Ferrari).

13.58 – There are doctors in the stands

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The Italian GP will be, like those played so far, behind closed doors and therefore the classic invasion of the track by fans at the end of the race will be missing. However, there will be 250 very special spectators in the stands: doctors and nurses, duly spaced, who will be able to attend the race as a symbolic reward for the courage, sense of duty and altruism shown, fighting against Covid-19 in the front line. The first event with doors (partially) open will be the Tuscan Grand Prix: Ferrari 1000 scheduled for next week at Mugello, where just under three thousand spectators will be seated in three different stands.

13.55 – It is the Italian GP n. 91. Ferrari, 19 victories

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What is being run is the 91st Italian GP, ​​the 71st valid for the Formula 1 World Championship, the only race, together with the British GP, that has always been part of the world calendar. There were constant races at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza except in 1980 when the race was held at the Imola racecourse and was won by Brabham de Nelson Piquet. Over the years, Ferrari has won 19 times, also obtaining 21 poles and 69 podiums.

13.50 – Leclerc: “We will do our best”

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Leclerc: “It’s special here, the speed is unique, on the straight and in curves. We started back but we will do our best. The paths? Let’s see, sometimes they help, but sometimes you have to look back, let’s see ”. Vettel: “Yesterday after the elimination in Q1, I saw the rest of qualifying from the side of the track, of course I would have preferred to be in the car, impressive to see the cars from the outside.”

1:42 PM – Sainz: “Italy, amazing food”

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Carlos Sainz on TV a few minutes from the grid: “The key is to see if we have the pace to keep Red Bull behind, for now it doesn’t seem like that and so let’s see. I try for sure. A good start will count, I’ll do my best. Yesterday I had a Milanese cutlet and mascarpone with strawberries, all incredible ”.

13.40 – Verstappen: “Mercedes too fast”

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Verstappen: “I will try to take third place, the Mercedes take another step, let’s see, I am optimistic, I will play my cards.”

13.35 – Ferrari: “We work day and night”

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Ferrari wanted to thank its fans a few hours before the start of the Italian GP: “Like Ferraris there are no fans. You have stayed by our side, for better or for worse, with joy and disappointment. We work day and night to find solutions and feeling your constant support gives us a lot of energy ”.

1:15 p.m. Racing Point withdraws the appeal

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Racing Point has announced that it has withdrawn the appeal against the fine of 400 thousand euros and 15 points for copying the brake handles of the Mercedes 2019. “We welcome the resolution that the teams have agreed and we are happy that the FIA ​​has provided a clarification much-needed rules on listed and unlisted parts, ”the team said in a statement. “Delegates and all parties involved in the appeal process acknowledge that there was a lack of clarity in the regulations and that we did not deliberately violate them – says the statement – now that the ambiguity in the regulations has been resolved, we have decided to withdraw our appeal. in the broader interest of the sport. This issue has been a distraction for us and the other teams, but now we and everyone else can refocus solely on what we are all here to do, compete and bring excitement and entertainment to the millions of F1 fans around the world. “

1:10 p.m. – The starting grid

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This is the starting grid of the Italian GP

First row
1. Hamilton (Mercedes)
2. Bottas (Mercedes)

Second row
3. Sainz (McLaren)
4. Pérez (Racing Point)

Third row
5. Verstappen (Red Bull)
6. Norris (McLaren)

Fourth row
7. Ricciardo (Renault)
8. Walk (racing point)

Fifth row
9. Albon (Red Bull)
10. Gasly (AlphaTauri)

Sixth row
11. Kvyat (AlphaTauri)
12. Ocon (Renault)

Seventh row
13. Leclerc (Ferrari)
14. Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)

Eighth row
15. Magnussen (Haas)
16. Grosjean (Haas)

Ninth row
17. Vettel (Ferrari)
18. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)

10th row
19. Russell (Williams)
20. Latifi (Williams)