Ferraris’ closing night and Prime Minister Conte to football: let’s face it

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There’s nothing to do. Just as Prime Minister Conte has it all with the football championship, the Ferraris do one thing and make two mistakes: we have to get over it. Not even the most acrobatic Grand Prix of Monza in its history, with Mercedes and Red Bulls off the podium (it had not happened since 2012) and with the victory of a friendly French driver (Pierre Gasly) unknown even to his relatives, who ‘we had predicted on the eve, everyone would have laughed at us, he manages to pull the Ferraris out of the abyss into which they have sunk.

In fact, in the craziest race in the world, the two Reds still manage to get noticed by doing things that humans in Formula 1 are no longer used to seeing: Vettel’s car with the brakes on fire starts on lap six; Leclerc’s, to go up the rear, on the 27th crashes at 220 per hour against the Parabolica barriers. Thanks to the saint of pilots, the Monegasque escapes unscathed, but the consequent red flag for his accident triggers a clearing that, in the end, in a succession of surreal gags leads Gasly to success against Sainz and Stroll who complete a really implausible podium . .

Lewis Hamilton offense

Anyone who says that Formula One is a boring sport, like a digestive nap on the couch, must be self-critical. Especially when Lewis Hamilton, rushing towards his usual triumph, finds himself relegated with a 10-second penalty for an infraction that could be talked about a lot. But what more could you want? Hamilton was forced to chase who finished seventh; Bottas, who comes fifth due to low speed and power (now the role of Calimero’s black girl is his by right) and Verstappen, who retires due to engine problems. A pleasure, let’s be honest. But are we kidding aside?

In a Grand Prix without an audience, and with a podium for singles and married people, the disorientation is total. The only certainty, firm as a rock, is the new Ferrari fiasco. Here we return to the usual reality. After the disastrous ratings, here is the double retirement: a shipwreck that has not occurred since 1995 (Alesi-Berger) and that refers to another not exactly brilliant period. Worse than in Spa, in short.

What is striking, in Ferrari’s deep night, is that all this Via Crucis is taken for granted and inevitable. A cynical and deceptive fate that cannot be avoided even when the Fiesta Mercedes is interrupted, due to a freak accident. Okay, we know: disaster comes a long way, new regulations block rapid setbacks, but something in life, when things go wrong, you have to do. We are in the fundamentals of survival. The great Enzo Ferrari, sooner or later, comes down from the sky and kicks everyone in the ass. If a team from the Scudetto (let’s say Milan, but Inter are also doing well …) ends up in the relegation zone, it cannot be said that we should accept reality with serenity. And he sees B. That the crisis comes from afar and therefore is fine.