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The Mercedes team, with the British duo Lewis Hamilton, six times world champion, and the Finn Valtteri Bottas imposed on Saturday the absolute control over the qualifying tests at the Italian circuit of Monza, which is hosting the Italian Grand Prix, eighth stage of the Formula One World Championship, in exchange for Ferrari not occupying one of the ten places. First.
Hamilton not only set the fastest time (1.18.887 d), but added to his record by beating the record for the fastest timekeeping on the Italian circuit, to be crowned fastest during the “Saturday test” for the 94th time in his career, including 68 in his current team colors, and his seventh at Monza.
It is the third time in a row, after the races in Spain and Belgium, in which the British take the fastest and sixth time since the start of the “first category” competitions after a radical change in dates and numbers. of stages due to the emerging Corona virus pandemic, at a time when the “Silver Arrows” team strengthened its control over the experiments during the eight stages. Thanks to FASTER BOOTS in Austria and Silverstone (70th Anniversary Grand Prix).
The Mercedes duo took the lead over McLaren from Spain, Carlos Sainz, and Racing Point from Mexico, Sergio Pérez.
Hamilton confirmed that the experiences “were not easy”, considering that his colleague Bottas was close to him and forced him to seek the best control standards for his car to achieve the fastest timing on a circuit famous for its fast segments and known as the “Temple of Speed”.
The Mercedes team quickly responded to doubts about the possibility of prevailing before the ban on the system that temporarily gives additional power to the engines, but this did not prevent the German manufacturer from proving once again that it is the fastest and far behind the rest of its competitors.
And once again, the Ferrari fans were disappointed to achieve a good result, especially since the race is being held in the backyard of the house “Wild Horse”, which this season is retiring at all levels, what which raised many questions about the permanence of his manager Mattia Binotto in his position, since the four times world champion Sebastián was eliminated. Vettel from the third testing period to start from seventeenth place, while his colleague Charles Leclerc from Monaco and last year’s race winner qualified for the second period but was not lucky enough to settle for thirteenth place.
It is the first time that Ferrari has not been in the top ten at Monza since 1984.
On the other hand, Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, the only one who managed to break Mercedes’ dominance in racing this season by winning the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix (Silverstone), could not finish better than fifth against Britain’s Lando Norris. (McLaren), the Australian. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Canadian Lance Stroll (Racing Point), Thai Alexander Albon (Red Bull) and Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alfatauri).
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