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Once again, Ferrari makes a tactical mistake. Sebastian Vettel experiences a debacle again. In Monza, of all places. In his last Ferrari game at home, of all places.
Sebastian Vettel complains in frustration over the radio and then angrily loosens the seat belt buckle in the garage. In his final Grand Prix weekend at Monza as a Scuderia driver, the four-time world champion is stuck in traffic and experiences the next Formula 1 disaster when he is fourth from last in qualifying.
Vettel is fully served on 94th career pole for Mercedes dominator Lewis Hamilton. “It was not timed well by us, there were too many cars on the track at the same time,” said the 33-year-old, criticizing his finish after the first qualifying lap when he got stuck in a traffic jam on what was supposed to be the longest lap. fast. For the fifth time this season he was eliminated early in the rankings.
Once again, the Ferrari command post was strategically wrong. “You can’t do much in the middle of a herd. It was a bit predictable that there would be stressful situations at the end, ”says Vettel. He first gets caught behind a Williams before Alfa Romeo drivers cause trouble in sliding poker on the high-speed circuit. “What a mess, why do the Alphas have to overtake everyone and cause so much shit?”
For the first time since 1984, no Ferrari driver in the top ten
Hamilton, however, could not be caught again. With the route record of 1: 18.887 minutes, the Briton already took the sixth pole of the season. With this, he is aiming for his 90th victory in the 999th Ferrari Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel’s stable rival Charles Leclerc, who won sensationally last year, had to settle for 13th place. For the first time since 1984, no Ferrari driver is in the top ten at Monza. “It will be difficult to regain ground,” says frustrated Vettel, who celebrated his first top-flight success in Lombardy in 2008.
Even before qualifying, the race stewards had seven drivers lined up, who are said to have driven “unnecessarily slow” in the final phase of the last training session. The rushing Hamilton could only avoid a crash, but loitering was not punished.
But why wasting so much time? The wake is important in high speed travel so as not to waste time. Last year there was a strange game of poker when the horsepower entourage drove so slowly that the best drivers crossed the start and finish line too late for a final fast lap. This time, the race leadership even warned the drivers beforehand not to walk unnecessarily and to stick to a minimum lap time.
Italian GP
Sun 06.09.2019 14:30 – 17:00 | SRF two
I | 150 min
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