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1st hour of free practice done, with a very strong Mercedes for now they even used a harder set of tires.

Remember the qualify in TODAY in 1 hour.


Pos   Driver   Nat.   Team   Time
1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m20.926s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m21.378s
3   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m21.451s
4   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m21.676s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m21.719s
6   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m21.824s
7   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m21.914s
8   Fernando Alonso   CHI   Alpine F1 Team   1m21.926s
9   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m20.003s
10   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m22.039s
11   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m22.102s
12   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m22.103s
13   Antonio Giovinazzi   GBR   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m22.270s
14   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m22.530s
15   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m22.534s
16   Robert Kubica   POL   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m23.009s
17   George Russell   ISR   Williams Racing   1m23.092s
18   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m23.442s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m23.445s
20   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m23.551s


Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/986990/1/f1-2021-italian-grand-prix-free-practice-results-1

Tomorrow, we are starting a new race weekend in F1. This time, we are on a great track which is in Monza, Italy. And we have another sprint race also here. So tomorrow evening, we will have the qualifying session first. And one day later, there is a sprint race and it is the same format as before. And after the grid is determined, we will be able to watch the race on Sunday. I think that Verstappen will take the pole position and the points after these events. And I'm favoring him to win the race also.

Albon is certainly a good enough driver to be in F1, however I am not even sure how we calculate that all together. I mean we have Nikita Mazepin in F1, sometimes I feel like I could replace him and I do not even have a drivers license, I just need to know what makes it go and stop and turn etc etc, in a month I will definitely be good enough to actually never earn any points at all. I mean how hard could it be to constantly be last in the races? All I have to do is make sure to see blue flags and move away to other people and get lapped and spin out sometimes, lol.

So, if we are comparing Albon with that? Then I can guarantee you that Albon definitely deserves a spot in F1. However he is also never going to be at the top levels, I do not see him as a top 5 level racer at all, not now but he doesn't show that potential neither for sure.

Exactly so it is also find it not fair to other counterparts and all are not treated equally.

In addition, I think you can no longer compare the initial situation of last year, Kimi is also vaccinated for some time, but it is just so and are not treated equally.

An example from MotoGP, Marquez is a very aggressive driver and also clears other drivers again and again, and for Marquez almost not very often penalties for the excessive actions , but for other drivers already.

I’m starting to think it’s Verstappen overperforming in Red Bull than Albon not being good enougn for the team.  Remember, there was Gasly before him and now Perez.  Lol.  Gasly is doing well in the Alpha Tauri car and Perez was always consistent with Force India, Racing Point.  It’s possible that the car they have at RBR is hard to drive.

I have seen this in almost every sport nowadays. These top-tier players always get some benefits either way. This is quite demoralizing for other players. Especially the mid-tier or low-tier ones. They feel like they don't get the benefits the top players get. I am fine with Kimi not being able to race, but Hamilton being able to race last time saddens me. Whatever, hope Kubica gives his best.

Man that match was insane . Winning with 1.2-second difference is something else. That match gave me goosebumps. Till the last second, it was hard to know who would win, and Monza is like a heavenly place for Mercedes. Mercedes excels at these types of straight tracks. Mercedes should be hoping to win in this one.

I actually did not remember that at all,,, I bet that emotion would win the Dutch GP and I was right, so maybe it is good to be sentimental again and back for Alpha Tauri to get another win. Heavy rain good as long as they can SEE  

Sharing here a special stat image from Tauri Twitter

RedBull has certainly helped and was very obliging that Albon may come back to Formula 1. For Williams it is certainly not a bad choice, Albon is not so bad only he has always stood in the shadow of Verstappen.


Unfortunately, Kimi did not get clearance from the FIA for Monza and Kubica is allowed to replace him again. Why he did not get the release and must still be in quarantine I do not understand, last year Hamilton was allowed to drive again even after a race suspension immediately, is Hamilton preferred?

Monza is one of my favorites, the opposite of something like Monaco which is far too tight for F1 imo.   Monza is the fastest course in the whole year last I checked, highest average speed as said due to the frequency of long straights with corners that can be threaded at high speed quite often.   I used to play through the F1 season on a simulator made by a programmer who had first qualified in physics, done with excellence.   I even heard F1 drivers unable to gain any other practice time with a new course or change would use it rather then only view the course on paper which I can believe; no doubt teams have all sorts of tech nowadays.

We are back now at Monza and if you don't remember the last race here it was the first victory for Alpha Tauri and Pierre Gasly with Carlos Sainz finishing just 1.2 seconds later as second.It had some episodes that made the race even more beautiful than it usually is.This track is greatly in favor of Mercedes as it is run almost 100% at full speed with just a few slow corners.This race has always been beautiful and here what is better is that you can race even with heavy rain because the track is straight mostly with just a few corners.

With Russell joining Mercedes, Albon looks like a good replacement for him. Not that he can outperform Russell, but it would be a good addition to the team. And watching him race again would be fun I think. Let's hope he has a good future with them and gives his best.

Yes I also heard that news but Williams announced that Alexander Albon would be joining them in the 2022 season. He will team up with Nicholas Latifi. Pretty eager to watch him race after he returns. I hope that his chemistry with Latifi turns out to be a good one.

Kubica had a promising career but everything changed after his rally accident in 2011 and nearly losing his arm for good, that accident changed his career as he signed a pre-contract with Ferrari for 2012. He was about to take Massa seat in Ferrari.
After that accident Ferrari renewed with Massa for one more season and then replaced him with Kimi.
Interesting is that Kubica got his first podium at Monza in 2006 but time I don't think he could even get points here because of power demand of this track that the Ferrari engine lacks compared to Mercedes and Honda and even Renault engine have close enough power to them as many times showed this before.

Albon signing was big surprise. Well, he wasn't good enough for Red Bull, but he deserves second chance in F1 and I think it's good pick for Williams. And in general, it's good to see this team improving. Just remember where they were few years ago, they were slow as F2 car.
Also, it was confirmed that Kimi won't be able to race in Monza and he will be replaced by Kubia again. Sad for Kimi, but I happy to see Kubica - back in his prime he was one of my favourite drivers.

Red Bull cancelled Albon’s contract and let him go to Williams.  And it had something to do with Merc...  They can’t allow to let a Red Bull driver drive a car with a Mercedes engine since Red Bull will be making their own engines.  I’m not sure about the exact details of his current contract.

Anyway..  Interesting pick by Williams.

I think Bottas is going to do great for Alpha Romeo. He is a great driver & He seemed to be really excited and also confident about his future in Alpha Romeo. Though Bottas's empty seat for next season at Mercedes will be filled by Williams' young driver George Russell, who actually impressed a lot of people in the little amount of drive he had with Mercedes in absence of a then-COVID-19 positive Lewis Hamilton, I doubt that he is gonna have the same impact as Bottas for Mercedes.

Yeah today it was confirmed that Albon is going to be racing with Williams next season taking George Russel seat he will be pared alongside Canadian driver Latifi.
The domino effect of Kimi retiring made a lot of crazy things Bottas in a Ferrari engine and Albon will be racing in a Mercedes engine.
It will be interesting to know whatever Albon is still with contract with RedBull or they they let him free for the sake of him getting a seat in F1 next season.
Its been clear that Bottas was cleared from his contract with Mercedes as he was always under pressure and they only renewed his contract a year at a time while at Alfa he signed a multiyear contract.

Top Ten MotoGP Temporary standings, after the race at Silverstone.
1   Fabio QUARTARARO 206 point
2   Joan MIR 141 point
3   Johann ZARCO 137 point
4   Francesco BAGNAIA 136 point
5   Jack MILLER 118 point
6   Brad BINDER 108 point
7   Maverick VIÑALES 95 point
8   Miguel OLIVEIRA 85 point
9   Aleix ESPARGARO 83 point
10   Jorge MARTIN 64 point

If this goes according to schedule, there will still be 7 races remaining. Can Quartararo fail to win the title? Or will he be smooth towards his world title? If Quartararo crash in every Race i think will easy to calculate, but seems impossible.

This is next schedule Moto GP race:
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Source:
1. https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics
2. https://www.motogp.com/en/calendar

Oh yeah! Leclerc's win in 2019 was really emotional. But I honestly doubt that this time it's gonna happen because of the things about the speed that you mentioned even though Leclerc said that the return of sprint format can help him get a good result. You know, Ferrari is now 11.5 points ahead of midfield rivals McLaren though. It is really difficult race for Leclerc. But yes the future is always uncertain.