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Leclerc did nothing wrong and that is normal racing conditions what happened yesterday,even Hamilton himself did not complain and congratulate Leclerc.Now Leclerc made two legendary track wins in a row and I think he has the potential to fight for the title next year as this one was a learning year for him in Ferrari.

Meh, the same happened 2 months ago between him and Verstappen and Max got no penalty.

You can see the video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABKY6nbKIL4 from official youtube channel. (no copyright issue)

I have a same feeling that Leclerc should have been given 1 penalty. Mostly why the the incident with Hamilton, but that's racing.
Vettel is so bad and he does so many mistakes. He should better retire...

@coinlocket$. However, there were 2 racing incidents where the stewards were very permissive on Charles Leclerc. They might have given him 1 penalty if it was not the Italian grand prix, I reckon.

I predict Sebastian will retire after this year. He is not happy.

Not really, The DRS is strong even here but the strength of Ferrare is the top speed and this is a problem on this kind of tracks.

Keep also in mind that Ferrari used setup to be fast on sector 1 and sector 3 where the max speed is important and Mercedes used setup to be strong in sector 2, where the turns are.

For this reason, Mercedes can't compete with Ferrari even if they are behind with the DRS enable.

A star is born and his name is  Charles LeClerc.


Now the question is, does Ferrari will keep Sebastian Vettel next year? Probably yes but... (I like Norris, a lot but I think an experienced drivers is needed)

It was another interesting race to watch. Ferrari achieved first victory in Monza since 2010 and it was second win for Leclerc in a row. Ferrari had interesting strategy - when they put medium tyres on Leclerc, I thought it's only matter of time when Lewis will overtake him with medium tyres. But in this track DRS have minimal impact and Ferrari was faster than Hamilton and Bottas in the straight. And again, we saw another total failure of Vettel...

The GP should be safe from rain, well at least it will be a fun GP anyway here you can overtake

Here the weather for today

I assume that you don't watch F1 consistently.
The German grand prix happened with rain and it was absolutely amazing.

I don't remember the last time I watch a rainy F1 race. I really wish tomorrow is raining or at least the circuit is wet so it will be more interesting because it will be a flag-to-flag race.

And damn, can't wait for the next GP race.

Not sure but every one of the top 10 are still under investigation for the unbelievable situation  .

The weather expected for tomorrow is rain till 2 hours before the race so they think it will be a dry race

Incredible pole position from Leclerc.
Just 0.039 seconds ahead of Hamilton!
Tommorow's grand prix is going to be amazing. I think it is time for Mercedes to get back the first position.

Had to point this. Was this real that everybody blow up final lap except Leclerc and Sainz. They only made to start the lap. For all this time I cant remember when and if I saw this funny situation ever.


2019 FORMULA 1 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING RESULTS

POS   DRIVER   NAT   TEAM   Q1   Q2   Q3

1   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m20.126s   + 0.089s   1m19.307s
2   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport   + 0.146s   1m19.464s   + 0.039s
3   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport   + 0.030s   + 0.554s   + 0.047s
4   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Scuderia Ferrari   + 0.252s   + 0.251s   + 0.150s
5   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Renault F1 Team   + 0.248s   + 0.369s   + 0.532s
6   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   Renault F1 Team   + 0.029s   + 0.811s   + 0.742s
7   Carlos Sainz   ESP   McLaren F1 Team   + 0.287s   + 0.738s   + 1.148s
8   Alexander Albon   THA   Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda   + 0.256s   + 0.557s   no time
9   Lance Stroll   CAN   SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team   + 0.517s   + 1.034s   no time
10   Kimi Raikkonen   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing   + 0.508s   + 1.051s   no time
11   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing   + 0.531s   + 1.053s   
12   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   Rich Energy Haas F1 Team   + 0.490s   + 1.151s   
13   Daniil Kvyat   RUS   Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda   + 0.597s   + 1.166s   
14   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   + 0.520s   + 1.604s   
15   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda   + 0.382s   + 1.661s   
16   Romain Grosjean   FRA   Rich Energy Haas F1 Team   + 0.658s       
17   Sergio Perez   MEX   SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team   + 1.165s       
18   George Russell   GBR   ROKiT Williams Racing   + 1.674s       
19   Robert Kubica   POL   ROKiT Williams Racing   + 2.230s       
20   Max Verstappen   NED   Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda   no time

@coinlocket$ this year too Hamilton will be winning it, as Vettle is out of form and I don’t think any other driver will be able to challenge him.

Not sure about that.

On this track as the last one (Pure motor power tracks) Ferrari is very strong.

FP1 FP2 FP3 went with a Ferrari on Top position, pole position is in 15 minutes, let's see what happens.

For sure it will be a fan GP to watch also tomorrow can rain again here in Italy, and if il will rain Verstappen will do an amazing comeback from last position (penalty)

@coinlocket$ this year too Hamilton will be winning it, as Vettle is out of form and I don’t think any other driver will be able to challenge him.


@slocker which newspaper published it can you share the link, also it’s too late for Leclerc to challenge for the title now maybe next season he’ll be able to give some competition to Hamilton. Which five drivers have they mentioned because I feel only Hamilton can clinch the pole position, but it’ll be interesting if someone else can beat him for first spot.

Monza is a track that is a good fit for Ferrari.
This weekend would be promising for them. I love the fact that rain is involved during the practice. I think that we are going to see another incredible race this weekend.

Interesting headline was in my local paper. Roughly translated it something like this "Leclerc is faster again is it time for him to start battle for title".

Interesting was this headline, firstly point difference is more the 100 point, no way with only 8 races to. Only if Lewis dont finish 2 races then it could be interesting and for all 8 to win Leclerc. Todays qualifying will be interesting five drivers can be in pole spot, and they announced that we could expect rain today and tomorrow.

Formula 1 again in a cool track, Monza.

2018 results according to Wikipedia

Qual. Rain.

1    Finland Kimi Räikkönen    Ferrari    1:20.722    1:19.846    1:19.1191    1
2    Germany Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1:20.542    1:19.629    1:19.280    2
3    United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1:20.810    1:19.798    1:19.294    3

Race

1    United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    53    1:16:54.484    3    25
2    Finland Kimi Räikkönen    Ferrari    53    +8.705    1    18
3    Finland Valtteri Bottas    Mercedes    53    +14.066    4    15
4    Germany Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    53    +16.151    2    12

Finally F1 is back on real tracks.

This should be a race only for Ferrari and Mercedes HOWEVER THE weather is very variable this week here in Italy.

I think that it is time for Rossi to retire.
He is too old for this sport and the results do not come positively as you said.
I hope that Yamaha will keep him in the team in a more managerial position. It would be a good marketing move by them as well.

Difficult season makes Valentino Rossi rumored to be retiring. Not a surprise for the Yamaha Energy Monster racer.

The Italian rider was already 40 years old in 2019. Had started the MotoGP season quite positively - two runners-up in the first three series - Rossi then got results that were not good enough.

Yes could place bet for safety car on this race  . Almost certain it will be.
On this track think we will see all 3 major team in fight for the pole. But think that Lewis, LecLerc and Max will battle for that pole.