Poll: Italian Grand Prix 2021, Monza - Race 14

[CSMonkeh]

With Masi in charge? Expect nothing to be done.

The shenanigans in the pit lane warranted at least 3 unsafe releases that I counted

Indeed I though such penalties have been missing recently

 

[Irish_Tom]

Looks like Mercedes have the edge over Red Bull here.

Max was closer than I expected after practice and the first two quali sessions.

Let’s see what happens tomorrow… it would be great for the championship for Hamilton to get a win (and getting his 100th in front of the Tifosi would be funny) but its going to be a dull race if the Max can’t keep Lewis on his toes.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Forgot it was another sprint weekend. Will give it a miss. Hamilton needs a good result here.

 

[Flibster]

Max was closer than I expected after practice and the first two quali sessions.

Let’s see what happens tomorrow… it would be great for the championship for Hamilton to get a win (and getting his 100th in front of the Tifosi would be funny) but its going to be a dull race if the Max can’t keep Lewis on his toes.

Verstappen did get a very good tow from Perez. Apparently cost Perez half a second to do that.

 

[Irish_Tom]

Verstappen did get a very good tow from Perez. Apparently cost Perez half a second to do that.

Ah, I missed that. In which case, it makes a bit more sense. Maybe the Mercs will run off into the distance after all.

 

[koolpc]

No doubt Bottas will be asked to move over for Ham in the sprint!

 

[Freakbro]

They can ask but Bottas doesn't seem quite as obliging lately

 

[koolpc]

I would love to see verstappen win both the sprint and the main race. Be a shame if Ham didnt score any points in either race!

 

[SoliD]

Reckon Mclaren might be pushing Max in the sprint! The fact bottas starts from P1 but at the back of the grid for the race is stupid.

 

[this_is_gav]

Verstappen did get a very good tow from Perez. Apparently cost Perez half a second to do that.

All of the front runners got tows in the first runs (I forget who was at the front of the line) and Hamilton got a good tow from Bottas on the second run. I don't think Bottas had any tow to speak of on that second run and he improved considerably. Fresh engine, yes, but you get less of a performance drop off with the little 1.6L ICEs than the old NA engines did. Not a bad response to being dropped.

Got to wonder whether having Bottas up there is a good thing for Hamilton and Mercedes though. Assuming no shenanigans and even starts then all it's doing is giving Verstappen a tow - there's probably not enough space to make use of it with the narrower run down to turn one - it would have been easier with the pre-2000 chicane.

 

[englishpremier]

Fresh engine, yes, but you get less of a performance drop off with the little 1.6L ICEs than the old NA engines did. Not a bad response to being dropped.

Did you hear the commentary? Apparently Merc suffer a fair amount of drop off in their ICE, Brundle was saying Toto confirmed.

 

[.:MBK:.]

If bottas gets one of his usual starts Hamilton will have him at the start anyway. How hard they race, now that could be interesting

 

[MooMoo444]

Bottas to bottle it into one of the chicanes and have to use the runoff.

hoping the mclarens have the pace to get by max. They seem really fast here. Conversely red bull do not.

 

[koolpc]

If Bot makes it clear, he will be letting Ham through at some point!

 

[englishpremier]

Sainz is making a lot of mistakes recently

 

[chrismscotland]

Sainz is making a lot of mistakes recently

Its really odd; he's been uber consistent normally

 

[Mr Jack]

Sainz is making a lot of mistakes recently

What are the rules about changes and repairs between Quali and Sprint Quali? Does he start from his qualifying position in the qualifying or does he lose his qualifying position for the qualifying because he crashed in the practice for the qualifying between the qualifyings?

 

[UTmaniac]

What are the rules about changes and repairs between Quali and Sprint Quali? Does he start from his qualifying position in the qualifying or does he lose his qualifying position for the qualifying because he crashed in the practice for the qualifying between the qualifyings?

If I'm right in thinking Bottas did his engine part change before quali but keeps his sprint quali pole start before starting at the back tomorrow, I presume the same applies to Sainz.

 

[Mr Jack]

If I'm right in thinking Bottas did his engine part change before quali but keeps his sprint quali pole start before starting at the back tomorrow, I presume the same applies to Sainz.

Aren't there some kind of reduced parc fermé rules (parc éponge?) after quali? It wasn't the engine change I was thinking of, it was the breaking of these rules.

 

[Mr Jack]

Leclerc reported as being under medical supervision after dropping out of FP2 in unexplained fashion. Not sure what is going on there, but I hope he's okay.