2021 Italian Grand Prix - Monza, Sep 10 - 12 Sportsbook Motor Sport

[Tom]

Schedule:

FP1: Fri, 10 Sept 13:30
Quali: Fri, 10 Sept 17:00
FP2: Sat, 11 Sept 11:00
Sprint: Sat, 11 Sept 15:30
Race: Sun, 12 Sep 14:00


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[Tom]

Does Mercedes still have an edge on this power circuit?

New this week: Sprint Qualifying on Saturday.

 

[Legion]

Does Mercedes still have an edge on this power circuit?

Mercedes-Benz haven't had an edge here since 2018. 2019 went to LeClerc in a Ferrari and 2020 went to Gasly in an Alpha Tauri Honda, their second win here.

Sprint Qualifying on Saturday.

I hate this new sprint format and hope they abandon the idea eventually.

 

[Fraser]

Pretty incredible performance from Max to start on pole tomorrow in a car that's half a second off the Mercedes and arguably slower than the McLaren around this circuit. Amazing own goal for Mercedes taking a tactical penalty for Bottas on the assumption that Lewis wouldn't completely mess up and throw away the car advantage he has.

Should be interesting to see how the McLarens fair tomorrow, nice to see Ricciardo performing well again. Another very impressive performance from Giovannizzi too, probably the star of the weekend so far.

 

[Crabtree]

Ricciardo starting on the front row just puts a smile on your face, hopefully, he has the pace to keep it to that end of the field for the race. Hamilton will obviously have his work cut out for him tomorrow, you'd imagine by the time he in theory gets past the McLarens, Verstappen should have built up a decent lead.

 

[Bandit]

Gotta love the Italian national anthem.

Looking forward to the start of this one, I'd still expect Hamilton to mount a serious challenge and this is a track the Mercedes really likes.

 

[Snoops]

Hamilton on the hard compound.

 

[Franco Pinion]

Hamilton on the hard compound.

And most of the rest on mediums, interesting choice from Mercedes

 

[Franco Pinion]

Virtual safety car on lap one!

Slight contact between Verstappen and Hamilton.

 

[Snoops]

Lewis had a great start in fairness, the bump with Max has cost him - which he has complained about.