Martin Brundle on Charles Leclerc, Sebastian Vettel and Italy’s tense thriller
And the great F1 races continue rolling , ensuring we are the edge of the chairs.
Monza was a thriller with a fairytale ending. Charles Leclerc might seem to be Harry Potter’s considerate younger brother but in battle his elbows have razor blades, he also develops horns at 200mph, and his head is apparently as powerful as the carbon fibre Ferrari chassis he led into some glorious victory on home floor in front of the ecstatic Tifosi in Monza.
From rod position he simply maintained the lead in to turn one. And he would need to absorb whatever the powerful Mercedes team could muster to outflank him, another error was made by two against you as his Ferrari team-mate Seb Vettel by spinning off then attracting an penalty.
First off it was Lewis Hamilton seeming like the combo that is faster and applying all of the pressure.
On a variety of occasions Leclerc was very powerful in defending, pushing the limits of many regulations. When crowding Hamilton into the braking section of the next chicane, with been dancing around throughout the Curva Grande he had been fortunate to find a driving-standards warning stunt rather than a five-second penalty.
A penalty was taken by max Verstappen last year with Valtteri Bottas in similar situation in combat, and in other times with unique stewards Leclerc could have been handed the identical pain. It was tough to predict, and I’m very supportive of this’let them race’ philosophy so long as it’s consistent and the motorists do not take liberties and ruin everything.
Mercedes pitted the undercut to try . Ferrari responded a lap after with fitting compound tyres that were Leclerc, and maintained the guide.
And his tyres would burn prematurely in the turbulent air by Ferrari flying discarded, although Hamilton wouldn’t give up.
Bottas had pitted eight laps later and has been closing in on the two. It appeared Mercedes and Hamilton would have to let through Bottas to have a crack at the very broad Ferrari.
Hamilton solved that conundrum and went into turn one too profound on the wheels, so it was then game on for Bottas. However, Leclerc was also and too fast off the Parabolica corner quickly down the pit for Mercedes to pass him.
Ultimately Bottas also got a bit too deep to the chicane as it mattered, and dropped a little ground, although he made a couple of mistakes of his own like a jump across the zone at the first chicane.
Because his lapped team-mate arrived in an unfortunate 13th, leclerc was dry and home and won by eight tenths of a second. As I waited to meeting with the victor from parc ferme, Vettel cruised through without even a cursory look on to Leclerc adopting the Ferrari team that was ecstatic. It turned out to be a day because of his relationship in Maranello, and he nursing nine penalty points on his own race permit for that wild return to the trail.
Come Seb, you’re much better than that…
Certainly a world tournament is beckoning with Hamilton making a late pit stop to claim the tournament stage, and with seven races to go over the equivalent of two race victories in his pocket.
Ferrari and red Bull may take it in turns for the remainder of the year to be the Mercedes challenger on circuit layouts that are different, but in all round performance and reliability Merc and Lewis should get it covered.
Renault had a weekend that is very strong both in qualifying and using a fourth and fifth in the race to Daniel Ricciardo their aero, along with Nico Hulkenberg package working a deal to Monza’s high-speed battles. The fight between the two teams that are Renault-engined will be tense in the closing stages, with McLaren having a relatively miserable eight times giving off a package of things with both cars.
Alex Albon had another race for Red Bull, after more stronger in the second half. He settled back into it Following a trip through the dirt attempting to go for finishing an rip-off track.
Max Verstappen in the other Red Bull started later engine penalties in the back and was the very last runner at place. That I felt sorry for him that one as against the onboard camera he was clearly being very cautious, although it could have been much easier with no crunching touch in the corner to the second Sunday. It sounded like he secured the back axle, tough on the brakes as the bunch backed up.
Antonio Giovinazzi scored a couple of points for Alfa. I don’t understand Antonio yet but I did take a woman round the track in the Aston Martin Pirelli Hot Laps who jumped in the vehicle and stated’no talk English’. Giovinazzi Mamma’. I’ve met his mommy and she loved the trip around Monza.
I know a great deal of fans were less than pleased with the final qualifying lap that is chaotic before attempting to start their quick lap, when all of bar Sainz timed-out a couple of seconds. While remembering nothing obliges any driver to move on track in qualifying to get another run, we were all looking forward to possibly the fastest-ever lap around the speediest circuit.
Deficiency of overheating and lots of drag from the cars meant there was at the distance a good slipstream worth up to half an instant. Nobody wanted to be dragging round the field like the pioneer of a bicycle peloton’s remainder, so that they missed out.
There was a minimal time between two described so that needs tightening up. However, ultimately data, approach and bloody mindedness obtained in the method of opportunity and high-speed entertainment. Hopefully for the last time.
As the season came to a close 20, there are only seven races left in this season. Where on earth has this season disappeared to? It is sounds unthinkable we could continually expect such races, but there may be plenty of surprises, when you think Leclerc could have won Bahrain, Austria, and Germany along with his successes in Monza and Spa.
And Red Bull fancy their chances at tracks including Singapore and Mexico . Talents like Verstappen are inclined to be in a creation, but we have Leclerc too along with celebrities and young though F1 still wants a deeper pool of talent who can master these cars.
The guard is changing, however they still can’t overcome King Lewis within a year.
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