The Italian F1 GP is held in Monza. Updates in real time
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Lap 18 – Pit stop for Leclerc’s Ferrari who mounted the hard
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Lap 17 – Hamilton has 11 ”over Sainz and 15 over Norris. Then 17 on Perez. Albon easily passes Leclerc who is now 14th
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Lap 16 – Leclerc behind Raikkonen who, however, easily holds the position from Alfa Romeo
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Lap 15 – We are approaching the first available window for the pit stop
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Lap 13 – Another second won by Hamilton over Sainz. Mercedes signals understeer for Bottas, then fixed
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Lap 12 – Hamilton stretches over Sainz and has 7 “” 5. Then Norris at 11, Perez at 12, Ricciardo at 13, Bottas at 14 with Verstappen in the wake
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Lap 11 – The first 10 are all on soft rubber. Leclerc is 13th with the only Ferrari left on the track, Vettel retired due to brake problems
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Lap 10 – Hamilton has 6 seconds on Sainz, then 9 on Norris and 10 on Norris
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Lap 9 – Five second penalty for Albon for hindering Grosjean
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Lap 8 – Hamilton has 5 seconds on Sainz, and 8 on Norris
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Lap 7 – Vettel returns to the pits and retires
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Lap 6 – Vettel ends long at the first variant to resist Russell. Seb reports brake problems
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Giro 4 – Hamilton, Sainz, Norris, Perez, Ricciardo, Bottas, Verstappen, Stroll, Ocon e Gasly
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Lap 3 – Verstappen overtaking on Stroll for seventh position at the end of the finish straight
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Lap 2 – Hamilton has 1 ”6 over Sainz, Leclerc 13th and Vettel 17th, the Ferraris started with soft (Lec) and hard (Vet) tires
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Round 1 – Go! At the first corner in the lead Hamilton followed by Sainz and Bottas! Problems for Bottas also passed by Norris, Perez and Ricciardo
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Reconnaissance tour started! All taken regularly
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Everything is ready for the reconnaissance lap
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The pre-race
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Everything is ready in Monza for the Italian GP, eighth round of the 2020 World Championship. Lewis Hamilton starts from pole position with the Mercedes on the hunt for victory number 90 of his career. At his side the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. The Ferraris start from 13th and 17th position with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel.
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14.55 – Frecce Tricolori in the sky and national anthem
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Frecce Tricolori in the sky to the anthem of Mameli, perfect timing
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14.50 – Images from the grid
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Images from the Monza starting grid. Charles Leclerc quenches his thirst and seeks concentration.
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14.40 – Bottas already on the curbs!
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Uneventful alignment lap for Valtteri Bottas, who made an excursion on the curbs and returned to the pits for checks.
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2.35pm – F1: “Thanks to the Williams family”
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Nice tweet of homage from F1 for the Williams family, who this week officially sold ownership of the team: “In view of the Italian GP, we pay tribute to Sir Frank, Claire and the Williams family. Their passion, energy and love for the sport has made F1 immeasurably richer. Their achievements solidify their legacy; their history will forever be part of Formula 1 ”.
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2.31 pm – Pit lane open, drivers on track to line up
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Once the pit lane in Monza is open, the cars come out of the pits to take sides
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2.30 pm – Ferrari in a tweet: “Fans, we miss you!”
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Ferrari via Twitter to fans: “We miss you!”
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14.25 – The first Monza? In 1922
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1922 is the year in which the inaugural race of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was held. The works on the plant had begun on May 15 of that same year and were completed in just 110 days. The first complete lap of the track was covered on July 28 by Pietro Bordino and Felice Nazzaro on a Fiat 570. It was the third permanent circuit in the world, preceded only by the American one in Indianapolis (1909) and the English one in Brooklands (1907) , no longer existing today. The first race, the second Italian GP, took place on 10 September 1922. The winner was Bordino himself, with a Fiat 804, who preceded his brand mate Nazzaro by 22 seconds. Third was the Spaniard Pierre de Vizcaya, in a Bugatti T30, 4 laps behind.
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2.15pm – Qualifying highlights
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Here you can review the highlights of yesterday’s qualifying with Lewis Hamilton hitting pole number 94 of his career.
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2.10 pm – 83 Italians in F1
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83 Italian drivers have raced at least one GP in Formula 1. Two of these have won world titles: Giuseppe Farina in 1950, on Alfa Romeo, and Alberto Ascari, in 1952 and 1953 on Ferrari. 27 Italians also competed with Ferrari, the first Ascari and Luigi Villoresi in the Scuderia’s debut race, the Monaco GP 1950, the last Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009. The most successful in history remains Ascari with two world titles and 13 victories, all obtained at the wheel of the Scuderia’s cars, in just 32 races. The Italian driver with the most races is Riccardo Patrese, long-time record holder in Formula 1, winner of six races. At the moment the only Italian on the track is Antonio Giovinazzi.
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14.05 – Here the title awarded 11 times
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There are 11 times the title has been awarded in Monza. This is a tied record with Suzuka, the history seat of the Japanese GP. For a long time the Italian track was the scene of one of the last events of the season and so on many occasions the world championship ended at the Autodromo Nazionale. It happened for the first time in 1950 with Giuseppe Farina, an Alfa Romeo driver. These are the other ten Italian graduates: Juan Manuel Fangio (1956, on a Ferrari), Phil Hill (1961, on a Ferrari), Jim Clark (1963), Jack Brabham (1966), Jackie Stewart (1969 and 1973), Niki Lauda (1975, on Ferrari), Mario Andretti (1978) and Jody Scheckter (1979, on Ferrari).
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13.58 – There are doctors in the stands
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The Italian GP will be, like those played so far, behind closed doors and therefore the classic invasion of the track by the fans at the end of the race will be missing. However, there will be 250 very special spectators in the stands: doctors and nurses, duly spaced, who will be able to attend the race as a symbolic reward for the courage, sense of duty and altruism shown, fighting Covid-19 on the front line. The first event with (partially) open doors will instead be the Tuscan Grand Prix – Ferrari 1000 scheduled for next week at Mugello, where just under three thousand spectators will be seated on three different grandstands.
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13.55 – It is the Italian GP n. 91. Ferrari, 19 victories
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What is being run is the 91st Italian GP, the 71st valid for the Formula 1 World Championship, the only race, together with the British GP, to have always been part of the world calendar. There was constant racing at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza except for 1980, when the race was held at the Imola racetrack and was won by Nelson Piquet’s Brabham. Over the years Ferrari has won 19 times, also obtaining 21 pole positions and 69 podiums.
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13.50 – Leclerc: “We will give our best”
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Leclerc: “Here it is special, the speed is unique, on the straight and in the corners. We start behind but we will give our best. The trails? Let’s see, sometimes they help, but sometimes you have to look back, let’s see ”. Vettel: “Yesterday after the elimination in Q1 I watched the rest of qualifying from the track side, of course I would have preferred to be in the car, impressive to see the cars from outside”.
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13.42 – Sainz: “Italy, incredible food”
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Carlos Sainz on TV just minutes from the grid: “The key is to see if we have the pace to keep Red Bull behind, for now it doesn’t seem so and so let’s see. I try for sure. A good start will count, I will do my best. Yesterday I ate Milanese cutlet and mascarpone with strawberries, all incredible ”.
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13.40 – Verstappen: “Mercedes too fast”
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Verstappen: “I’ll try to take third place, the Mercedes have another step, let’s see, I’m optimistic, I’ll play my cards”.
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13.35 – Ferrari: “We work day and night”
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Ferrari wanted to thank its fans a few hours before the start of the Italian GP: “Like those of Ferrari there are no fans. You have remained by our side, for better or for worse, in joy and disappointment. We are working day and night to find solutions and feeling your constant support gives us a lot of energy ”.
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1.15 pm Racing Point withdraws the appeal
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Racing Point has announced that it has withdrawn the appeal against the fine of 400 thousand euros and 15 points for copying the brake grips of the Mercedes 2019. “We welcome the resolution that the teams have agreed and we are pleased that the FIA has provided much-needed clarification of the rules on listed and unlisted parts, ”the team said in a statement. “The stewards and all parties involved in the appeal process acknowledge that there was a lack of clarity in the regulations and that we did not deliberately violate them – the statement reads – now that the ambiguity on the regulations has been resolved, we have decided to withdraw our appeal in the wider interest of sport. This issue has been a distraction for us and the other teams, but now we and everyone else can get back to focusing solely on what we are all here to do, race and give excitement and entertainment to the millions of F1 fans around. the world”.
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1.10 pm – The starting grid
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This is the starting grid for the Italian GP
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First row
1. Hamilton (Mercedes)
2. Bottas (Mercedes)
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Second row
3. Sainz (McLaren)
4. Perez (Racing Point)
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Third row
5. Verstappen (Red Bull)
6. Norris (McLaren)
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Fourth row
7. Ricciardo (Renault)
8. Stroll (Racing Point)
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Fifth row
9. Albon (Red Bull)
10. Gasly (AlphaTauri)
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Sixth row
11. Kvyat (AlphaTauri)
12. Ocon (Renault)
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Seventh row
13. Leclerc (Ferrari)
14. Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
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Eighth row
15. Magnussen (Haas)
16. Grosjean (Haas)
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Ninth row
17. Vettel (Ferrari)
18. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
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Tenth row
19. Russell (Williams)
20. Latifi (Williams)
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September 6, 2020 (change September 6, 2020 | 15:38)
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