Italy Quali : Ferrari Pole at Home
It was not Charles but Carlos who managed to pull out a stunner and put Ferrari on Pole in their home race in Italy. Max was also in the mix for Pole and narrowly missed the P1 spot.
Ferrari Pole at Italy
Ferrari put all of their energies to ensure a good weekend at home. There is a new livery on the car, harking back to the fashion in the 70’s. The same Red, Black and Yellow was seen on the race-suit of Charles and Carlos too. But the revision was not limited to the external. Ferrari put new engines – from the same allocation – to ensure a good performance in Italy. Till now it has worked well. Carlos Sainz Jr. in particular looked in good touch right from the practice sessions. Charles was also right there but still missed that winning touch. It was to be seen whether it will convert into positive results. Carlos ensured that the Tifosi had enough reason to celebrate, at least on Saturday.
It was very tight between Carlos, Charles and Max in the Q3 session. Charles first lit up the screen and took the Pole position, to the delight of Tifosi. Then Max beat him to take P1. Finally Carlos pulled off a stunner and took the Pole. Monza erupted in joy. It will be seen whether he can covert his P1 to a race win but Tifosi was at least happy on a Saturday.
Max narrowly missed in Italy
It wasn’t that Red Bull had a bad car. However in the first run of Q3 Max went off the track and into the gravel, losing valuable time and track position. The second run was much better and he was in the mix for Pole but narrowly missed it to Carlos. He is still in the form of his life. The car is working wonderfully and Max would be hoping for a race win on Sunday to secure a record braking 10-consecutive F1 race wins.
Perez meanwhile had another day to forget. He is still not completely in grip with the car and managed a P5, behind his team-mate and the Ferraris and Russell. Once again he would be doing the catching-up work to at least ensure a podium finish.
Varying fortune for Merc in Italy
George Russell pulled off a great lap and exceeded beyond his expectation to get a P4. Will he be able to hold on to this or even get a podium needs to be seen. Lewis meanwhile couldn’t get in grips with the track and he will be starting P8.
McLaren had a quali with both the cars in Q3. Rookie Oscar Piastri pipped Lando to get P7 and P9 respectively. Albon did a respectable job to end up at P6 and it would be wonderful if he could hold on to it. Aston Martin knew that they would struggle on the high-speed track and Alonso managed a P10. Alpine in a tragic turn of events could not get out of Q3,both the cars. This has happened for the first time since the Renault team entered in 2016.
Italy GP starting grid : Ferrari on pole
