It means now that Ferrari, and their two customer teams, find themselves with a knife in a gun fight on the straights, of which Monza has plenty. Such a comeback is impossible this year, and highly unlikely next, with Ferrari’s previously-dominant engine hamstrung towards the end of 2019 by a technical intervention by the FIA on fuel-flow, which is strictly monitored and regulated. The team did at least rally and win the title the next year. Ferrari are currently on track for their worst F1 World Constructors’ Championship result since 1981, when Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi were the men in the driving seat. However, it is unlikely to help them a huge amount. Somehow, they will have two home races in a row. It will be followed though by the Tuscan Grand Prix, held at the Ferrari-owned Mugello track on the occasion of the team’s 1000th race.
This is the famous Italian team racing at the famous Italian track, albeit without thousands of screaming Tifosi trackside to cheer them on. This would ordinarily be Ferrari‘s home race and to a certain extent it still is. What to expect from the F1 race Charles Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix last year for Ferrari (Image: GETTY) The Renaults of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg cruised to fourth and fifth respectively without much trouble.ĭespite finishing third, Hamilton maintained his stranglehold on the F1 Drivers’ Championship, as Leclerc leapfrogged Vettel into fourth spot overall. He never looked back – but his teammate Sebastian Vettel finished 13th after a disastrous spin off and collision with Lance Stroll. Leclerc narrowly beat Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Hamilton, having qualified in pole position.
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The Ferrari driver kicked on from a maiden victory in Belgium in the previous race to record back-to-back triumphs here.
The Brit is currently level with Michael Schumacher on five Grands Prix victories.īut Hamilton may not have it all his own way here in the Alpine foothills of Monza – and we could see a major upset when the cars line up on race day. It means we can expect the usual weather conditions – potentially with some rain – as F1 enters its eighth round of the year.Īll eyes with be on Hamilton and whether he can make it a record six wins in this race.
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