FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2022 - Buildup, Practice & Qualifying

[Super M]

And now RB again faster by a 0.4

Charles With used soft tyres, ya

[nani_s23]

Max for pole position & race win. Unless any miracle.

[elnano14]

Max for pole position & race win. Unless any miracle.

Max can't get pole. He has a five-place grid penalty. But yeah, I expect him to be P1 after 5 laps

[nani_s23]

Max can't get pole. He has a five-place grid penalty. But yeah, I expect him to be P1 after 5 laps

I’m aware, I was talking about P1 without penalty.

[paolo lalli]

Easy max victory coming up, baring any issues or race hiccups all the indications point to a comfortable victory hats of to max and redbull.Ferrari must not surrender 2nd in either championships that the goal.

[stefa]

Easy max victory coming up, baring any issues or race hiccups all the indications point to a comfortable victory hats of to max and redbull.Ferrari must not surrender 2nd in either championships that the goal.

Agree!

[RossTheBoss]

In the Mercedes era it was all about power. Now we've come full circle to the 2010-2013 era, where Newey's aero is going to be the gold standard to beat again.

That's what's going to make Red Bull so hard to beat. They've got a car that's so diverse and efficient, their operations team can take risks with strategy, and if they make a mistake the car is so good and Max is so at one with it, that they can recover during the race.

Nobody is going to beat Red Bull counting beans for their "budget". You think Red Bull were bringing parts to every race in their title fight last year, and managed to have enough development budget and windtunnel time for this years car? Don't be naïve. They ignore the budget, share data from Alpha, and cook the books later. Newey never sleeps.

[Grinsomx]

at this point I am just hoping we at least get the strategy right.

[patrese86]

Just like we saw Mercedes with dirty tricks on Hamilton's car last season now we see it with the Red Bull of Max.

It's not all down to Ferrari, the rest of the grid also do not care.

[nani_s23]

penalties heading into qualifying:

Verstappen (5 places)
Ocon (5 places)
Perez (10 places)
Bottas (15 places)
Magnussen (15 places)
Schumacher (15 places)
Sainz (Back of grid)
Hamilton (Back of grid)
Tsunoda (Back of grid)

[nani_s23]

In the Mercedes era it was all about power. Now we've come full circle to the 2010-2013 era, where Newey's aero is going to be the gold standard to beat again.

That's what's going to make Red Bull so hard to beat. They've got a car that's so diverse and efficient, their operations team can take risks with strategy, and if they make a mistake the car is so good and Max is so at one with it, that they can recover during the race.

Nobody is going to beat Red Bull counting beans for their "budget". You think Red Bull were bringing parts to every race in their title fight last year, and managed to have enough development budget and windtunnel time for this years car? Don't be naïve. They ignore the budget, share data from Alpha, and cook the books later. Newey never sleeps.

This is where leadership skills come into play.

RB played their cards very well & where as ferrari agreed everything to the best of sport.

[stefa]

Here we go

[patrese86]

If your half a second slower than your team mate round here and there's no other factors like a tow, you have a different car to your team or something then you need to be replaced.

[tifosi1993]

De Vries outqualifies Latifi. We knew Latifi is a waste of space in a F1 car but nonetheless superb effort from the rookie.

[RossTheBoss]

This is where leadership skills come into play.

RB played their cards very well & where as ferrari agreed everything to the best of sport.

The budget cap is one of those things that's simply unenforceable. You can't keep track of how much parts and development time cost a team, or how much windtunnel time they're truly using, especially with inter-team relationships. The FIA even can't keep teams from stealing IP and fixing races in secret, nevermind the budget. It's like team orders. In a few years, it will be gone officially. It's a rule in writing only.

Unless a whistleblower comes forward, there's nothing the FIA will do to investigate simply suspicions, even if they're obvious from a viewing stand point.

[tifosi1993]

Zhou is also doing a superb job as a rookie. I do wonder what's Haas's true pace is cause I don't rate either Mag or Mick as a top-rated driver.

[RossTheBoss]

Zhou is also doing a superb job as a rookie. I do wonder what's Haas's true pace is cause I don't rate either Mag or Mick as a top-rated driver.

The Haas is "meh" on HDF tracks, and Aston level garbage on LDF tracks.

[tifosi1993]

The Haas is "meh" on HDF tracks, and Aston level garbage on LDF tracks.

And both Mag and Mick are "meh" category drivers.

[patrese86]

How thick can you get...

Ted Kravitz says Russell is closer this weekend to Red Bull as he's only 800 tenths behind compared to how far they were at Spa...yes because every track is identical in length and laptime isn't it Ted....these are supposed to be people who understand basic workings...

Idiots.

[RossTheBoss]

How thick can you get...

Ted Kravitz says Russell is closer this weekend to Red Bull as he's only 800 tenths behind compared to how far they were at Spa...yes because every track is identical in length and laptime isn't it Ted....these are supposed to be people who understand basic workings...

Idiots.

I don't even listen to the Sky feed. Insufferable.

[RossTheBoss]

I am digging the yellow on the car.

[WS6TransAm01]

Charles almost lost the car in Ascari. Yikes!

[tifosi1993]

F1 drivers are, apart from Latifi who doesn't belong in that category, are paid to drive a F1 car on edge. And the elite of them almost lose it without actually losing it.

[WS6TransAm01]

Would have thought Carlos would have given Charles a tow. Hmmm

[tifosi1993]

THIS IS WHY CHARLES IS SPECIAL

[RossTheBoss]

Charles is just magic in qualifying.

[458 Italia]

Love that roar!!

[ferrari1.8t]

Crofty so sad, poor baby hates to see us succeed!!

Forza Charles! Forza Ferrari!!!! Yesssss

[458 Italia]

croft sounds gutted that Charles is fastest.

[458 Italia]

Crofty so sad, poor baby hates to see us succeed!!

Forza Charles! Forza Ferrari!!!! Yesssss

Snap!