Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel topped the times in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. In the wet FP1, Perez set the fastest time by half a second over Kimi Raikkonen as the circuit improved rapidly. In the dry FP1, it was Vettel who was a quarter of a second faster than the Finn. Ferrari
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was fastest in second practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. The German was a quarter of a second faster than his teammate Kimi Raikkonen with his title rival Lewis Hamilton third. The conditions had radically improved from the morning with Vettel gaining time as he pushed hard during his qualifying simulations,
Sergio Perez was fastest in wet conditions during the first practice session for the Italian Grand Prix. The Mexican put his Force India half a second faster than the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, as the circuit improved rapidly after heavy rain during the morning. Perez set his time in the closing moments of the session
No guarantees warns Raikkonen Kimi Raikkonen says that there are “no guarantees” in his Ferrari’s teams home race, despite Mercedes being the favourites going into this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. For the first time in the current V6 Hybrid era, Mercedes are being seen as the underdogs going into this weekends race because of the
Mercedes considers support role for Bottas Mercedes are going to discuss whether they should use Valtteri Bottas in a support role to help Lewis Hamilton’s bid for a fifth title, after this weekends Italian Grand Prix. Currently, both Hamilton and Bottas share equal status within the team, unlike Sebastian Vettel who leads a drivers championship.
Mercedes can no longer “bluff” – Hamilton Lewis Hamilton says that his Mercedes team can no longer “bluff” this year’s title race and says that the team is concerned about Ferrari’s pace advantage heading into the final eight races of the season. The Englishman has seen his lead in the championship cut to seventeen points
Round fourteen of the season sees Formula One round off the European season at the high speed low downforce Autodromo de Nazionale Monza, the home of Ferrari. Monza took six months to build in the 1920’s and first held the Italian Grand Prix in 1923. Monza is the third oldest purpose-built circuits in the world,
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 01:23:34.476 25 2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:11.061 18 3 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Tag Heuer +00:31.372 15 4 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes +01:03.605 12 5 Sergio Perez MEX Force India – Mercedes +01:11.023 10 6 Esteban Ocon FRA Force India –
Sebastian Vettel has put in a dominate drive to beat his championship rival Lewis Hamilton to victory at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver got the jump on the Mercedes on the way down to the first corner and then made gap stick after Les Combe using the tow along the Kemmel Straight. The
Lewis Hamilton has beaten Sebastian Vettel in the closing moments of qualifying to take pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix by seven-tenths of a second in changeable conditions. Despite the tiniest margins earlier in the session, when the rain came in the closing moments it was Hamilton which held the edge over Vettel. Pole
