Monza is upon us. Seems a few F-chatters will on hand to provide us pics and or updates. Latest on Parabolica modifications with a pic by de Lla Rosa - Does not look too bad! FIA insists run-off added to famous Parabolica corner is necessary | Italian Grand Prix | Sky Sports Formula 1 Weather looks good for a weekend of F1 speed! - Monza Weekend Weather Forecast - weather.com -Qual- Nico LH Bottas -Race- Nico LH Daniel
I think you're probably wrong. I predict Nico will win every race for the rest of the season, easily taking out the WDC. That's if Mercedes, as they should, bring in team orders favouring the person with the sizeable lead...that would be Nico.
Merc won't bring out team orders already said they won't. And if they do, lewis won't follow them LOL.
PF1 Preview/10 items- Preview 10: Italian GP | Planet F1 | Formula One | Features Interesting view from Button on these current cars and Monza: Jenson Button thinks that the addition of hybrid systems will make the cars fastest they have been all year and that learning where to get the best boost from the hybrid systems will be key: "It's such a fast circuit that it really requires a different driving approach to any other circuit on the calendar. You're running such low levels of downforce that braking and accelerating are made much trickier - under heavy braking, the car is constantly trying to break away from you; equally, when you're trying to get the throttle down, the car is unsettled, so the rear is squirming around. It's a unique challenge. And, with ERS and DRS, I think we could have a very special Monza race."
Merc's will be fast, hopefully Williams will have the speed they should have had in Spa. Alonso goes good here, Kimi hasn't had tremendous success though...generally unlucky. I'll be surprised to see a Ferrari anywhere higher than 6th...and that's being generous I reckon!
When stars collide - Pitpass.com "New research suggests employing two high status drivers is a fast-track to failure." This is very interesting article given what we might see again this weekend.
Drivers come out in defense of Rosberg | Planet F1 | Formula One | News, Standings, Results, Features, Video Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel have both taken the side of Nico Rosberg after the German's controversial run-in with Lewis Hamilton at Spa. While Hamilton accused Rosberg of deliberately clipping his rear wheel in Belgium last month, Alonso feels it was a pure racing incident. "It's impossible that Nico from the cockpit could have been so precise with his front wing to have cut a tyre of another car," the two-time Drivers' Championship winner told Sky Sports. "You need to be in surgery at the hospital with that sort of precision. "The bad part of the incident was for Hamilton, but it could have been the other way around - maybe Hamilton's tyre resisted and Nico had to change the front wing and his race was over." Four-time title winner Vettel agreed with Alonso. "I think it was just a normal racing incident and the discussion of intention should not arise," Vettel told Sport Bild. "No one intentionally risks losing his wing and no one makes themselves the target of (the accusation of) unfair driving." Nico Hulkenberg, another German compatriot of Rosberg, also agreed with the views of Alonso and Vettel. "Nico did nothing wrong," the Force India driver is quoted as saying. "He tried to overtake because he thought he was faster."
Your probably right there, however I don't totally disagree with the sentiments of them, However the source, Alonso his nemesis, and fellow German Vettel...ermm. Nico went into that corner knowingly that he would make contact IMO, and that was confirmed to me when he stated he was making a point, the outcome of it he got lucky, it's that simple to me. Lewis. Fred. Ricci. Nico Bottas. Button.
Of course if two good drivers are in the same team they are going to be taking points off eAchotjer. They may score less points than they would have done if they had a **** team mate but that's not to say they are performing worse per se. Dependent on a good car of course as well.
High speed track could result in mechanical issues at the front of the grid, chance of rain in Qualifying, I think Sunday will be another classic battle chock full of surprises, so I'm going to go with an all-surprise podium and say 1 Bottas 2 Perez 3 Magnussen
