2014 Italian GP - Official Thread

[Tazio]

Almost got it LI.

[Doc Austin]

Hamilton is only 0.588s clear of Botas.

It's funny that any other year a half a second would be considered enormous, but with Mercedes' dominance, getting that close is an improvement!

[Tazio]

Strange how things have changed, in the post race media blitz Button was almost apologizing in advance for McLaren "probably" not showing a race pace constituent to their quali pace, that was unheard of 10 years ago.

[steveaki13]

Steve, Lotus really suck, Slash even got out of Q1!

Slash in Q2

Anyway. Been away today and didn't get to see anything until now. Just watched Quali and wow do Lotus suck.

I thought Bianchi might give one a fright, but it was not to be.

Good for the Championship that Lewy is ahead. Rosberg must be pretty chuffed with Q2 in all honesty. Hamilton right in front and Nico could easily lead into turn 1.

Should be a fun race tomorrow (which I should actually be around for )

I reckon Bottas & Massa must be licking their lips at Nico & Lewis into turn 1. Cause a win beckons if those two get physical again.

[Duncan]

Hamilton: "Face it, Nico, I'm just better than you".

Ok, I'm paraphrasing a bit here. His actual words were "1:24.109".

[Tazio]

He made the same mistake two laps in a row.

Ok!! Ok???

[Duncan]

Ok!! Ok???

I find it difficult to be hard on Kimi here. The simple fact is, he's driving a car that basically sucks relative to the level of expectations for it.

Fernando posted what I'm assuming was very close to the best possible time for that car, and it was still only good enough for 7th. Kimi just didn't have enough pace in hand to post a conservative lap time to make it to Q3, and forced to push hard, ended up making a mistake that cost him.

[Tazio]

Slash in Q2

Anyway. Been away today and didn't get to see anything until now. Just watched Quali and wow do Lotus suck.

I thought Bianchi might give one a fright, but it was not to be.

Good for the Championship that Lewy is ahead. Rosberg must be pretty chuffed with Q2 in all honesty. Hamilton right in front and Nico could easily lead into turn 1.

Should be a fun race tomorrow (which I should actually be around for )

I reckon Bottas & Massa must be licking their lips at Nico & Lewis into turn 1. Cause a win beckons if those two get physical again.

dawg, it must be dio

[zako85]

The starting grid is quite telling:

Row 1: Mercedes
Row 2: Williams-Mercedes
Row 3: McLaren-Mercedes

Oh, and congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for his first pole since Spanish GP. I didn't notice it was that long ago...

[Tazio]

I find it difficult to be hard on Kimi here. The simple fact is, he's driving a car that basically sucks relative to the level of expectations for it.

Fernando posted what I'm assuming was very close to the best possible time for that car, and it was still only good enough for 7th. Kimi just didn't have enough pace in hand to post a conservative lap time to make it to Q3, and forced to push hard, ended up making a mistake that cost him.

The car really is an abortion, but in Fred's hands it seems kind of fast OK?