Italian GP - Monza 2016

[N4D13]

Love this track but eyes closed more than once throughout.

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I tried my hardest to keep my eyes opened throughout the race (bar blinking) and failed miserably.

[Nitrodaze]

Love this track but eyes closed more than once throughout.

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The Mercedes - Ferrari battle was short lived. And Redbull disappointed by not getting close enough to the Ferrari to produce an interesting alternative battle. The disparity of performance between the teams at the sharp end is still too large and a fast track like Monza reveals that all too clearly.

I can't wait long enough to see the end of these Pirelli tyres, bring on 2017. Tyres played a huge role today of keeping the Ferraris out of the fight with the Mercs. Of course, the deficiency of the Ferrari chassis relative to the Mercedes chassis had a good deal to do with it also.

Monza also exposed the true gap in engine performance between the four types of engines on the grid. Honda is still towing the rear of the engine battle. Renault is not as good as the Ferrari engine. The Redbull chassis is making up the difference in performance and allowing them to fight the Ferrari successfully on aero tracks as opposed to horsepower tracks like Monza. And the Ferrari chassis or something is preventing them from unleashing the full potential of their engine. Hence, exposing them to Redbull.

But underneath all of these things are the challenges of making the tyres work with the various chassis. So it would seem that a majority of the teams on the grid are unable to access the full potential of their chassis due to the current tyre.

[zako85]

Entirely predictable race after the first lap.

[steveaki13]

Entirely predictable race after the first lap.

That's the problem. There is so little variation with no getting together, retirements or other fast cars. It only takes one Mercedes to get 5 seconds ahead and you know it's over. Today 5th was the highest we had any kind of battle.

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[The Black Knight]

I think this was the most boring Italian GP to which I've ever seen. The top 4 results you knew by the first corner.

[zako85]

The Sunday IndyCar race at Watkins Glen was actually better than Monza. A lot better.

[airshifter]

Mostly a snooze fest. Good to see Ferrari make it to the podium, but not a lot of on track action.

I will say that the move Ricciardo made on Bottas was a great move, and handled well by both drivers. He dove in there from waaaay back, and both of them gave racing room. Great braking move.

[Stan Reid]

The Sunday IndyCar race at Watkins Glen was actually better than Monza. A lot better.

And Indycar races will continue to be better until F1 quits spreading its legs for the environmentalists and gets rid of these kiddie cars.

[Nitrodaze]

Mostly a snooze fest. Good to see Ferrari make it to the podium, but not a lot of on track action.

I will say that the move Ricciardo made on Bottas was a great move, and handled well by both drivers. He dove in there from waaaay back, and both of them gave racing room. Great braking move.

I hope Redbull play that one back for young Verstappen so he can see how clean defending is done.

[The Black Knight]

Mostly a snooze fest. Good to see Ferrari make it to the podium, but not a lot of on track action.

I will say that the move Ricciardo made on Bottas was a great move, and handled well by both drivers. He dove in there from waaaay back, and both of them gave racing room. Great braking move.

He did but I honestly feel that were it someone like Lewis then he would have forced Ricciardo to bow out of it. It was a great move but it's only the likes of Bottas, whom I don't rate very highly anyway, that would enable a driver to make a move like that.

I still think Verstappen's move in Beckett's on Rosberg is the overtake of the season thus far.