2021 Race 2 - Italy

[F1nKS]

Last year it was a wild one with Gasly, Sainz, Stroll on the podium.

[N. Jones]

That was Monza.

[F1nKS]

It all Italy to me...

[F1nKS]

It is now race week. The two weeks (and 3 weeks by they time they race again) seems like eternity.

1. Redbull/Mercedes - was last race a omen for Mercedes or lost opportunity for Red Bull. Is Perez better than Vettel? Will Red Bull issues with their car (rear differential, power issue) hamper them? Will Perez be in position this race to give Red Bull some strategy options?

2. Alpha Tauri - how will Gasly handle the pressure from Tsunoda

3. Ferrari - looked much improved, will they make some noise

4. Mclaren looked strong in Bahrain, and Ricardo should have good vibes from Romagna race last year.

5. Aston Martin - Vettel, Vettel. It can't get any worse can it for him?

6. Alpine - Ocon/Alonso are looking to bounce back. Renault is investing a lot of money and would probably like to see return on that investment.

7. Williams/Alfa Romeo - Not much to watch, except to see how much George Russell can pull out of his Williams car.

8. Haas - how many spins will they have this week?

My predicted race finish

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Bottas
5. Ricardo
6. LeClerc
7. Norris
8. Sainz
9. Yuki
10. Vettel
11. Gasly
12. Alonso
13. Stroll
14. Raikkonen
15. Ocon
16. Giovanazzi
17. Russell
18. Latifi
19. Schumacher
20. Maz-a-spin

[Tazio]

It's still early days, but they are predicting rain for Sunday. One can only hope!

[The Black Knight]

When was the last time we had a wet race in Imola? I actually cannot remember ever having a wet San Marino GP.

[Tazio]

When was the last time we had a wet race in Imola? I actually cannot remember ever having a wet San Marino GP.

That is because the last wet race was in 1995. Really all the rain was over before the start. Not a propper wet race, rather drying conditions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur7l8JguyoA