2025 Round 16 - Italian Grand Prix - Feedback Autodromo Nazionale Monza

[airshifter]

We return to the Temple of Speed, and the hopes of the Ferrari fans will be high.

It worked for Ferrari last year, with Leclerc taking the win after a 4th place starting grid. With Lewis starting with a grid penalty, it will be all on Charles and Ferrari to try to get it right this year, and both qually and strategy will be critical.

And though I really enjoy the energy of the tifosi at Monza.... it's not the best track. It's more a measure of what the cars can do to take off all the downforce possible and still make it through the few real corners and the chicanes. Almost the opposite of Zandvoort really, and though it can still be a fun race the on track action isn't that far up on my list of tracks I enjoy the most.

At this point much of the attention will be on Lando trying to catch Oscar, and the mid field cars fighting through for whatever points they can manage.

[Used to be Starter]

Well Red Bull has definitely found something they have been missing all season. Is there enough time left for it to become a three way battle?

[N. Jones]

I doubt it. With seven races to go I don't think they can bridge that gap.

[F1nKS]

Well Red Bull has definitely found something they have been missing all season. Is there enough time left for it to become a three way battle?

If Verstappen can win the next 7 races, Norris finish 2nd and Piastri 3

1. Piastri 429
2. Verstappen 426
3. Norris 419

That does not account for sprint races.

So Verstappen is not totally eliminated, but very high mountain to climb. No reason to believe that Red Bull has solved their problems.

Probably need Mclaren to have reliability issues or Norris and Piastri coming together and crashing out.