Formula 1 2015: Round 12 - Italian GP

Jordan 199

Every time September comes around I think of Monza.



I think Mercedes will have a one-two on Sunday with a Mercedes powered car finishing third. I also hope it will be a good race as Monza might not host a F1 race next year.

Cool_CM

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Monza might not host a F1 race next year.

Still sounds crazy every time you hear it...

HighLine

Nice clip here from the fastest lap of Monza set back in 2004 by Montoya. Oh that heavenly tune.

http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/video/2015/9/The_fastest_lap_in_Formula_One_history.html

Frank Bullitt

I read earlier that Merc have used 7 tokens on their engine, they could probably go back in time.

Top speed last year was 362.1km/h (225mph), I think we could see 370 at least.

Jordan 199

Cool_CM wrote: »

Still sounds crazy every time you hear it...

As much as I would like Monza to keep on hosting a GP, I'm not very happy with some of the track.

The first chicane (Variante del Rettifilio) is a right arse of a thing and the tarmac put down outside Parabolica is unforgivable.

-gilly-09-

Thanks for the advice on the weekend lads. Heading to the track now for free practice one! Will put up a few pictures etc.

Frank Bullitt

Look at the rear wing on this!!! Thats hilarious!

Myrddin

Gintonious wrote: »

Look at the rear wing on this!!! Thats hilarious!

Lol, that says a lot

HighLine

Mercedes are going to prance off into the distance this weekend.

Myrddin

HighLine wrote: »

Mercedes are going to prance off into the distance this weekend.

The FP1 times would seem to suggest it's business as usual anyway. It got me wondering, are we in for a complete snore fest next season, as a result of major reg changes for 2017 (ie, there won't be much investment for 2016 given there are so many changes ahoy)?

Cool_CM

Jordan 191 wrote: »

the tarmac put down outside Parabolica is unforgivable.

Agreed. Sainz must have read this before FP1 and beached his car for old times' sake!

Frank Bullitt

Merc are in a league of their own.

Ghost Train

Dont merc have engine upgrade this weekend too, I guess its possible they might have problems

Zcott

Ghost Train wrote: »

Dont merc have engine upgrade this weekend too, I guess its possible they might have problems

They used all their engine tokens for this race, and effectively introduced their 2016 engine.

Charlie-Bravo

Rosberg has to change his engine. He'll be using the engine from Spa So no penalty. Let's hope it holds up and can keep pressure on Lewis.

bnt

Christian Horner joked that the teams are competing for who can rack up the most engine penalties for this race. They're trying to get them all out of the way so they'll have the ability to use all their engines for the rest of the season, thinking that they can't get further back than the back of the grid, and Monza will allow more overtaking opportunities than e.g. Singapore.

Ghost Train

Max mightnt be getting a run in

bnt

Ghost Train wrote: »

Max mightnt be getting a run in

He got out, but no qualifying lap - and that was before his car had a high speed wardrobe malfunction. :eek:

Going Strong

Ghost Train wrote: »

Max mightnt be getting a run in

I bet he wishes he hadn't bothered now.

Ghost Train

Nice to see how fancy it all looks under the shell

Going Strong

And Monza goes mad.

Cool_CM

Wow, go Kimi!

Zcott

Looks like that engine change really hurt Rosberg. Lewis untouchable as always, great to see Raikkonen finding the loud pedal in that Ferrari again.

CFlat

Great to see the Ferraris at the sharp end for the race today and kudos to Kimi for putting in that lap. Hopefully he's getting back to his old self. I think Lewis will be in a Ferrari sandwich by the first corner.

Hopefully Ferrari can challenge today. Won't be watching the race til highlights this evening.
How's strategy looking? 1 all the way?

Ghost Train

Impressive flyover for the anthem, looked great

Hopefully race can deliver now

antodeco

I'm loving all these new on screen graphics

antodeco

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hopefully Ferrari can challenge today. Won't be watching the race til highlights this evening.
How's strategy looking? 1 all the way?

Top 10 all on softs. . 1 stop will be a change roughly 20-25, 2 will be around 18-22 and 36 -42

Cool_CM

Jaysus, horror start from Kimi, lucky nobody ran into him!

Going Strong

Both Lotus cars out.

Cool_CM

Both of the Lotus cars out

bnt

Cool_CM wrote: »

Jaysus, horror start from Kimi, lucky nobody ran into him!

This after Ferrari just renewed his contract, under the nose of the Ferrari chairman ... if he puts a paper bag over his head after the race, I won't blame him.

Going Strong

So much for Honda having as much grunt as Renault. Arai will probably say that it's the DRS that's the weak link. :rolleyes:

antodeco

Jesus Merhi (and Joseph!). That was close!!

bnt

Did Merhi fall asleep there? He nearly rear-ended Raikkonen, who had correctly slowed down for the pit lane.

smellslikeshoes

bnt wrote: »

Did Merhi fall asleep there? He nearly rear-ended Raikkonen, who had correctly slowed down for the pit lane.

I disagree, Kimi was very slow a long way before the pit limiter line.

antodeco

Right, we need a safety car for 4 laps right now.

Ghost Train

Not the most exciting of races, maybe something will happen in last laps

Ghost Train

And then Mercedes telling Lewis to go faster

Cool_CM

Something up with Hamilton?

Cool_CM

Alonso out

Ghost Train

Vettel win on the cards?

Going Strong

Alonso out and no footage of Ron's sour puss. For shame.

Cool_CM

Rosberg on fire!

Going Strong

Rosberg goes bang.

Ghost Train

Bad for rosbergs championship

Cool_CM

Meh, Lewis could have stopped for a coffee along the way and still have won.

Ghost Train

Rosbergs car not looking great

mickdw

Is Hamilton in line for a penalty I wonder.

smellslikeshoes

I wonder did Lewis do something naughty that wasn't picked up on camera that the team were worried could result in a drive thru, would explain why they wouldn't want to explain the reason over the radio.

HighLine

Very strange antics from Mercedes! Wonder when they will let the big secret out.