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“I think it’ll be very difficult” — Russell on chances of victory if the McLarens have a good start at F1 Italian GP

Mercedes arrived at Monza with a quick car and appeared to be in contention for pole position. While the McLaren drivers successfully locked out the front row, George Russell managed to pip Charles Leclerc by a margin of 0.021 seconds in a closely-contested Italian Grand Prix qualifying session. Set to start from third on the…

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Piastri: McLaren “very easily felt like we could have ended up in 7th or 8th” ahead of F1 Italian GP qualifying

The McLaren driver will start his second career Italian GP from the front row, right next to his teammate Norris on pole. It was an overall positive for Piastri, who suffered from a couple of small mistakes during Q1: one of his own, as he cut the apex at T1 on his first attempt, and…

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Hamilton is “absolutely furious” with his performance in F1 Italian GP Qualifying

After a strong performance in the final practice session at the Italian Grand Prix, Mercedes seemed poised to contend for pole position during qualifying. George Russell managed to outpace the Ferrari duo, securing third place, while McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri claimed the front row. Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz took…

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Norris: I thought pole lap was “already over” after mistake in the first corner of F1 Italian GP Q3

After taking his fourth pole position of the 2024 season and his second in consecutive weekends at the 2024 Italian GP, Lando Norris admitted he thought his efforts wouldn’t be rewarded after a mistake at the very first chicane in his final Q3 run cost him “a tenth-and-a-half”. But the Briton didn’t hold back in…

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F1 | Italian GP | Qualifying | Norris storms Monza to take Pole Position, Verstappen will start a lowly P7

Qualifying kicked off in Monza with high expectations on the Mercedes and Ferrari garage after an FP3 in early Saturday morning that saw the team from Brackley leading the session with a 1-2 and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari with a promising pace ahead of racing in front of the Italian Tifosis. Q1 Maranello’s home drivers went…

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F2 Sprint | Italian GP | Bearman takes the win ahead of Martins in Monza

After Friday’s Formula 2 Qualifying session, Van Amersfoort Racing’s Enzo Fittipaldi starts this weekend’s Sprint Race from pole position. Cordeel, Marti, and Martins line up behind Fittipaldi respectively.  Fittipaldi takes the lead into turn 1 off of the start followed closely by Marti, who soon overtakes him, Fittipaldi fighting back, but unable to take the…

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F1 | Italian GP | FP2 | Hamilton narrowly nabs quickest time from Norris as Magnussen crashes out

Formula 1 continues the Italian Grand Prix with Free Practice 2, after a turbulent Free Practice 1, with numerous drivers going off, and star rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashing out. The drivers head out at 17:00 local time, continuing to find their groove in the newly resurfaced track. It’s a hot and sunny day on…

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F1 | Italian GP | FP1 | Verstappen quickest from Leclerc and Norris as Antonelli crashes out in free practice debut

Round 16 of 24 takes place in Monza, Italy. Franco Colapinto will be driving for Williams for the remainder of the season, replacing Logan Sargeant, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes for FP1. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the Italian teenager, who is tipped to join Mercedes…

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