![]() ![]() On Saturday morning, the crush delayed Sainz and Leclerc's arrival at the track, when they were due to be filmed by the Hollywood crew shooting Brad Pitt's new F1 movie. Monza is always a febrile atmosphere but somehow this weekend felt even more so.Īt the Hotel de Ville, down the road from the track, the fans gathered in their hundreds to celebrate the two drivers, who were both staying there. Ricciardo unlikely to return in Singapore - Horner.Verstappen breaks record with 10th straight win.But I am quite proud of the decision and of the job done by the drivers today." ![]() I trust them but I told them no risk at all - the notion of no risk always relative. "I was not very comfortable to freeze something five laps from the end. "It is much easier to comment when you have a happy ending but it was also the best way to thank everyone, the support of the tifosi and so on," Vasseur said. The Frenchman is a racer, and he let his instincts flow. It has not been traditional for the team to let their drivers fight - certainly not as hard as this.īut new team boss Frederic Vasseur, who took over at the start of the year, is trying to sweep a new broom through Maranello. In previous years, Ferrari might have called the fight off. "It's been a long time since I had that much fun in a race. "Carlos was pushing like hell, I was pushing like hell. We had a bit of fun at the end there but it all ended well. "We were both on the limit of the regulations at the end," Leclerc said, "me attacking and him defending. And once Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez were finally past into first and second places, the Ferrari drivers set about each other as they fought over the final podium place in the final laps.Įach threw everything at the other, right up to the final lap, when Leclerc tried a 'dummy' move on Sainz at the first corner, and both locked up and went through the escape road. Now the chants were "Charles, Charles, Charles".ĭespite Verstappen's momentous achievement, Ferrari were the story of the weekend at Monza, and that's how the tifosi like it.įerrari did not win, but they produced their best performance of a difficult year, Sainz and Leclerc giving the all-conquering Red Bull team their toughest fight of the season. Sainz's team-mate Charles Leclerc came out from the Ferrari pit, climbed the debris fencing and spent quite some time signing autographs and taking selfies with the fans. Well over an hour later, the tifosi were still there. If he wasn't idolised by the tifosi already, he certainly was now. Carlos Sainz had not only just secured his first podium of the year, but he had done it fighting like a lion. Standing beside Verstappen on the rostrum, the recipient of those chants was savouring the atmosphere. ![]()
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