Monza’s qualification does not satisfy Ferrari. The team has optimized the performance of the car for the qualification, but some endemic defects of the Red have ruined the plans of the rampant horse. On the distance of the 300 kilometers, the Alfieri di Maranello gave everything: Charles crosses the finish line in fourth position. Only sixth square for Lewis, who left with a 5 -position handicap on the starting grid.
LeClerc tests, but MCLaren and quick toppy
Leclerc seems slightly in difficulty. The Ferrari player has tried a lot of coverage in the first laps and now Russell is glued to the exhausts. George tries to be seen in the mirrors, but for the moment the number 16 seems can manage the situation. On the Hamilton radio channel, the communication is quite hot. His step is very good, in this moment faster than that of his partner.
Not good news for Charles. The feeling about his tires confirms: Bozzi asks to make lift and coast to cool the covers that are going into overheating. To defend he is allowed to use More the overboost K1. In addition, he is asked for the first Tyre Phase Update, to give the Muretto Box the opportunity to read all the tire data.
Even English cannot exaggerate with the roofs, so much so that he is suggested to push less to alboreto (parabolic). Fortunately, a couple of returns to Monegasco are enough to return in the optimal range temperatures. Lewis is quite talkative today. The British is trying to close the gap on the duo that I precede it, in close communication with Adami, which provides him with all the support to improve the handling of the car without excessively stressing the compounds.
Looking at Lewis’s car, it seems that there is a excess of rotation At the moment, I wait for him to disturb him and not a little. For now, they let him know that the strategy remains on Plan B, the same tactic for Leclerc who, in the meantime, seems to have shook Russell’s Mercedes from Dosso. Once on Giro 20, in fourth position, Charles pays a gap on platelets of 4.5 seconds. Lewis is always sixth and is approaching his former teammate.
Ferrari moves to the Hard
It seems that Ferrari’s program is managed well by pilots. The race has stabilized on time, with the trio of the head too quick to be worried by Italian cars. In this first Stint with middle school, this is the main picture: Leclerc is in the land of no one and, unless twists, after only 24 laps seems impossible to do better. For Hamilton there is the Russell goal.
With English we talk about the first stop, as he is asked for an update on the front wing when he will make the tire change. Lewis speaks still of the surge which must be corrected with a retouching to the load that developed on the front. In the meantime, Russell takes the Box and Ferrari lane decides to leave the number 44 on the track. It does so by inviting Lewis to exploit the free air in front of him.
It must be said that the covers of the British do not seem in good condition, so much so that the laptime begin to suffer a lot. Factor that confirms the same talent of Stevenage two laps later. On lap 34 here is the first stop for the Red: Leclerc Cambia the eraser Moving on to the Hard compound. A very well managed operation, with the Ferrari player who returns to compete in sixth square, behind Albon.
With Lewis, the Italian team is trying to lengthen the Stint a little more, to have, compared to Russell, a “younger” tire in its second part of the race and have the opportunity to attack George, who after Lewis’ stop returns in front. In passing 39, Lewis also changes the tires moving on to the hard. He returns to the track in Ninth Piazza, behind Stroll and Ocon, with ten less turns on the Hard compared to Russell.
Ferrari pulls the oars on the boat
Lewis easily gets rid of Stroll and Ocon, with a gap to be recovered on the 7 -second Mercedes. Charles has returned fourth and, although his rhythm be very competitiveobserving the detachments, after Plastri’s stop, he will remain behind the Australian. There are 9 returns to the end and, in addition to finding that the two McLaren have not yet made the stop, it must be said that the race for the Red seems to have had satisfactions.
Two returns later, Plastri enters the pits to mount the soft tires: there will be six qualifying laps. Norris stops the next lap, but is unfortunate. A problem with the left front It slows down and, when he returns to the track, he is behind his partner. In the meantime, Lewis cannot quickly recover on Russell, while Charles, for Lando’s problem, is now located just two seconds from the British.
Incredibly, McLaren decides to carry out the swap between the cars, returning the position to Norris, a move that will do without doubt discuss. In the last 4 laps nothing happens and Ferrari is content to arrive with Leclerc at the foot of the podium (4th square), sixth with Hamilton. The Maranello team gave its best, but today the two McLaren and Super Verstappen had a decidedly higher step. After the bitter awakening of the qualification, it is confirmed that the limits of the Red.
Monza 2025 GP ranking:
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Oscar Plate (McLaren)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Gabriel Bortoleto (Stake)
- Like Antonelli (Mercedes)
- Isak Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
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