Can the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to be boring? We think so. At least the race this year was just that. Do not believe me? Read!
It just so happened that at Monza Ferrari cars mysteriously go faster. Romantics believe that it is some special magic. Cynics also believe that in order to succeed at his home Grand Prix Scuderia «Tinkering» — it is just that no one caught.
History repeated itself in 2015. Monza. Even in qualifying pilots Ferrari penetrated the slender ranks of racers Mercedes, Nico pushing to fourth position on the grid. But first things first.
Two weeks between the Belgian Grand Prix and the race in Italy have not been participants in vain. For example, employees of the Mercedes and Ferrari are not sitting idly by presenting certain upgrade machines. Or rather — engines. At the same time the Italians were used to refine the conventional three points, and the Germans had their presence in seven points.
However, if Lewis Hamilton has at its disposal a new engine and used it in the race, his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was forced to go back to the old version of the motor without any problems a passing five Grand Prix. In a new engine the leak occurs in the cooling system.
Motors this year has become a byword. That Italy was not without bad news. Several drivers were fined for the replacement of engines, and some double punishment awarded.
Two teams — Red Bull and Toro Rosso — before the race took a difficult decision: because of too little chance for a good result at Monza, the supplier of motors Renault twice replaced the engines on the machines of Daniel Riccardo, Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen.
Because of this, all four drivers in qualifying not too torn to the leaders. They received from thirty to fifty penalty places on the starting grid and the chances that they had a chance to reach the leading group were vanishingly small.
And who struggled? Lewis Hamilton — he won the pole position, which has been the last five years, brings its owner first. This is an interesting temptation!
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen — teammates Ferrari — finished the qualifying heats at the second and third places respectively. Rosberg — the fourth, then teammates Felipe Massa and Williams Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez of Force India, Romain Grosjean of Lotus, Nico, and closed the top 10. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber).
Start of the race. Hamilton and Vettel raced off ahead without any problems, but they have Kimi emerged — the Finn could not normally move, his Ferrari barely picked up speed. As long as it accelerates, it was ahead most of the peloton.
On the first lap of the race left both pilots Lotus — Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado did not share the road with Felipe Nasr and Nico.
After the turmoil of the first lap of the race fast enough stabilized and almost become a routine. A boring Grand Prix at the Imola track? Here's an example!
The leader of the race Lewis Hamilton managed to win the «grand slam». He won, showed the best lap and led from start to finish the race. This only confirms the thesis that the Italian Grand Prix proved to be not the most interesting event — at the British simply did not have real competition.
Unlike his teammate Nico Rosberg throughout the race fighting with rivals face to face. Germans can understand — points he needed the air, so the higher he will climb in the final minutes of the race, the better.
However, Rosberg was unable to finish the race and score points — the last five races the engine of his Mercedes could not stand sixth and exploded. Three rounds before the track got off two-time champion Fernando Alonso, he also summed up the technique.
As a result, second place went to Sebastian Vettel. German Rosberg lost more than 25 seconds. The third and fourth to finish the Italian Grand Prix Williams rushed Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. He closed the top five Kimi Raikkonen.
The second half of the top 10 consists of two pilots Force India (Perez sixth Hulkenberg seventh), the two Red Bull (eighth Daniel Ricardo Daniel Kvyat — tenth). The two Red Bull car wedged Sauber Marcus Eriksson..
The race is over. It seems to be all right — a winner and prize-winners received their trophies.
But at this time world struggling discussed information that prelaunch check the rear wheels of cars of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has revealed low blood pressure, it could give an advantage. But in any case, the judge considered the incident did not deserve any punishment.
Can the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to be boring? Yes of course. But there is nothing to worry about. Place the «most interesting» Grand Prix this year is what keeps the Hungarian Grand Prix. Maybe the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Russia to throw the Hungarian race to the podium? Let's wait — we shall see.
