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[swogerino]

It's Verstappen and Hadjar in the second row, with Russell and Leclerc in the third.  This should be a good and exciting first 10 laps.         

And it is a podium for Hadjar!    What a day for the 20-year-old French driver...

Norris was really unlucky today. While pushing for the win one last time his car broke down. Now he is much farther away from Piastri as the gap has become 34 points.

No luck for Ferrari either... Hamilton again made a simple mistake. Antonelli killed Leclerc's race and he also couldn't get any points because of a 10-second penalty.

Yeah, it's a nIce consolation that despite not winning the Dutch GP this year, Verstappen still got on the podium and still got the second best spot up there.  

Not a bad result for him imho.  He better relish everything he could get this season as the next one might be very good for him without Horner and Newey at the helm.

Anyway, would be entertaining if Horner went to Aston Martin and make a winner out of Lance Stroll. 

In Aston Martin Newey has already said in an interview that he said to Stroll "You will look what a fantastic car I will build for 2026 and you are going to win with it" now for win I don't know if he meant races or the title but if he truly builds such car as promised for 2026 it would be very interesting to see the answer of the other teams, maybe Fernando Alonso can still have the chance for winning his third title in Formula 1 after so many years. There will also be 2 newcomers for next season, Cadillac and the Audi team and anything can happen in a F1 with 11 teams again in the grid.

[Velvet78]

Now countdown for Monza... Thankfully we don't give a break again. Leclerc is the last winner here. After a nightmare race, do you expect him to bounce back and surprise us all? I would love to watch a competitive Ferrari on this track.

Yeah, it's a nIce consolation that despite not winning the Dutch GP this year, Verstappen still got on the podium and still got the second best spot up there.  

Not a bad result for him imho.  He better relish everything he could get this season as the next one might be very good for him without Horner and Newey at the helm.

Anyway, would be entertaining if Horner went to Aston Martin and make a winner out of Lance Stroll.  

Verstappen got a really lucky second spot indeed! If he had had an a little faster car then he would have pushed for the win after the last safety car too.

Making a winner out of Stroll... Man it is just too much to ask for. There is nobody in the world who can do so.  

[retreat]

Another podium for Piastri. He really showed consistency in maintaining his points. With this kind of performance, I think he can win the drivers' championship.

And huge congratulations to Hadjar for his first podium, he absolutely deserved it. Starting from fourth and finishing third is a fantastic achievement, especially in a car that wasn’t particularly quick. With results like this, I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets demoted to the main RB team as a second driver.

As for Max, even though he couldn’t take the win, finishing second is still a solid result, better than walking away with nothing. Considering the current state of the RB car, it’s already impressive that he managed to secure a podium at all.

The only real disappointment was the Ferrari duo’s DNFs. Those retirements cost Ferrari valuable points. That said, I’ve got to give credit to Charles, his overtakes and aggressive defense showed real courage. Even though it ended in a crash, at least he had the balls to do something like that.

Well, I'd say the race was a bit exciting, but it still didn't live up to expectations due to the lack of overtaking.

[coinlocket$]

Hamilton will pay a 5 grid position penalty in the next race.
The next race will be Monza as Ferrari homerace.

Despite the double DNF Ferrari is still incredibly in the second position of the tableboard.
This is quite unusual since this is the second time they do a double DNF so far in the season.

[retreat]

Hamilton will pay a 5 grid position penalty in the next race.
The next race will be Monza as Ferrari homerace.

Despite the double DNF Ferrari is still incredibly in the second position of the tableboard.
This is quite unusual since this is the second time they do a double DNF so far in the season.

It was another blow for Lewis, after he failed to finish the Dutch GP, this time he had to pay a five-place grid penalty at Ferrari's home race. This was going to be another tough weekend for Lewis, after his poor performances in the last few races, and this time he had to start from the back of the grid and fight extra hard to get a better position. Poor Lewis.

[tokeweed]

It's Verstappen and Hadjar in the second row, with Russell and Leclerc in the third.  This should be a good and exciting first 10 laps.         

And it is a podium for Hadjar!    What a day for the 20-year-old French driver...

Norris was really unlucky today. While pushing for the win one last time his car broke down. Now he is much farther away from Piastri as the gap has become 34 points.

No luck for Ferrari either... Hamilton again made a simple mistake. Antonelli killed Leclerc's race and he also couldn't get any points because of a 10-second penalty.

Yeah, it's a nIce consolation that despite not winning the Dutch GP this year, Verstappen still got on the podium and still got the second best spot up there.  

Not a bad result for him imho.  He better relish everything he could get this season as the next one might be very good for him without Horner and Newey at the helm.

Anyway, would be entertaining if Horner went to Aston Martin and make a winner out of Lance Stroll.  

In Aston Martin Newey has already said in an interview that he said to Stroll "You will look what a fantastic car I will build for 2026 and you are going to win with it" now for win I don't know if he meant races or the title but if he truly builds such car as promised for 2026 it would be very interesting to see the answer of the other teams, maybe Fernando Alonso can still have the chance for winning his third title in Formula 1 after so many years. There will also be 2 newcomers for next season, Cadillac and the Audi team and anything can happen in a F1 with 11 teams again in the grid.

LOL!!  I would def love to see that happen.  F1 has been meh lately that I'd like to either see something dumb happen like Stroll getting the fastest car on the grid and smoke everyone or seeing something historic like Hamilton breaking Schumacher's record at Ferrari.  I mean seeing that happen with McLaren, where it all started for Hamilton would be nice too but that's impossible now.

What about you guys, what do you wanna see happen in F1 that would make you say 'wow'?

But yeah, nice to know we wouldn't wait for a couple of weeks til the next race.  Italian GP next week folks. 

[coinlocket$]

Ferrari will may have a special livery for home GP at Monza.
Do they will have the balls to make a blue Ferrari this time?
So far we only know the shirts and they are full blue.

Early weather prediction, should be sun all the weekend with not hot weather.

[retreat]

Ferrari has just unveiled a special livery ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. This time, they're commemorating the 50th anniversary of Niki Lauda's first world championship victory. The livery is inspired by the 312T, a historic car for Ferrari, with which they and Lauda won the 1975 championship.