On Thursday, the tifosi of Monza, true fans of F1 and Ferrari, filled the Autodromo with color at the opening of the pit lane. The Italian motorsports party is just getting started. The ferrariistas They applauded their team’s mechanics as they practiced more pit stops than any other group in order not to fail in front of their home crowd on Sunday.
Some rumors are beginning to be heard in the paddock. In the press room, someone warned that the BBC had suspended its programming. Mercedes organized a barbecue at the top of its hospitality for the press to celebrate that they are about to live the last weekend of the consecutive triplet of races played by F1 between Spa, Zandvoort and the Italian this event. Tired faces gathered in the paddock at all levels and a moment of rest was a breath of fresh air for all. But with meat already on the grill, Mercedes decides to cancel the dinner. Something is happening.
In the paddock, the hospitality televisions remained tuned to the news live, but there was no news. And as the pilots left the circuit, in the middle of a huge crowd on both sides of the main gate of the track, like real rock stars, the news of the death of Isabel II was made known.
F1 has taken a huge hit, and it’s still an English sport. 7 out of 10 teams are based in England. Even AlpineFrench, there is a factory there, in Enstone. The only ones not located near London are Alfa Romeo (Sauber, Switzerland), AlphaTauri (Italy) and Ferrari (Italy).
As a result, F1 held a minute’s silence yesterday in honor of Elizabeth II, who attended the first race in F1 World Cup history in 1950, when Silverstone (England), when she was Princess Elizabeth of Windsor, with her father, King George VI.
In Monza, where yesterday everything was happening with apparent normality despite the sad news and the music cheered the large audience present, suddenly there was silence. All the teams came out of their garages to dedicate that moment of peace to Elizabeth II. And all the main grandstands, the paddock and the press conference, remained standing. Everything fell silent before the engines of the F1 cars started to roar in Free Practice 1. From the silence, again, to the noise and warmth of the Italian tifosi, displaying a large Italian flag and a large heart covering the entire stand until make it clear to everyone on ferrari who are with them in hardships and comforts.
Source: La Verdad
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