Carlos Sainz is sweet. He always felt a special connection to the asphalt of Monza. He made it clear on Friday, setting the best time. The Ferrari ‘tifosi’ wanted to dream at the time, although afterwards, they always remembered that Max Verstappen was the favorite and certainly had something in store. They want to believe, but cautiously. A day later, Verstappen set a good time when he put on the soft tire in the final stage of the third free practice, before qualifying. He gave Hamilton half a second and the fans started to boo. “The usual story”, maybe they thought. The Ferraris would still be out. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, in search of time. And there, Charles missed the second sector, touching the gravel with his left tires on the Lesmo 2 when he set the record in the first sector. And Carlos, who had been held by the magic wand until now, roared again at a crowd that first saw Max with regret. Sainz also beat Verstappen in Free Practice 3, this time by 86 thousandths. Carlos was at his best, full of confidence and eager to go for pole position. He will struggle against a Max who has not failed and continues to be favourite. But he will go for it.
Carlos Sainz led the third free practice session of the Italian F1 GP by 86 thousandths of a second over Max Verstappen (2nd), with Hamilton in third position by half a second, the same distance he put Leclerc, who is always in Q3. tune and He should also be a good candidate for that first place.
Ferrari’s speed at Monza, in the ‘Temple of Speed’, full of straights, was enormous. Those in red will put all the meat on the spit to go to the pole in the ‘qualy’. There is talk that they have a new, slightly more powerful engine and will find the limits. At least, to give his ‘tifosi’ fun and let them dream. It’s FREE. All, before Sunday’s race, where no matter what happens this Saturday, Max will continue to be the favorite. Ferrari will try. All or nothing, squeezes your engine hard. They want to save their season at Monza. At least, with the pole. In the race, Max seems too good to think of anything.
Alonso, step forward (5th) and problems for Pérez
Inside the Top-5 it has to be ‘Checo’ Pérez, the other Red Bull. But this year, in the Milton Keynes team, all the problems are for the Mexican. This time he suffered a setback in his car which prevented him from going out on track and testing with soft tires.
Yes, Fernando Alonso made it into the Top-5 with his Aston Martin. The team had to collect data on the hard tire before the race after Stroll suffered a problem yesterday that prevented him from fulfilling the important program for the team.
What was seen on Friday left many unknowns, and Alonso was in charge of showing great speed on the soft rubber at the end of the third one-turn session. The Asturian is 5th at 0″799 in a chasing group where a single tenth in qualifying can lead you to lose or gain some positions. It will be a matter of details.
So far, feelings on Aston Martin are positive after a lap on a track where they came in with doubts because of how much they suffered at top speed in a straight line at the start of the course due to their bigger air resistance. After the new things introduced at Zandvoort, it is necessary to see if the car is also improved on this type of track against very strong rivals. Right now, he is 5th before a classification where slipstreams will come in and be key. A lot of emotion and great parity is expected on that side of the table. Alonso needs a good starting place, like 5th place, to aim for a good result without affecting his starting position. Mercedes should be a great rival. While. McLaren lost in FP3, with Norris 17th and Piastri 14th, and Williams finished with Albon in 9th place.
Source: La Verdad
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