Radical turn in the World Cup. In Imola the seventh race of the season out of a total of 24 was held There is still a world left. And yes, this Sunday Max Verstappen won again at F1 Emilia-Romagna GP, but this time he did it by sticking out his tongue, spitting, sweating and under great pressure. He won because he was at an incredible level and because after his failure in Miami it was difficult for him to make a mistake again. He earned his 5th win in 7 races and perhaps his advantage at world This is big. It takes 48 points from Charles Leclerc2nd overall to him Ferrari. And 60 to one now seems to be his biggest rival on the track: Lando Norris. But the rest of the championship could be very different from the military parade that the two previous campaigns were.
In the race has been confirmed McLaren has come to stay. And Ferrari, on other types of circuits, will be there too. That means F1 has reached Monaco after a great change: we have come out of the great success of Verstappen and Red Bull doubles Pérez, to have a total of 6 cars fighting for victories, with favorite tracks for each depending on the characteristics of the layouts. It’s thrilling.
Red Bull, McLaren and a Ferrari not there at Imola, but on other types of tracks will choose everything with Carlos Sainz and Leclerc. Mercedes and Aston Martin will lose, but they are far behind, especially Alonso’s team, which at Imola received a clear warning that it must improve.
For now, Max is holding on thanks to his immense talent. The key to this Sunday’s race will be qualifying on Saturday because of how difficult it is to overtake at Imola. He did what he had to do with a car that wasn’t as superior as this one. However, the Dutchman always manages to whip out his magic wand and make a difference with his hands. At ‘qualy’, the slipstream he took from Nico Hülkenberg and his subsequent drive to the limit earned him a pole which at Imola was half the victory.
And a day later, even after a busy night as he completed several relays in a 24-hour simulation race, the three-time world champion did everything right to win. But he won, suffering Norris’ better pace at the end of the race due to the McLaren’s better tire management. And Max crossed the finish line with only a 0.7 lead A few more laps and there could be a fight.
6 cars for victory in Monaco?
However, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen believe that the massive parity seen at Imola between the best cars may mean nothing for Monaco next weekend given how different and special the Principality’s track is .
What does what happened at Imola mean for Monaco? Nothing, because Monaco is different. But you can see, of course, that (the fight for victories) is clearly close now. I think I have a bit of rhythm on the medium rubber, but then I have no rhythm on the hard rubber. And at the end of the day, we reached the finish line just as we had almost started the race. It is very close and Monaco is always very hectic. You have to hit the head throughout qualifying to get a lap, get the tires going when it counts… it’s always very difficult. Monaco is very special, I would say, in that sense,” argued Verstappen.
“Nothing”Lando Norris answered the same question. “It’s a different circuit… so not much, really. Imola is very good for the team. It gives them a lot of confidence. We’re on the right track. We’re fighting against the Ferraris and the Red Bulls and that’s the expectation now. So if we were worse in the second today, I think we didn’t do a good job and we were disappointed. We want to do the same thing again, but it’s a different track. We’ll have to see how we do on Friday and ask me again.”added the British McLaren driver.
They say that Imola does not need to indicate what is happening in Monaco. But from their words it is clear that they both know that everything will be very close in front of a classification that, like in Imola, will be the most important thing of the weekend because of the impossibility of overtaking in the Principality.
Alonso Alert: needs real improvements
Imola is an important announcement for Aston Martin. The green team had many new features in its car for the Italian event but they did not work as desired. The clearest response is Alonso’s: “Without two or three tenths every two or three races is difficult.” Everything that Ferrari and McLaren have introduced seems to be working and they keep making steps forward. Meanwhile, the Silverstone team cannot extract the tenths it needs from every evolutionary package and must change that trend.
Of course, Imola is not a perfect track to draw conclusions because of its pianos. For example, Leclerc already said this in a press conference: “It’s not the best circuit to judge the improvements, especially because the curb passing is so big here that if you have a good car on the curbs that can hide a little more what the real arrangement is.” But this does not hide that Aston Martin should improve more. Alonso needs it to fight at the top.
Furthermore, the new features introduced in the final races could take away the greatest weapon that Aston Martin had at the start of the year: his pace in one lap in qualifying, although he later sank in the race due to his further deterioration. The car has now become a difficult car, which does not give Fernando Alonso confidence when he needs to push it to the limit. You don’t have to be a lynx to know this after seeing something unprecedented at Imola: that Alonso left the track in two consecutive sessions as he did on Friday in the transalpine race.
In this sense, Alonso needs to be more alert than ever in Monaco. It can be said that the Monegasque race does not come at the best time for the green team. It is not ideal to arrive in the Principality with a car that does not give you the confidence to go to the limit, possibly one of the most important things to be fast and approach the walls of Monaco to make the differences in your hands and avoid the accident
Alonso will have to work hard and may suffer on the Monegasque court.
Source: La Verdad
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