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[midgrid]

It seems that Formula 1 has settled into the pattern of a classic race decided by popular vote on Wednesday evenings, and an, erm, not-so-classic race on Saturday afternoons.  The tapes of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix don't even need the dust cleaning off them before the race will be replayed at 2 pm (UTC) tomorrow.

 

Nevertheless, the event saw an absorbing battle between Hamilton, Bottas and Leclerc, hopefully not too tarnished by subsequent Ferrari-engine shenanigans, and should be worth a repeat view.

[midgrid]

Behold the spotters' guide that no-one asked for or needs!

 

[Risil]

Remember when Toro Rosso were still called Toro Rosso? Those were the days.

[messy]

I think I’ll give this one a miss thanks.

[azza200]

meh 

[chrisj]

This was one of the best races in years.

[TomNokoe]

I was really hoping we'd go thread-less for this one. A mindboggling choice from F1!

[Brawn BGP 001]

Remember when Toro Rosso were still called Toro Rosso? Those were the days.

who was that Hulk geezer?

[rodlamas]

We will see the day Leclerc was not punished for forcing Hamilton out of the track, on which he cut a chicane and after that changed direction dangerously in front of Hamilton. With an illegal PU at the back.   

[Astandahl]

We will see the day Leclerc was not punished for forcing Hamilton out of the track, on which he cut a chicane and after that changed direction dangerously in front of Hamilton. With an illegal PU at the back.   

Still salty i see

 

Anyway should have picked Silverstone 2019. The real best race of last year.

Edited by Astandahl, 11 April 2020 - 00:31.

[midgrid]

The broadcast begins in just over ten minutes:

 

[Lights]

Still salty i see

 

Anyway should have picked Silverstone 2019. The real best race of last year.

 

Well if that's salty then hold my shaker. I wanted Leclerc to win, but not like this. The driving was over the line and from an objective point of view it should have been penalized.

 

The use of the black-and-white flag was inconsistent and the reasoning from Masi ("absence of contact") was nonsense.

[Spillage]

Watched this one in a bar in Cyprus whilst on holiday. The waiter was very excited when Leclerc won.

[rodlamas]

Well if that's salty then hold my shaker. I wanted Leclerc to win, but not like this. The driving was over the line and from an objective point of view it should have been penalized.

 

The use of the black-and-white flag was inconsistent and the reasoning from Masi ("absence of contact") was nonsense.

We all know they did not put Leclerc because other than that they would have probably seen a track invasion during the race and the Mercedes crew + the FIA would have needed police protection to get to the airport.

 

And the purpose of the black/white flag is like an yellow card. Leclerc did multiple faults and only got a warning for one of those.

[Elloh]

Lovely race to attend so was nice to watch it again, booked tickets for this years race too fingers crossed

[Astandahl]

We all know they did not put Leclerc because other than that they would have probably seen a track invasion during the race and the Mercedes crew + the FIA would have needed police protection to get to the airport.

 

And the purpose of the black/white flag is like an yellow card. Leclerc did multiple faults and only got a warning for one of those.

[Anuity]

Actually it was a very nice race in 2019. Some nice battles, tension between Leclerc-Hamilton and quite honestly good race director I thought. Also obviously an epic win in Monza by a  star Ferrari rookie.

I can imagine it becoming a classic in 20 years time. 

 

I did not watch the race today, instead opting to rewatch Monza 1994.

It's funny how during that 1994 race you could almost think by watching/hearing commentators that Alesi would come and win races/poles with an ease of Leclerc.

 

 

The cars looked/sounded great, and it brought a lot of nostalgia feeling, but apart from that I was surprised by how little action actually happened on the track, apart from retirenments/crashes.

 

And the race director was far worse than anything in 2019. Arguably the most exciting driver during the race was Katayama (very underrated driver in my books), but only one of his overtakes was shown, that is on Hakkinen, which was quite impressive.

 

Still a good race though, with quite some tension. Poor Alesi, he had it in a bag.

 

Monza 2019 was a better race though, nostalgia aside.

Edited by Anuity, 12 April 2020 - 00:00.