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In Mexico City triumph of Carlos Sainz and Ferrari
At Città of Mexico triumph of Carlos Sainz and Ferrari
Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari triumphs in the Mexico City Grand Prix preceding the McLaren of Lando Norris and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc who è third. Fourth and fifth Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in the Mercedes, sixth world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull.
As always Verstappen è the best at the start and at the end of the very long straight Sainz, who è already; behind the Dutchman, cuts the first corner remains in front but obviously has to let the world champion pass, but in the middle of the group Albon crashes into Tsunoda who ends up against the wall and then the safety car enters the track. Meanwhile, Perez is penalized 5 seconds for false start, actually è è because heé was clearly ahead of the starting pitch.
When we restart, on the ninth lap Sainz surprises Verstappen with a very long braking move and overtakes him, the next lap Norris also tries but once again fails to pass, or rather, he passes by cutting the corner after Verstappen has thrown him off, the Dutchman repasses him in front, the two touch, they both go out of the track limits and Leclerc takes the opportunity to pass them both and get behind Sainz! Moral of the story, Verstappen is penalized 20 seconds and not 5 for the second maneuver, and he will have to serve them at the pit stop!”
Max stops at the end of lap 26°, Norris at the end of lap 30° and in the next two laps è the turn of the two Ferraris, first Leclerc and then Sainz. Verstappen loses a dozen positions com the prolonged stop but in a few laps he regains the points zone and climbs up to sixth position behind the Mercedes of Russell who è fourth and Hamilton who è fifth and battling each other.
The first three positions seem to be crystallized with Sainz ahead of Leclerc and Norris but the Briton slowly gets closer to the Monegasque and when he è on him, with nine laps to go, Leclerc goes long and miraculously avoids the wall of the last corner but Norris passes him. With six laps to go Hamilton takes fourth place from teammate Russell.
Sainz crosses the finish line victorious, for him è his fourth Formula 1 win and second of the season after the one in Melbourne, Australia, for Ferrari è his fifth win of 2024 and third in the last five races. Norris and Leclerc move closer to Verstappen in the world standings at 47 and 71 points behind respectively but the margin è still reassuring for the Dutchman with four races and two sprints to go.
Leclerc gained an extra point with the fastest lap made on the last lap because the team made him stop as his lead over the Mercedes was very wide. In the constructors’ standings, the Maranello marque bypasses Red Bull by 25 lengths and moves to 29 from McLaren. Closing out the top ten, in the order from seventh to 10th, are Kevin Magnussen in Haas, Oscar Piastri in McLaren, Nico Hulkenberg in Haas and Pierre Gasly in Alpine.
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So Alessandro Nesta, Monza coach, on the eve of the match against Como: “It’s an important match for us because it’s been a difficult season, we’ve been missing something. Winning a derby can help put a piece to the season, it would be important, we hope to do well.”
Facing us will be mister Cesc Fabregas who in the conference spoke of a Monza that was difficult to beat and that, net of the standings, put many teams in trouble: “I return the esteem because he plays great soccer, his idea has been seen throughout the championship. I have to congratulate him”.
The derby against the Larians will be the first ever in Serie A at the’U-Power Stadium: “I hope tomorrow will be anyone’s day, anyone who wants to do their best to make history. If you win 1-0, 30 years from now we will remember that derby won because of a player. It’s an opportunity to stay in the history of this club. I would rather win the derby than finish second to last. You are always relegated, but if you win the derby you stay in history”.
Nesta recovers, at least for the bench, Luca Caldirola, Andrea Carboni and Stefano Sensi. “What I try to convey to the players are the difficulties I had. I had surgery 10 times and stopped at 38. All players have difficulties, but it matters how you react to difficulties. It’s easy to tell that I won the Champions League or that I won the World Cup, but you also have to tell that I lost a derby 5-1 and that I left the Olimpico in a helicopter. If you are given up for dead, you have to bring out the fire in you. Would I reconfirm myself next season? No, given the results”.
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When there were 30 minutes to the end of FP2 resumed the activity on the track, interrupted for the Jack Doohan’s very bad accident.
But the red flags were soon back flying for the’Fernando Alonso off the track, ended up in the sand without consequences for driver and car.
The tow truck had to intervene, however, to pull the’Aston Martin out of the gravel. Meanwhile, Doohan is at the medical center for checks.
Moral of the fairy tale, the second free practice session was interrupted four times by red flags, two due to Doohan and Alonso accidents and two due to principles of fire on the grass at the edge of the track due to very strong winds.
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Federica Brignone spent a quiet night at the La Madonnina Clinic in Milan. The Fisi Medical Commission that examined her this morning is satisfied with her post-operative course. Later in the day, the champion from Valle d’Aosta will begin assisted physiotherapy.
The ANSA reported the first words after the terrible injury at the Italian championships in Val di Fassa of the winner of the overall World Cup, the second of her career, as well as the downhill and giant slalom trophies and gold in giant slalom and silver in super-G at the World Championships.
“At the happiest time in my career, it just didn’t take, I had another month of work ahead of me and I was looking forward to it. Instead, I will have to face a new challenge in which I will put all of myself, as always,” Federica said.
“The track conditions were great, I was fine, and if I went back I would do everything the same again….trying, however, not to fall!” added Federica finding the strength to joke.
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