Monza.- At the worst time of the season, Ferrari He arrives at his house, in a Grand Prix of Italy In the Monza circuit where McLaren and the Australian Oscar Piastri They have the opportunity to take an almost decisive step towards the title.
Zero points. That was the baggage with which Zandvoort’s Italian team left last weekend, after the abandonments of his two pilots in the Great Prize of Netherlands.
When they fought for the top 5, the English Lewis Hamilton He was the first to be offside after getting out of the track. Shortly after it was Monegasco’s turn Charles Leclercvictim of a clash with the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes).
Hamilton aspires to a feat
This double abandonment was a hard blow for Ferrari, in struggle for the second place in the Construction Championship, which saw how its advantage over Mercedes (third) won only 12 points.
“We had the necessary rhythm to achieve a good result,” lamented the patron of the Scuderia, Frédéric Vasseur.
In the “temple of speed”, as is known to the legendary circuit of Monza, located a couple of hours of Maranello, the historical headquarters of Ferrari, the Scuderia can count on the unconditional support of the Tifosi to raise the head and hope of reviving the joy of a year ago, when Leclerc took the race.
“This season we are more competitive, but with such an equal squad (behind McLaren) we have to be irreproachable,” Vasseur insisted.
For Hamilton, who will live his first GP in Monza with the red monkey, it would be ideal to release his victories locker in Ferrari with a triumph on Sunday … Nothing easy considering that he drags a sanction of the GP from the Netherlands of five positions on the exit grill.
Collapint, threatened
So far it has been McLaren who has monopolized almost all the joys of the season and in Monza he will look for his 13th victory (he has only let the victory escape twice), with Piastri and Lando Norris clearly leading the World Cup.
Nine races for the end of the championship, the Australian hit a week ago by winning the GP of the Netherlands and seeing how Norris left for a engine problem.
The 34 points that separate both in the World Cup are not negligible when the championship will enter its final stretch.
Behind, the 104 disadvantage units of Max Verstappen (3rd) with respect to Piastri seem insurmountable.
Asked Sunday about his chances of winning his first world championship, Piastri preferred to be cautious: “I would not say that my advantage is very comfortable, much remains to be done and everything can change very fast.”
For another very different reason, the Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto attracts attention, to which the rumors place near his site in Alpine to the Estonian Paul aron definitively.
At the moment, the team confirmed that Aron will run the first free rehearsals on Friday in Italy, which seems to go in that direction.
