ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 2021

This was the Italian Grand Prix where Lewis and Max collide halfway through the race and end up both retired. Then Daniel Ricciardo wins the race with Lando in second and it became McLaren weekend.

It was such a super scary moment between Max and Lewis.

This weekend was an experimental format again with a sprint. It looked dull compared to the Dutch Grand Prix the weekend before cause there was so much fan energy, until this huge drama happened mid-race. It is being called the defining image of the season with Max’s car flying over Lewis. I’ve got to say, Monza somehow always does create drama.

Practice 1

• okay buckle in it’s another experimental format weekend

• AWWWWW they renamed the Parabolica! That was my favorite name awwwww

• Kubica is still in for Kimi this weekend since Kimi is still out with Covid

• This was the week of all the driver market news!! Bottas from Mercedes to Alfa Romeo, George Russell from Williams to Mercedes and Alex Albon to Williams!! Wowwww what changes. I know George was going to go to Mercedes and he deserves it but I wish it had been after Lewis was gone because I dread him having to play second fiddle to Hamilton and I just hope they will give George his fair chance to compete even though I don’t think they will. I would have rather Ocon went to Mercedes because Ocon would have been a perfect second fiddle for Hamilton

Qualifying

• there’s an adorable kid yelling his face off about Ferrari and it’s great to see

• There’s something wrong with Charles car and he asks about it in the radio and as usual ferrari doesn’t know what it is

• Charles is cut off on his way out of the pits by Mazepin and the stewards note it

• And then there’s ANOTHER Mazepin incident noted with Kubica

• Mazepin complaining that Mick Schumacher “needs to get a move on” ughhhh how dare he address little schu

• Wow this traffic is unbelievable every single year

• Out in Q1: George Russell, Latifi, Mick Schumacher, Kubica, Mazepin

• Latifi almost hit some wildlife on the track

• OH WAIT Yuki had a lap time deleted so now Yuki is out instead of George and George is still in Q2!!

• It’s the first time we’ve had Jost Capito of Williams on the pit wall and he seems like a lot of fun

• Ferrari found a problem in Charles car and they’re not telling us what it is but it is not looking good

• WOAH there was just nonsense getting out onto the track at the end of Q2 and an Aston almost hit a Mercedes and they all almost took out an Alpine mechanic directing a car and Max was so mad about the whole thing that he shot out of the pits and overtook 4 cars

• Pit lane incident will be investigated after the race

• Out in Q2: Vettel, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon and Russell

• What in heck is Gio doing in Q3 again

• At the last second Bottas goes fastest!!! Taking it away from Hamilton for the sprint!!

• Bot on pole, then Hamilton and then Max, Norris, Ricciardo, Gasly

Free Practice 2

• Carlos Sainz has a big crash and causes a red flag. Front end of the Ferrari is really broken and they have to figure out how to fix it before the sprint race later. Big impact for Carlos and it sent his head forward a lot more than you usually see and he reports he’s a little hurt but he’s okay. Went to medical center.

• Charles has to bring the Ferrari into the garage because there’s something wrong he can’t say on the radio so it’s very secret. It could be something that would get the team into trouble if he said it on the radio. Oh Ferrari

Sprint race

• oh RIGHT the weird floating graphics, I forgot

• Oh RIGHT the weird photos for the drivers on the grid lineup

• MAX AND BOT have GREAT STARTS and HAMILTON GETS EATEN UP AT THE START AND LOSES 4 PLACES YESSSSSSS

• WOAH Gasly is in the wall and it was cause he clipped the back of the McLaren in front of him and his front wing shot under him and put him in the gravel but luckily the impact was minimal

• Kubica also spins out and it turns out it was YUKI who hit him!!!

• Safety car to clean up Gasly

• Stewards rule no investigation necessary in Yuki hitting kubica

• Charles transponder broken and it appears at the end of the field but he is still near the front, it’s wrong

• Perez gets by Stroll but goes over a corner and gains an advantage and won’t give the place back but then he does and gets Stroll again on the next lap

• Stewards note the Perez and Stroll incident

• Lando is defending against Hamilton brilliantly and keeping Hamilton behind, go child go

• Hahahaha Hamilton still can’t get past Lando AND Hamilton has a squirrelly moment and almost loses the car

• Aw geez now they are investigating the Perez and Lando thing, why

• Okay no investigation necessary

• This is just 18 laps but very exciting

• OKAY SO Bottas wins, BUT HE HAS AN ENGINE PENALTY so HE STARTS FROM THE BACK, which means MAX STARTS ON POLE, then DANIEL Ricciardo in second!! And LANDO Norris in third!! Fantastic

Race

• Yuki having brake problems so they start from the pit lane

• Eeeee Daniel and Max starting next to each other

• Ferrari starting in a different by tire than everyone else like usual

• Charles wasn’t feeling well yesterday so that was what the mysterious radio call was

• UMM DANIEL IN THE LEAD off the line and then Hamilton makes up a place to third getting past Lando but then Gio reenters the track and Carlos Sainz hits him and puts him in the wall but somehow Gio keeps going and it’s a virtual safety car

• then there’s an incident where Hamilton goes off and Hamilton accuses Max of pushing him off but it was just a racing incident

• Gasly retires because of something in the back and Yuki also isn’t going to be in the race so both Alpha Tauris are out basically right away

• No investigation necessary on the thing where Hamilton says he was pushed wide hahaha I know right

• Max reports he can’t get close to Daniel

• Daniel getting track limits warning

• Gio getting a 5 second penalty for unsafely rejoining the track, I totally thought they would give Carlos the penalty for hitting Gio

• Perez making up places and gets past Sainz to sixth with some great racing

• 12/52 Lando keeps Hamilton behind him!!

• It’s helping Hamilton in fourth that Daniel is keeping Max behind him so that is very upsetting

• Ocon completely pushes Vettel into the gravel and it’s so typical, giving Ocon a race win makes him worse on track. Being investigated by the stewards

• Max is having problems harvesting energy for a pass

• HA Esteban Ocon gets a five second time penalty for the move on Vettel

• Max has to go over the chicane and rejoins but it doesn’t give him an advantage or disadvantage. They investigate it but no investigation necessary

• 23/53 daniel pits!!

• 24/53 OHHHH NOOOOOO MAX PITS AND IT IS A COMPLETELY UNEXPLAINED LONG PIT STOP AND IT WAS 11.1 SECONDS NOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS RUINS EVERYTHING FOR MAXY AND THIS BAD PIT STOP COULD NOT COME AT A WORSE TIME

• Hamilton has a little longer pit stop of 4.2 seconds but it’s still

• MAX AND LEWIS HIT EACH OTHER IN A BIZARRE INCIDENT WHERE MAX’S CAR IS LAUNCHED ONTO HAMILTONS CAR AND IT ENDS UP WEDGED UNDER MAX’S RED BULL. Max did nothing wrong and Max had earned the weight to some space and Lewis did not leave him a cars width!!!! It all put Lewis in huge danger and the incident is too scary to watch and it launched Max right in the air

• Max is so furious he just walks away and he doesn’t even want to go to the pit stand and is going back I to the garage and Max says he doesn’t leave me any space to Helmut and he is completely right

• Max and Lewis incident investigated after the race

• First time Hamilton hasn’t finished in like 63 races or something

• Charles pits under the safety car and it helps him IMMENSELY all the sudden and he’s in second!! WOAH

• After safety car start, Lando gets past Charles and there are scraps everywhere, Perez gets past off the track and will it be an advantage

• Vettel hits little Schumacher and then Schumacher is spin around by Mazepin, for goodness sake

• Bottas is on a FEARSOME charge all the way from the back and it’s overtaking everybody and he’s in fourth now

• There is so much crazy racing behind the restart I cannot even keep up

• 37/53 both Mclarens are in 1 and 2 and are in danger from Bottas creeping up to get the lead eventually

• Charles is always such a fair racer

• 37/53 THE STEWARDS give PEREZ a 5 second time penalty for gaining an advantage off the track and its added to his race time at the end UGHHHH

• 39/53 Now Charles is back charging at Bottas and just found a ton of pace

• HA a 5-second time penalty for Mazepin hitting Schumacher!! TAKE THAT MAZEPIN

• Mazespin hits one of the styrofoam barriers on the chicane and Lando will do it as long as it’s best for the team

• Team orders telling Lando not to try and overtake his teammate for first

• Bottas pace has just gone away suddenly after his crazy charge

• 41/53 double yellows to replace the styrofoam blocks on the chicane but it scared me

• 43/53 Perez and Bottas scrapping and Perez manages to stay ahead from Bottas mistake

• 43/53 Mazepin stopped on the side of the track and it’s double yellows and hopefully they can just push him away but they pull a virtual safety car and they push Mazepin’s car into the opening and it appears his engine just lost power and retires

• If McLaren wins it’s the second longest gap between an ever present constructor cause their last win was nine years ago? And now they’re in 1 and 2

• 51/53 lance stroll under investigation for failing to slow under yellow flags hahah

• DANIEL RICCIARDO WINS, the first time since Monaco 2018, LANDO IN SECOND, Perez crosses third but drops to fifth for the five second time penalty, so Bottas takes third, Charles in fourth!!!

• The celebrations for McLaren are absolutely just heartwarming in every way

• I can’t believe it’s finally a Daniel win again. Wow!!

• Daniel does a shoey! And then does one with the other shoe for Lando and Zak brown!

• Bottas did an awesome drive all the way up to third from the back and he’s just fantastic

POST RACE UPDATE: THE STEWARDS GAVE MAX A 3-PLACE GRID PENALTY FOR THE NEXT RACE IN SOCHI EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TOTALLY CLEAR IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT