2018 Italian Grand Prix - Monza, 31 Aug - 2 Sep

[siskue2005]

Interesting from Vettel - he locked up but the rear end was unstable very early in the braking zone. That’s what led to the lockup. Maybe the balance not quite right.
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[MtthsMlw]

Only a second off the the track record.

[Phil]

Hamilton very close by end of S2, but lost 1.6-1.8 tenths in the last sector. (Vettel had a small mistake in S3 too)

Edit: closer on the second attempt, but had some traffic that maybe cost some.

It does seem though Ferrari are gonna be hard to beat in a straight fight.

Gonna be very interesting to see QF. Bottas really struggling... :/

[foxmulder_ms]

It is sooooo close between Ferraris and Hamilton.. where is bottas?!?!?

[NathanOlder]

Also Ferrari did only 4 laps on their qualy sim, Mercs did 6. So maybe had 2 extra laps of fuel. 0.081 is less time than carrying 2 laps of fuel. So still no wiser as to who will be on pole.

[PlatinumZealot]

Mercedes getting slaughtered on the straights of the third sector. Losing 1.6 tenths. I cannot see them winning this without misfortune for Ferrari.

[siskue2005]

It is sooooo close between Ferraris and Hamilton.. where is bottas?!?!?

he is running long almost 10 laps now, whereas all the other 3 only 5 laps

[F1NAC]

where is bottas?!?!?

towing Hamilton

[basti313]

It is sooooo close between Ferraris and Hamilton.. where is bottas?!?!?

Giving slipstream for Ham.
This is a $hitshow: Merc is so far away from Fer, that the only chance they see is Bot giving Ham slipstream to split the Ferraris. Merc is so far away from anyone else, that Bot does not even bother to do a normal FP3 but just practice slipstream for Ham.
Fer is not going for an extra run on fresh SS, but beat Ham with new tires and slipstream.
RedBull somewhere 1sec of everyone above and below...

Haas vs. the pink ones is the interesting battle of the weekend.

[MtthsMlw]

Fastest sectors
S1
Merc 27.056
Ferrari +0.019
RB +0.205

S2
Ferrari 26.859
Merc +0.026
RB +0.335

S3
Ferrari 26.438
Merc +0.185
RB +0.490

[Juzh]

Mercedes getting slaughtered on the straights of the third sector. Losing 1.6 tenths. I cannot see them winning this without misfortune for Ferrari.

3d sectors is also entire ascari and parabolica.

[siskue2005]

where is bottas?!?!?

towing Hamilton

no, they were very far apart all during his lap

[Morteza]

[Phil]

About Bottas being used to slipstream - is that true and any factual basis for that or are you guys just being provokative? Genuine question. I am watching RAI so apart from the footage, i have little clue what they are talking.

[F1NAC]

About Bottas being used to slipstream - is that true and any factual basis for that or are you guys just being provokative? Genuine question. I am watching RAI so apart from the footage, i have little clue what they are talking.

Well both last laps (fast ones) he was in front of Hamilton. And I think that's why Ham got purple S1 in his last run