That’s what we really want.
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The Austrian said: “Our system has improved a lot but obviously today, machine and driver got it wrong”.
Gobbled up by Rosberg, both Ferrari drivers and then the Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo on the long run down to the opening chicane, Hamilton was left facing an nearly impossible task of winning for a third year on the trot in Italy.
Hamilton began the race in very bad fashion, slipping from pole to sixth. The German driver won by a massive lead of 15 seconds over Hamilton who recovered to the second place after dropping to sixth. Pagenaud said afterward that Power, who missed the first race of the season because of concussion symptoms, was OK.
“I feel a part of me is Italian because I have a lot of friends and grew up with the culture, so it’s special for me”, he explained before moving into it with “Doh, doh, doh…doh” which, to universal amazement, the crowd joined in. Nobody. Because if you start to blame people this is when it starts going downhill because people will try to protect their a*** and make sure they have a conservative system in place rather that putting the best developments on the vehicle. When I found myself beside Negrao going into Turn One, I thought I had a chance. “But he has had many good starts and it can happen”. I’m happy with my performance this weekend but after such an incredible qualifying day yesterday it was disappointing to be unable to capitalize.
Zach Veach went from fifth to first on the opening lap of the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires race at Watkins Glen International and never looked back en route to his second win of the season on the top rung of the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires ladder.
‘We are never blaming anybody, ‘ said Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.
But in Australia, Bahrain and Italy, he was aided by Hamilton losing ground badly at the start, which left him too much to do. “Once you are out front here it is relatively plain and simple… all he had to do was match some of my times and he was sorted”, said Hamilton. “It speaks for the team”. I hear that coming to Monza it’s a sort of extra burden, extra pressure, I think it’s much the opposite for everyone in the team. And I think you could see at the end the result was fairly clear.
“No, because as I say I am not thinking about it”.
After an initially normal start, the polesitter was then very slow off the grid, leaving him swamped by other cars getting around him before he finally went through the first chicane in sixth place.
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The rules governing the start were changed past year, reducing the amount of information drivers have to help with clutch settings. I noticed that the inside lane was moving faster at the start so I knew I would be in a good position. “We have 21 races thought the season and you need to have an engine, chassis and downforce combination that works well on average”.
