“We’re only two steps away”, said Angelo Sticchi Damiani, who has been leading the campaign to safeguard Monza’s future in his role as president of the Italian Automobile Club (ACI). He’s aiming for his fourth win overall at the track, with his three victories to date all coming from pole position.
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“I’m feeling much better, which is very good news”, Magnussen said on.
Formula One is braced for the next episode of the Max Verstappen show as Red Bull’s teen sensation heads for Ferrari’s home circuit only days after making the Italian team’s drivers see red.
Hamilton edged Rosberg by 0.193 seconds.
Raikkonen’s second stint with Ferrari and his current pairing with four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel have not borne the fruit many hoped it would.
Magnussen was running eighth when he crashed, just behind team-mate Jolyon Palmer, who, after suffering from tyre degradation in the remainder of the race, slipped back to 15th.
Daniel Ricciardo was next in the other Red Bull, and Fernando Alonso overcame technical problems in gis McLaren Honda to place seventh.
“Teamwork pays just as it does in Formula One”, he said on Twitter. On the main straight, speeds topped out at 355 kph (220 mph).
After serving his engine penalty in Spa – a punishment which has been looming over him since the opening races of the season – Hamilton is now the firm favourite to seal his third title in as many years.
Hamilton, 31, holds a nine-point lead over his German rival after Rosberg was victorious in the Belgium Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton is aiming for his 50th career win on Sunday. He finished 17 a year ago and second in 2014.
Jenson Button trialled the Halo – the cockpit protection device which will not be introduced until 2018 at the earliest – for the first time on Friday.
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“Regretfully we can not sign it here legally”, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said, “More importantly we have reached an agreement after a few months of negotiations between the lawyers”.
