The Italian Grand Prix says goodbye to the triplet of consecutive races and also the European Formula 1 season. Red Bull threatens to humiliate Ferrari at home, will the Maranello team manage to resurface after a bad run?
The Monza circuit is the fastest in the Formula 1 World Championship. Once a bastion of Ferrari even in the most discreet seasons of the Maranello team, this year looks more propitious than ever for Red Bull and Max Verstappen.
The Anglo-Austrian team has dominated on the fast circuits thanks to the exceptional top speed of its Red Bull RB18, so Ferrari will have to be at its best if it wants to win against the tifosi In the call “Magic Track”.
Formula 1 schedules on Friday at Monza
The last European race of the season will be held with the usual schedules of the races that are held on the Old Continent. The first day will consist of two free practice sessions of 60 minutes each.
The first will start at 2:00 p.m. in mainland Spain, while the second will start at 5:00 p.m. In the following table you can see the schedules for Spain and some Latin American cities:
SCHEDULES OF THE FORMULA 1 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 2022
THIS IS THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE F1 WORLD CUP
How to follow and where to watch the Formula 1 Italian GP
As usual, DAZN deals with broadcasting the queen category of motorsports through its platform streaming in Spain on the DAZN F1 channel (which can also be seen on Movistar).
However, residents of countries whose retransmission rights have not been acquired exclusively by any national channel have the option of contracting F1TVthe platform of streaming Formula 1 official.
Regardless of all this, in Motor.es We will tell you everything that happens at the Monza circuit and the rest of the events of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. For this we put at your disposal our live streams, in which we include comments, time tables and results in real time. In addition, we inform you of everything related to current affairs through news, reports and analysis in our section especially dedicated to the category.
Alonso, Sainz and Pérez at the Italian GP
The three Spanish-speaking drivers who compete in Formula 1 arrive at the Italian Grand Prix with very specific and defined objectives.
Fernando Alonso hopes to continue his streak of 10 consecutive races in the points. Also, considering Alpine’s good performance on the fast circuits, the Spaniard will surely want to try and finish the weekend with a new Top 5, while further reducing the disadvantage he has with his teammate, Esteban Ocon, in the drivers’ championship. Currently, both are separated by only 7 points.
Carlos Sainz he should go into the weekend with the aspirations of taking his first victory at Monza in front of his fans, but it is more than likely that he will have to change the engine, which would carry a penalty and the obligation to come back from the back of the grid on Sunday .
Finally, Sergio Perezalready with his championship options almost dead, will want to overtake Charles Leclerc and take advantage of the Monegasque in the dispute for second position in the Drivers’ World Championship.
This is the circuit: Monza
Nicknamed the temple of speed, Monza is the quintessential fast circuit prototype. Very long straights and many dotted with chicanes mean that the most important thing when facing this challenge is a car with high top speed and an outstanding ability to braking stability and traction.
This forces minimize downforce of the single-seater to be as fast as possible on the straights. But that doesn’t mean the car doesn’t have to be aerodynamically efficient, as it has two high-speed corners where it’s important to make the most of the little downforce the car has.
In the Ascari variant and in the Parabólica, the car spends a lot of time turning in support and at a high speedso a single-seater that is capable of having grip without penalizing top speed will be very fast in that area and will have a higher initial speed on the main straight.
One feature to note at Monza is the pianos. Many of them are flat, but others, like those of the variants, are very high and force the engineers to adjust the suspensions with them, because on this track it is essential to attack them decisively to be fast. Those single-seaters with a chassis stiffer than normal they can suffer on this circuit, especially this year, as the cars of the new regulations are especially vulnerable in this regard.
In Monza everything is white or black, without half measures: great accelerations, strong braking, risky overtaking, very critical single-seaters as they lack downforce… and yet it is traditional to see how duels take place at the tenth. It is a track that requires drivers maximum concentrationsince it is difficult to take advantage in so few braking points.
The calendar of the Formula 1 World Championship
The 2022 season was intended to become the longest in history hosting 23 Formula 1 Grand Prix, although after the cancellation of the Russian Grand Prix it was not yet clear if this wish would be fulfilled. In the end it will not be like that and, once again, the championship will remain in 22 events.
Regardless of that, this year’s calendar has brought back classic events that were absent during the pandemic. We talk about racing Australia, Canada, Singapore and Japan. The first was already played during the month of April and the second did the same in June. The Asians will have to wait until the fall to certify their return.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE FOR THE 2022 FORMULA 1 SEASON
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The drivers and teams of the Formula 1 World Championship
But without a doubt the great protagonists of the 2022 Formula 1 Championship, as every year, are the participants: 10 teams and 20 drivers willing to complete the longest season in history touring four continents and 21 countries.
On this year’s grid we have three world champions, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, as well as a rookie driver: the Chinese Guanyu Zhou, who forms a couple with Valtteri Bottas at Alfa Romeo. We also see the return of Alexander Albon with Williams and Kevin Magnussen with Haas.
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One more season, Spain is represented by Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz, both framed in the same team as in 2021. The Spaniard defends the colors of Alpine and is in charge of executing THE PLAN to the best of his ability, which, however, does not include fighting for the title or for victories.
On the other hand, the man from Madrid could reach that point, as Ferrari has improved even more this year and already aspires to important things with Red Bull and Mercedes as main opponents. can Carlos Sainz beat again a very fast Charles Leclerc?
LIST OF ENTRIES IN THE 2022 F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Remember! The Italian Grand Prix kicks off this Friday with the first free practice session at 2:00 p.m. (CEST).