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World Cup 2021 The duel between Verstappen and Hamilton
In the Variante del Rettifilo, a devilish funnel, the photographers took the great image of the 2021 World Cup:
Max Verstappen's
front wing
buried, with the rear wheels still with the inertia of the turn, like the weak pulse of a dying man; the bruises on the halo of the Mercedes, which had kept
Lewis Hamilton's
head safe
from a fatal blow. One car on top of another, although hierarchies did not matter there. The two speed aces were stranded on the gravel. The first to get out of the
cockpit
was Max, with very bad manners, while Hamilton tried for almost a minute. Any effort was in vain. The Italian GP belonged to
Daniel Ricciardo
, which gave McLaren its first victory since 2012, accompanied on the podium by team-mate
Lando Norris
and
Valtteri Bottas
. Little more could be asked of
Carlos Sainz
and
Fernando Alonso
, sixth and ninth, on this historic Monza Sunday.
On lap 26, just as the half of the test was about to end, many unfinished business between the two candidates for the title were aired. Hamilton came out of the
pits
, with little grip on the tires and wanted to keep inside. Verstappen lunged like a maniac and was spat on by the
chicane
piano
. Neither gave an inch. They both finished at zero.
Michael Masi
, race director, ordered the pertinent investigation while the McLarens flew towards the dreamed double and Bottas, who had started penultimate, culminated a formidable comeback. The reward for the immense work of
Andreas Seidl
and
Zak Brown
in the Woking team and a candy for the bitter Finn.
It was the epilogue to a Sunday of unlimited emotions at Monza, where Mercedes had taken their feet out of the pot by choosing the hard tires for Hamilton.
They had to try something, from that fifth place on the grid, against a Verstappen installed on pole.
However, the Dutchman lost the lead to Ricciardo on arrival at the first
chicane
.
Hamilton did the same in front of Norris, with a magnificent hasty braking, so that the two giants risked everything on their arrival at the Variante de la Roggia.
"It has pushed me out", explained the Briton about the maneuver.
Bottas, on the attack
Who could not avoid the disaster was
Antonio Giovinazzi
, whose fierce attack on Sainz ended in a very bad way. For no apparent reason, the Alfa Romeo's top against the wall gave way to the
virtual safety-car
. One less rival for Sainz and Alonso, who did enough to maintain their position.
Sergio Pérez
, with unusual authority, was going to record the limitations of Carlos' Ferrari.
Speed, indeed, was the heritage of the McLaren and Norris was even able to contain Hamilton's onslaught on the eleventh lap.
From behind, Bottas had completed almost as many overtakings in 17 laps as in the previous 13 rounds of the World Championship.
One of them, before the Red Bull squire, after skipping a scandalous curve.
The other chapter of the discourse was elucidated by
Esteban Ocon
and
Sebastian Vettel
, although there was no sanction for the Frenchman.
Ricciardo celebrates his triumph at Monza with the McLaren team.REUTERS
Ahead, even though he didn't know it yet, Ricciardo was shooting for glory and a chain of calamities loomed over Verstappen.
It all started on lap 21, skipping the first chicane.
That unmistakable sign of tire degradation preceded Ricciardo's entry to the pits, resolved by McLaren with absolute normality.
A lap later Max passed, but a jam on the right front wheel caused him to lose 11.1 seconds.
Through that gap his chances of victory disappeared.
Mercedes, not least, also missed with 4.7 seconds in the pitstop of Hamilton, who left the pit with all the urgencies in the world.
A few meters later he would run into his great nemesis, who is still at the top of the World Cup, with just three points of margin.
There are new ahead.
If you need more adrenaline, stay tuned.
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