Motorsport journalist and podcaster
A highly rated Spaniard from Renault and a promising British rookie from Formula Two have been announced as McLaren’s driver line-up next season. Sound familiar?
The Italian Grand Prix was a proper motor race — unless you’re a Ferrari fan, of course. I ask Luca Manacorda how it all went so wrong for the Scuderia at Monza.
For eight long years Ferrari’s raucous home-crowd support had waited for the Scuderia to win at Monza, and when they packed into the grandstands to see Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel line up on the front row of the grid, they dared to dream the drought was about to break.
Ferrari’s Italian dream was alive for all of about 35 seconds. Then it became a nightmare.
Lewis Hamilton has sensationally snatched victory against Ferrari to extend his championship lead to 30 points in a blockbuster Italian Grand Prix.