2022 Formula One Italian Grand Prix

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Who will win the Italian Grand Prix?

  • Verstappen

    Votes: 223 66.8%
  • Leclerc

    Votes: 78 23.4%
  • Perez

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • Russell

    Votes: 7 2.1%
  • Sainz

    Votes: 10 3.0%
  • Hamilton

    Votes: 6 1.8%
  • Other driver

    Votes: 7 2.1%

  • Total voters
    334
Formula 1 takes on the fastest circuit on the calendar this weekend, with some potentially interesting mid-field battles set to take place.

Racing's Temple of Speed, Monza, is the site of Formula 1 racing this weekend. In addition to being home to the fastest F1 lap ever recorded with Lewis Hamilton's 1:18.887 Q3 time in 2020, Monza has also provided storylines for fans in recent years.

Daniel Ricciardo's most recent win came at Monza, and Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided in turn 1 in the midst of their famous season-long battle last year.

This year's championship battles for drivers and constructors have been far less hotly contested, with Verstappen and the Red Bull team comfortably ahead in either contest.

Behind them, Ferrari and Mercedes aren't far apart in the standings thanks to Mercedes claiming second and fourth last time out at Zandvoort. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finds himself in a second tightly-contested points battle as well, tied with Red Bull's Sergio Perez for second place in the drivers' standings.

Monza favours cars with stronger high speed capabilities, and could be yet another showcase of the dominant Red Bull car. While the 2022 regulations will keep the cars from setting a record breaking laptime, the ability to follow closer than last season through fast corners could make for some interesting on-track battles.

Give us your predictions in the comments below.

Image credit: Ferrari
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Man that Ferrari livery looks awesome, especially Sainz's car with the additional yellow trim...makes IMO the best looking Ferrari in a decade look even better.

Although all signs point to another Verstappen win, I'm gonna believe in the miracle of unlikely Ferrari victories in Italy this weekend and say they get it right tomorrow. Would be cool though to see a Brit win it this weekend given the Queen's passing.
 
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Excellent work Leclerc! Let's see what happens tomorrow!
 
Impressed by Nyck’s performance. Driving 2 different cars, also with completely different steering wheels, within 2 days, and finishing 13th in qualy ahead of his teammate. I hope he can score some points tomorrow, so even when he never gets a seat in F1, he will have scored some points in F1 at least and be really part of F1 history.
 
Probably a combo of Nick being that good and Latifi being that bad...
Yep, I have to admit that, as much as I'd like to see a fellow Canadian do well, Latifi isn't good enough to be in F1. I can see him having a fine career in GT, but he's out of his depth in F1.
 
Monza is great, one of the simpler tracks & can sometimes be a bit uneventful, but there have been some memorable races.
Hoping for an interesting race tomorrow.
 
It's hard not to think about what Ferrari will do this time to sabotage their team.
 
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Since F1 has a budget cap, why they still need these stupid grid penalties?
It's an easy was of mixing the grid up and make racing "better". Also when a *insert dominant car* comes from near the back to end up near the front, the commentators get to rave about "one of the best drives of all time", when in reality, it's just a good car doing what good cars do.
 
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It's an easy was of mixing the grid up and make racing "better". Also when a *insert dominant car* comes from near the back to end up near the front, the commentators get to rave about "one of the best drives of all time", when in reality, it's just a good car doing what good cars do.
overtaking is an art not everyone is equally good at it ;)
 

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