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The International Court of Appeals has finally settled who took the third step of the Monaco podium; Isack Hadjar or Pierre Gasly. After numerous decisions and counter decisions Hadjar will retain the trophy. Runners and Riders has followed the twists and turns with our scoring. The final results have been posted.
The best general admission ticket at Monza is at the second Lesmos. Entering the north end of the track from camping and going through security you walk through tunnel that goes under the track; of course admiring the “Burnie Sucks” graffiti scrawled within. Turn right out of the sewer drain and you are at Della Roggia. To the left are the very desirable general admission stands. About five rows high on the inside of the very treacherous corner is a mini-grandstand. Seating for around 120 lucky fans. A big screen directly across the track. Trees overhead. Food in the park behind. Ah, Monza. But get there early.
Once again we have seat swaps in F1. Hadjar will once again take Yuki Tsunoda's driver points and the car points will stay where they were.
Rankings based on the most recently processed race results
| 1. | 🥇 The Quick and the Dead |
| 2. | 🥈 VSC |
| 3. | 🥉 Das Boot |
| 4. | Schucheater |
| 5. | 94 Doesn't Count |
| 6. | Neutral Net F2 |
| 7. | Team Carlos |
| 8. | Sawhorse Power |
| 9. | Golden Doodle Racing |
| 10. | Scondid Racing |
Last year he brought his high school mates to the race. This year he won it. It was fun watching the two Merc drivers respectfully racing each other. Not today. Maybe tomorrow morning George RUSSELL will wake up and recognize his best chance of winning the world championship is now gone. The realization that the little Italian is just faster. After today the points stand at 267 to 201. A late friend of mine said the Italian national anthem would best be played on a calliope. With tears in their eyes those celebrating under the best podium in racing are more than happy to sing their national anthem at Monza. Not so much for the home team. Is Charles LECLERC this generations Gilles VILLENEUVE? And enough of Lewis HAMILTON whingeing. Get on with it. Drive the car. Does driving for Ferrari do something to you? Kudos must be given to Pierre GASLY. He and team boss Flavio BRIATORE knew it was unlikely that he win the grand prix. Signing the pole position tyre trophy may have been enough. Who has never made it out of Qualification 1 this year. His best grid position was 18th, twice. Five times he’s been off pole position by over five seconds. His biggest time difference to pole was +5.782 seconds in Barcelona. The closest he’s come to the pole position time was +2.718 seconds in Hungary. More hints needed? The triumph of the year was finishing 13th in Hungary after starting 20th. If Lance isn’t blushing beneath his balaclava he should be. Again flying under the radar is Arvid LINDBLAD. Making Q3 with ease and guiding the Racing Bulls to 8th in the race. Unlike Yuki TSUNODA and Liam LAWSON who never really glittered. Hopefully Isack HADJAR will be back next week. No hitting the heavy bag O.K. With the MadRing next on the schedule and new to F1 more fun looks to be directly ahead.The gift that keeps on giving.