The 2023 Italian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 15th round of the 2023 season taking place in Monza between the 1st and 3rd of September.

The event timetable for the Italian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
Sprint Qualifying 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		 Team
1	1:22.657	Max Verstappen	 Red Bull Racing
2	1:22.703	Carlos Sainz	 Ferrari
3	1:22.834	Sergio Perez	 Red Bull Racing
4	1:22.966	Charles Leclerc	 Ferrari
5	1:23.189	George Russell	 Mercedes
6	1:23.214	Fernando Alonso	 Aston Martin
7	1:23.241	Lando Norris	 McLaren
8	1:23.269	Lewis Hamilton	 Mercedes
9	1:23.271	Yuki Tsunoda	 AlphaTauri
10	1:23.444	Alexander Albon	 Williams
11	1:23.446	Oscar Piastri	 McLaren
12	1:23.661	Logan Sargeant	 Williams
13	1:23.833	Liam Lawson	 AlphaTauri
14	1:23.931	Pierre Gasly	 Alpine
15	1:23.952	Valtteri Bottas	 Alfa Romeo
16	1:24.067	Nico Hulkenberg	 Haas
17	1:24.090	Esteban Ocon	 Alpine
18	1:24.140	Felipe Drugovich Aston Martin
19	1:24.217	Kevin Magnussen	 Haas
20	1:24.232	Zhou Guanyu	 Alfa Romeo

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:21.355	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
2	1:21.374	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	1:21.540	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
4	1:21.545	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
5	1:21.631	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
6	1:21.716	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
7	1:21.979	Alexander Albon	Williams
8	1:22.071	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
9	1:22.176	George Russell	Mercedes
10	1:22.291	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
11	1:22.574	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
12	1:22.595	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
13	1:22.651	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
14	1:22.696	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
15	1:22.716	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
16	1:22.755	Logan Sargeant	Williams
17	1:22.783	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
18	1:23.167	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
19	1:23.346	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
20	No Time		Lance Stroll	Aston Martin

[cmlean]

Lance Stroll had a fuel problem with his Aston Martin and failed to set a time.
Sergio Perez dropped his left rear into the gravel on the outside of the Parabolica and rolled backwards into the barrier. Damage was probably just the rear wing and a lot of vacuuming.
Both incidents brought out the red flags.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:20.912	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
2	1:20.998	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
3	1:21.453	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	1:21.486	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	1:21.711	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
6	1:21.730	George Russell	Mercedes
7	1:21.884	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
8	1:21.985	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
9	1:22.054	Alexander Albon	Williams
10	1:22.192	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
11	1:22.245	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
12	1:22.296	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
13	1:22.297	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
14	1:22.302	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
15	1:22.380	Logan Sargeant	Williams
16	1:22.511	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
17	1:22.515	Lando Norris	McLaren
18	1:22.739	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
19	1:22.742	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
20	1:22.852	Pierre Gasly	Alpine

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:20.294	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
2	1:20.307	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
3	1:20.361	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
4	1:20.671	George Russell	Mercedes
5	1:20.688	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
6	1:20.760	Alexander Albon	Williams
7	1:20.785	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
8	1:20.820	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
9	1:20.979	Lando Norris	McLaren
10	1:21.417	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
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11	1:21.594	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
12	1:21.758	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
13	1:21.776	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
14	1:21.940	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
15	1:21.944	Logan Sargeant	Williams
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16	1:22.390	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
17	1:22.545	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
18	1:22.548	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
19	1:22.592	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
20	1:22.860	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin

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Race

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Pos	Driver		Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	George Russell	Mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
7	Alexander Albon	Williams
8	Lando Norris	McLaren
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
DNS	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri

Next: Round of Singapore'23
Date: 15th-17th September 2023

[cmlean]

Well, what a fantastic race.
From Carlos Sainz' robust defence against both the Red Bulls and even his team mate to Liam Lawson refusing to yield to the fast finishing Oscar Piastri, this race had it all.
Penalties were handed out like lollies. Both Mercedes drivers, Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri all felt the wrath of the stewards with 5 second penalties for various offences. I suppose my biggest gripe with this was the incident between Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton where the same 5 second penalty was handed out to Lewis and Oscar had to head to the pits for a 23 second visit to replace the nose of his McLaren effectively ruining his race while Lewis managed to maintain his position to the finish.
That's my soap box and others are free to agree or disagree.
With the improvement to the Williams team being at the fringe of the top 10 for both drivers, it is a welcome change to where they has been and a credit to all involved. Logan Sargeant will score points in 2023. He just needs to be in the right place when the balls fall for him.
Also, the race wasn't artificially manipulated by safety cars to keep all competitors within striking distance of each other. The weather had no impact and we had a real shootout for the whole race instead of Max being 30 plus seconds down the road. It was a great race!