Delight for Norris as Verstappen doesn't expect to recover in Italian GP

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17:52, 31 Aug 2024

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Qualifying in Italy was a very difficult story for Max Verstappen. In Q1 and Q2 things did not seem too bad, but in Q3 his Red Bull did not cooperate at all. The Dutchman will have to make do with only seventh place on Sunday.

After the session, Verstappen commented on the result in conversation with Viaplay. He himself does not know where he suddenly lost the car. "I don't know. Two new sets of tyres and I had a lot of understeer all of a sudden. My car just wasn't spinning anywhere. Turn 1, turn 4, turn 6, 7. I just couldn't get the car going again."

Lando Norris will start Sunday's race from first place. Verstappen is well aware that this could become very costly for the championship. "We all have ourselves to blame for that," he said of it.

Verstappen has little faith in the race in Monza

The three-time world champion is not very confident about a catch-up race in Monza "The long run was not really very great either. So we'll see. We are now at the back of the pack. We're going to do our best," Verstappen said.

This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton

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Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Pos.

Driver

Team

Points

Kimi Antonelli

MER

156

Lewis Hamilton

FER

115

George Russell

MER