Carlos Sainz, who will penalize the back of the grid for changing the engine on Sunday, pioneered his second free practice. Italian Grand Prix with 1.21.664This allowed him to beat Max Verstappen (Red Bull) by one-tenth and beat Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc by almost two.

Ferrari under review

Ferrari in the morning closed the first free practice ahead of him, Leclerc with 77 per thousand ahead of Sainz. Those from Maranello have already warned, after seeing that they were clearly left behind by Max Verstappen on the tracks as opposed to Hungaroring, Spa and Zandvoort in the last three races. They would devote a large portion of the free tests at Monza to testing and comparing the new floor with previous specifications to try to understand the differences with Red Bull.. “The experiments have yielded good results,” said Marc Gené, satisfied with the stability of the F1-75 this Friday.

At a news conference on Thursday, Carlos Sainz said: “We still have things to understand in terms of racing speed and we need to see what we can do better to be more competitive. Compared to Mercedes we saw that they have made a huge leap forward and Red Bull has done a great job in the last few races. ” This Friday, one lap left, Madrilenian managed to roll in head timesWhatever happens tomorrow in qualifying, Carlos knows he’ll have to find that rhythm to try to come back on Sunday after receiving a penalty for power unit changes that sent him to the back of the grid.

Carlos is the fastest

Unable to complete a fast lap on soft tracks in 1. FP due to traffic, Verstappen showed his ‘claws’ in the afternoon to set the best interim time (1.22.309) and passed Leclerc by 4 per thousand against typhoid. evening session a few minutes later it was marked red Mike Schumacher had to stop Haas as a precaution after detecting a malfunction. When the action resumed, Carlos Sainz, highly motivated before Ferrari fans, set the fastest time on Friday, cutting Verstappen’s time to 1,21,664.

Considering that Max will have to deal with a five-place penalty on Sunday as well, Leclerc, who is third behind Sainz 0.193, has expectations rising and will have a great opportunity to shine at Ferrari’s home in Italy.

On his first contact with the Italian circuit, Fernando Alonso (Alp) finished in the top ten This Saturday marks the third quarter, with the single-seater taking a step forward in the (9th) and final assignments battle with McLaren for fourth place in the World Tag Team Championship.

Timetable of the free seconds of the Italian Grand Prix:

1. Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari 1:21,664

2. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull 1:21,807

3. Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 1:21,857

4. Lando Norris GBR McLaren 1:22,338

5. George Russell GBR Mercedes 1:22,386

6. Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull 1:22.394

7. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 1:22,503

8. Esteban Ocon FRA Alpine 1:22,728

9. Fernando Alonso ESP Alpine 1:22,752

10. Alexander Albon TA Williams 1:22,835

11. Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren 1:22,911

12. Zhou Guanyu CHN Alfa Romeo 1:22,938

13. Valtteri Bottas Finishes Alfa Romeo 1:22,993

14. Pierre Gasly FRA Alpha Tauri 1:23,135

15. Yuki Tsunoda JPN Alpha Tauri 1:23,217

16. Kevin Magnussen DIN Haas 1:23,557

17. Sebastian Vettel GER Aston Martin 1:23,731

18. Lance Ride CAN Aston Martin 1:23,785

19. Nicholas Latifi CAN Williams 1:23,982

20. Mick Schumacher GER Haas 1:24,586.