1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), 2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 3. Lando Norris (McLaren)
TRACK INTERVIEWS
(Performed by Nico Rosberg)
Q: Wow, that is Components 1 at its very, highest. it is fully unpredictable for the time being – Ferrari catching that shock win right here at present! Lando, I am positive we now have to begin with that Flip 4 overtake that Oscar did on you proper after the beginning. Did he catch you without warning?
Lando NORRIS: After all, as a result of he bought handed. Yeah, I do not know. I do not know what I ought to have completed otherwise there. If I brake one metre later, I in all probability would have crashed. So, one thing we’ll take a look at. However, I imply, Ferrari simply drove a greater race at present, particularly Charles. He did an excellent job, so simply hats off to him.
Q: Was the one-stop ever a chance for you if you have been chatting along with your engineers or was it one thing that was by no means thought of?
LN: I imply we thought of it the entire race, but it surely was not doable with the quantity of graining that I had. It is a powerful one. We knew it might be tight, however with our automobile and among the limitations we now have it wasn’t doable at present, so we knew it. We knew that may very well be a chance. So, we’re upset after all, however yeah, Ferrari did a greater job. They’d a greater automobile at present, and that is hats off to them.
Q: With a view to combat Verstappen for the championship, you really want all of the factors on a regular basis, and now there’s Oscar who’s type of in between there and taking factors away from you as effectively. What’re your ideas on that?
LN: Properly completed to him. He did a great job. He bought previous me, and he deserves it.
Q: Alright, thanks very a lot, Lando. Congrats, in any case, on third place. Oscar, that was an awesome race from you. I feel you probably did all you might, however I am positive you are still very upset with that finish end result?
Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, it hurts. I am not going to lie, it hurts so much. We did quite a lot of issues proper at present, you recognize, there have been quite a lot of query marks on the technique going into the race. Yeah, from the place we have been in with the tyres trying like they did, doing a one-stop appeared like a really dangerous name, and in the long run it was proper. So, yeah, very, very proud of the tempo, with the race that I managed to attain. Simply if you end second, it hurts.
Q: The group requested you, ‘hey, do you need to attempt that one-stop or not?’ Do you assume in hindsight you must have gone for it or really actually that tyre was simply gone?
OP: In hindsight, sure. However, you recognize, everybody’s a legend on Monday after the race or, you recognize, on the chequered flag. And at present, sadly, we bought it a bit incorrect. And, you recognize, myself being an enormous a part of that, we had all the pieces to lose from being within the lead of the race. Charles may attempt one thing a bit completely different. He was going to complete third both method. And, yeah, he picked the suitable gamble at present. You already know, the Mediums have been getting destroyed. And even the Hards and the Purple Bull at the beginning seemed fairly lifeless. And my entrance left was fairly closely grained. Simply we did not count on it to clear again up once more, which it did. So, yeah, painful.
Q: Thanks very a lot, Oscar. Nice drive at present. And there is at all times subsequent race out to try to get that win once more. And now we are going to welcome the winner. Charles, you’re the king of Italy proper now! I imply, wow, wow, wow! That’s simply so superior.
Charles LECLERC: It is an unimaginable feeling. Really, I assumed that the primary time would simply really feel like this, after which the second time, if there was a second time, would not really feel as particular. However, my God, the feelings in the previous couple of laps, precisely the identical, like in 2019, simply watching the grandstand inside the observe. which is hard however yeah, unimaginable! I imply Monaco and Monza are the 2 races that I need to win yearly. Clearly I need to win as many races as doable and the world championship as quickly as doable however these are the 2 most essential races of the season and I managed to win them this yr. So, it is so, so particular.
Q: I imply I want all people at residence may really feel the ambiance right here for the time being. you recognize it is simply off the charts. And will you are feeling the tifosi carrying you there within the final couple of laps?
CL: Sure, the followers are unimaginable. [Spoken in Italian] I mentioned in English earlier than, the primary time was actually particular, the primary yr in Ferrari in 2019 was a dream for me. I assumed that if there was a second time it would not be so particular as a result of the primary one is at all times extra distinctive, however that wasn’t true. It is at all times so particular and that is because of you for the help, the push you give us every single day once we come right here. Thanks, thanks very a lot for all the pieces.
Q: So I am going to simply translate shortly that, after all, you say the tifosi are simply unbelievable and the ability they offer you is simply so, so particular. You introduced quite a lot of upgrades right here to the automobile. It appears to be working actually so a lot better. Do you assume you’ll be able to hold difficult for wins now, even when we go to a unique observe like Baku subsequent?
CL: I do not know. I do not know as a result of I feel our package deal was working fairly effectively on a observe like Monza. Whether or not it will likely be the identical for the remainder of these of the season I doubt, so I nonetheless assume McLaren are the favourites however we now have completed a step ahead that is for positive and Baku is a reasonably good observe for me. I fairly like this observe and I have been fairly aggressive prior to now, so who is aware of possibly we will obtain one thing particular once more there.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Oscar, if we may come to you first. Very effectively completed. You confirmed quite a lot of tempo in that Grand Prix. How severely did you think about a one-stop technique just like the winner Charles Leclerc?
OP: Clearly not as severely as I wanted to. I feel, for me, it was an enormous danger to do this. You already know, the graining of the tyres has been an enormous subject all weekend. You already know, in follow, as soon as you bought graining, it was mainly recreation over. Even within the first stint on the Mediums, it was fairly tough. And, yeah, once we made the second cease, for myself, my entrance left tyre was fairly closely grained and, you recognize, I used to be going slower and slower. So it appeared like a smart determination to pit once more. Yeah, you recognize, I assume no one actually anticipated the graining to clear up on Charles, from what I heard. So yeah, in hindsight, clearly stopping as soon as was the suitable factor to do. However from that time within the race with all the data that we would gathered by means of the weekend, it appeared extremely dangerous and. You already know, that is type of the blessing and the curse of main the race or, you recognize, being on the entrance, full cease. You already know, the fellows behind you’ll be able to react to what you do. And, you recognize, for Charles, if he did a two-stop, he would have locked in third. And if he did a one-stop and fell off the cliff, he nonetheless would have completed third. However, after all, he pulled the one-stop off and Ferrari appear to be the hero at present. Yeah, clearly it hurts for the time being, however I feel within the second it was the suitable factor to do.
Q: Is there something you might have completed otherwise from throughout the cockpit at present? I imply, you have been lighting up the timing screens in that first stint, going extremely shortly. Did that pressure you into two-stopping?
OP: Not massively I do not assume. I would like to return and take a look at what the graining degree on Charles was after I pitted for the second time. Up till that time it was you recognize a reasonably managed race. We felt fairly early on that it was a two-stop race and possibly in hindsight, there are issues we may have completed a bit otherwise from clearly a method viewpoint, but additionally a driving viewpoint to maintain the choices open a little bit bit extra. But when the data I bought is correct, on the radio, then it wasn’t actually a matter of driving slower. It was simply type of sticking with the graining and getting by means of it, which given in follow when that occurred you mainly could not hit the brake pedal since you turned your entrance left right into a 50 cent coin, it appeared like a really dangerous factor to take action. Clearly, it was the suitable factor in hindsight however everybody’s so much smarter when the chequered flag falls.
Q: Hindsight is at all times 20-20. Look, one of many decisive moments within the race got here on the opening lap with the move on Lando into the second chicane. Simply speak us by means of that?
OP: I imply, I braked later and bought across the outdoors. There wasn’t actually rather more to it than that. Yeah, you recognize, we each bought by means of unscathed. I knew as soon as I hit the brakes, you recognize, I type of bought forward a bit and yeah, I knew I used to be type of entitled to remain on the skin. And yeah, in the end, for 38 laps of that race, it put me in a race-winning place. So yeah, for me, it was only a good first lap.
Q: And Oscar, how do you view the Constructors’ Championship now? The group is simply eight factors behind Purple Bull. Simply how assured are you, you and the group?
OP: I feel very. We’ve closed over 100 factors. So, yeah, fairly proud of how we’re going.
Q: Alright, Oscar, thanks for that. Lando, if we will come to you now. Very effectively completed to you as effectively. How do you look again on at present’s Italian Grand Prix?
LN: Fairly disappointing. Yeah, which is apparent from the skin even. I imply, Charles drove an awesome race, truthfully. Arduous to know if we may have completed what he did at present, however they deserved it. Yeah, each Oscar and Charles drove a great race. So, yeah, disappointing, ranging from pole and ending third, particularly after I assume the tempo was very sturdy. So, a disgrace, however that is what it’s.
Q: Now, you spoke about killing your entrance left tyre over the radio. Was a one-stop ever on for you?
LN: I imply, we tried, we knew it was a faster factor to do, however I feel, yeah, we simply killed the tyres a little bit bit too simply. And like Oscar mentioned, if you’re in third, it is a a lot simpler place to simply try to danger and do such a factor. So I do not assume we will be too upset. I feel it was so much riskier for us to try to do it than it was for Charles, and he made it work. So, yeah, hats off to them and Ferrari and himself as a result of the driving half makes an enormous distinction on the market. We considered it and we wished to do it. We simply we could not at present. I feel it was clear yesterday. We had a great qualifying automobile. However at present our race automobile was in all probability not fairly ok.
Q: You say you tried at what level within the race. Did you decide to a two-stop?
LN: After I boxed for the second time.
Q: Now, one of many issues that is come out of this Grand Prix is that you simply’re allowed to race. Oscar papaya guidelines. These are the phrases of your race engineer, Will Joseph. What are these guidelines of engagement?
LN: Simply do not crash, that is all.
Q: And was Oscar’s move on you into the second chicane on lap one, was that each one throughout the guidelines?
LN: Yeah, there was no contact, so he did a great job.
Q: OK, look, remaining one from me. You’ve got eaten into Max Verstappen’s lead. You are now simply 62 factors behind, eight races to go. How do you view that?
LN: It is the identical reply each single weekend. I am doing the perfect I can, and the extra factors I achieve, the higher, however nonetheless eight races to go.
Q: You are doing the perfect you’ll be able to. Are you going to wish some assist?
LN: I’ve assist.
Q: Out of your team-mate?
LN: Yeah, he helps me. However I am not right here simply to beg for somebody to let me move. That is not why I am right here. I am right here to race. He drove a greater race than me, so I completed third, and that is the place I deserved to complete.
Q: OK, Lando, thanks very a lot. Welcome to our race winner, his second win right here at Monza, the seventh of his Components 1 profession. Charles, what a day for you. Simply how candy was this victory?
CL: Simply as candy because the 2019 one. I assumed the primary one was at all times going to be extra particular if there was a second one ever occurring, however really it is not the case. The second simply feels as particular. Right this moment I didn’t count on it going to the race. I assumed that we’d wrestle a bit extra in comparison with the McLaren, but additionally in comparison with the Mercedes. that appeared to have a extremely good tempo on Friday. Nevertheless, after a couple of laps, I noticed and I felt the automobile was in a great place. Oscar possibly was a little bit bit faster. It was tough to see Lando’s tempo as he was behind. Then as soon as we bought undercut, I used to be like, OK, possibly we’re dropping the win there. However then as soon as each pitted, I really picked up various entrance grip, having the free air in entrance. And I used to be, as they mentioned, being the final automobile, I did not have a lot to lose by attempting the one-stop. However we did a extremely, actually good job with that entrance left, which has been very, very tough for everyone. We had quite a lot of entrance graining, however managed to take that entrance grip once more. And that helped us to win at present. To face up on that podium in entrance of all of the tifosi after such every week, as a result of it is a very tiring one… It is an unimaginable feeling to be racing for Ferrari in Monza, but it surely’s additionally very tiring. And to have the ability to win right here is extraordinarily particular.
Q: It was a strategic masterstroke. I simply need to ask you, how assured have been you of this one-stop? And had you been main, would you’ve gotten nonetheless one-stopped?
CL: Earlier than the race, if you happen to would have requested me, the one-stop was undoubtedly the factor I wished to do. After 10 laps, I feel we noticed that Purple Bull began to wrestle with the entrance left on the Arduous. And there we began to doubt the one-stop. We thought that it might be much more tough as a result of we thought that the Arduous could be a harder tyre to deliver to the top. Nevertheless, as quickly as I put it, I nonetheless thought that this was a chance. And particularly, I feel, when Oscar pitted two or three laps after that. I felt like I had extra grip not having a automobile in entrance, particularly on the entrance tyres, and that is the place I actually thought that the one-stop, we may make it work.
Q: Now, you mentioned after the race to Nico Rosberg that you have clearly made progress with these upgrades. You’ve got already gained at Monaco, you’ve got now gained right here at Monza. Simply how rather more are you able to obtain with this automobile in 2024?
CL: We have to be cautious. After Monaco, I feel we have had the 4 worst races of the season, as a result of Monaco was so particular to our automobile at the moment. Monza can be a really particular and specific observe. A lot of straights, not many corners. We had a rear wing for this observe as effectively, which helped us to win at present. We had additionally one other improve, which I feel undoubtedly introduced us nearer to McLaren, however I do not assume it is sufficient to be the automobile to beat for the remainder of the season on different tracks. I feel we nonetheless have quite a lot of work to do, however I am actually blissful anyway to have one right here in Italy.
