Pantomime villain
Burning £80 Mercedes baseball hats might be too far, but nothing wrong with Monza fans booing winner Verstappen. Thumbs up for partisan pantomime antics.
De Vries dub
De Vries interrupted his morning espresso to save the day for Williams on Saturday and then Sunday at Monza. Give him an F1 drive
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All about Schmitz
Making all the right strategy decisions at all the right times – strategist Hannah Schmitz has become one of Red Bull’s key personnel.
Old boys
They might have a combined age of 75, but Alonso and Vettel showed many of the kids how it’s done at Spa by finishing sixth and eighth.
Money in the banking
The outside being the favourable line into Zandvoort’s banked Turn 1 provided great entertainment, helped by that extra juicy DRS zone out of the final corner.
Nigel’s NFTs
Mansell launches his own NFT range. Fancy owning a digital flat cap? Nah, us neither.
DRS train misery
Should F1 ban DRS at Monza to stop the trains forming? The risk is an even drearier Italian GP.
New Latifi low
Latifi’s 2022 could’ve made up a ’90s-style crashfest VHS already. That was before de Vries smoked him at late notice in Monza…
Jumping the pit gun
At least it’s consistent: just when you think Ferrari has explored every avenue to ruin its race weekend, the Scuderia finds a new way to implode.
Not so Superlicence
For all F1’s plays of inclusivity, its elitism has shone through again by its stance taken on Indy star Colton Herta potentially being denied a shot due to not having enough Superlicence points.
