The 2022 Italian Grand Prix ended behind the safety car – and to boos and whistles.
It wasn’t just the audience that got upset.
It was not handled the way it should have been handled, says Gunter Steiner.
The Haas team principal wasn’t the only one who got upset by the fact that Daniel Ricciardo’s car was left standing for so long that the 2022 Italian GP ended behind the safety car. Hundreds of thousands of fans in the stands were upset as was Red Bull’s management – despite the team’s driver, Max Verstappen, winning.
– I think they have more than enough time to resume racing, says Christian Horner from Red Bull to Sky.
He is supported by the other strongman in the stable, motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.
It certainly wasn’t the right decision, he tells Sky.
– You have to stop waving in front of all the rolling cars. It doesn’t matter, and it would have already been a good end to the race. Although it would have been a disadvantage for us.
Marco continues:
We have to put sports first. It is clear that it is not possible to drive if there is a tractor on the track, but then you have to work faster. There was plenty of time and the lap time at Monza was long.
Harsh criticism after the Italian Grand Prix 2022
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto is also not happy with the fact that the Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s home race, ended with a safety car.
It’s never fun and not good for sports or a show, he tells Sky.
– At the same time, Max was faster than we were.
The only team manager who explicitly agreed with the race management and thought it was the right decision was Mercedes’ Toto Wolff. He was so angry during the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when then race leader Michael Massey opted for a different interpretation of the rules, he was calm and relaxed.
– This time they stick to the rules, even if they can work a little faster, he says.
Stick to the rules and finish the race behind a safety car. So it should be.
It was a clear reference to the 2021 FIFA World Cup Final, which did not end behind a safety car.
Fast news after the 2022 Italian Grand Prix
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Nick de Vries finished ninth in his F1 debut for Williams. It’s the same as Alexander Albon’s best result of the year. Colleague Nicholas Latifi remains at zero. This should give de Vries a good chance of getting a driver’s seat at Williams next year. The idea was, in fact, that Oscar Piastre was to be loaned by Alpine for two years, then back to Alpine when Alonso retired – but it failed because Alpine did not have its contracts in order. So Piastre is driving for McLaren next year and Williams is looking for a good driver.
De Vries?
The fight continues for fourth place in the constructors’ championship. This weekend, a McLaren and an Alpine car crashed. McLaren scored points and the Alps finished without points. This is a fight that will last until the finals in November.
Alfa Romeo scored again. After six races with only zeros.
Congratulations Linus Lundqvist
Linus Lundqvist started the season with one goal. To win the Indy Lights title. And so did the 23-year-old. He has crushed every first layer of support for the opposition IndyCar.
– This is the biggest and most important thing that has happened in my life, it is cheerful.
With the final victory in the Indy Lights, Linus Lundqvist maintains the trend that has given him the biennial championship title since his debut in a Formula car in 2015.
The Swede was previously declared champion in Formula Swedish STC Nordic (2016), British Formula 3 (2018) and Formula Americas Regional Series for the Americas (2020).