FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2022
Autodrom Nazionale di Monza
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Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo F1 Team)
Position T1: 9 (1:23.394)
Position T2: 13 (1:22.993)
It felt good to be out there, it is a nice track to be driving and it’s even nicer when the car feels good like it did today. Pace-wise, we seem to be doing better than in the last couple of events, so that is promising looking ahead to Sunday. There is still some fine-tuning to do, but I feel we’re not too much far off where we want to be, and we will be looking for any small gains we can get tonight. Our pace seems better than the position we are going to be starting from, because of the penalties, and I reckon here we can overtake and move up places. Hopefully, we can end our dry spell in terms of points and get back into the top ten.
Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo F1 Team)
Position T1: 12 (1:23.570)
Position T2: 12 (1:22.938)
We seemed to be quite competitive straight away from off, which was good to see, and I can say that the car felt much better compared to last week in Zandvoort. I’m quite happy with the progress we’re making but we know we need to keep working hard. Overall, it was super close once again today, and on a track like Monza it means two tenths could make the difference between Q2 and Q3. Qualifying tomorrow will be intense, and we still need to work hard overnight to put ourselves in the best for tomorrow.
Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
Position T1: 13 (1:23.640)
Position T2: 14 (1:23.135)
There is still some work to do, but tomorrow we have an opportunity to make a step in the right direction. We know what we are struggling with and that was noticed again today in both FP1 and FP2, there was especially a lot of sliding in the medium to high-speed corners. Though there was the Red Flag, it didn’t change the overall performance much, because we were still able to gather all the necessary data about our weaknesses. We will need to analyse everything tonight to allow us to deliver a strong top 10 in Qualifying tomorrow.
Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
Position T1: 8 (1:23.260)
Position T2: 15 (1:23.217)
We’ve mainly focused on race pace today, as we’ll be taking the penalties for Sunday. We did some short runs on the Medium that were quite strong, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a competitive lap in on the Softs. We need to go away and look at the long-run data tonight, as I didn’t feel quite as comfortable in the car as I wanted to – this will allow us to prepare as much as possible for the race. It’s going to be a difficult weekend, but a few cars have already announced they’ll be starting from the back of the grid too, so there are some opportunities there if we can find a good long-run set-up and some additional pace.
Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team)
Position T1: 7 (1:23.099)
Position T2: 9 (1:22.752)
It was another good Friday for us today in Monza. We tested everything we wanted to test, and we have taken a lot of useful data regarding the tyres for this weekend. The ‘porpoising’ of the car seems increased here than it has in previous weekends, but other than that, it’s been a trouble free and well executed Friday Practice for the team.
Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team)
Position T1: 6 (1:23.075)
Position T2: 8 (1:22.728)
It’s always a pleasure to drive in Italy and at Monza. It was a good Friday overall for us with two productive sessions and both cars in the top ten. We’ll be focusing on ourselves and how we can keep extracting further performance ahead of tomorrow. We’ll be looking at our data and also analysing possible scenarios for the race with so many penalties and different cars trying different things today. We are fully focused on tomorrow and to have a good Qualifying.
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin F1 Team)
Position T1: 15 (1:23.688)
Position T2: 18 (1:23.785)
It was quite a challenging day trying to dial the car into the sweet spot around this low-downforce set-up. A busy job list and plenty of laps have given us a lot of data to go through tonight, so we will see where we can improve before qualifying. It seems quite a few drivers are facing grid penalties, so that could mix up the grid and open up more opportunities. Interestingly, the tow does not appear to be as strong with this generation of cars compared to last year, so that may change the dynamic of qualifying quite a bit.
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin F1 Team)
Position T1: ()
Position T2: 17 (1:23.731)
I shared the car with Nyck [de Vries] today and he did a good job with useful feedback. It was an interesting experience being in that role of watching in the garage and listening to what he had to say on the radio. When I got in the car this afternoon, it was not the easiest session. I think these 2022 cars feel quite stiff here in Monza, particularly in the corners. The new tarmac in the chicanes also feels quite different compared to previous years. So we still have some homework to do tonight, but I think we already know where we can find some gains and improve the car ahead of tomorrow.
Nyck de Vries (Aston Martin F1 Team)
Position T1: 19 (1:24.731)
Position T2: ()
Firstly, it was a real privilege to drive the AMR22 around Monza today. This is a very different circuit compared to the other venues where I have driven 2022 cars, so it was all very valuable information for me. It was extremely challenging because of the low-downforce set-up that we run here, which makes it difficult to compare to my previous FP1 sessions. We spent the first half of the session gathering aerodynamic data, before switching to the Soft tyres later on. The priority is to help the team prepare for the weekend and I think we made good progress with the work we completed.
Nyck de Vries (Williams)
Position T1: ()
Position T2: ()
Firstly, it was a real privilege to drive the AMR22 around Monza today. This is a very different circuit compared to the other venues where I have driven 2022 cars, so it was all very valuable information for me. It was extremely challenging because of the low-downforce set-up that we run here, which makes it difficult to compare to my previous FP1 sessions. We spent the first half of the session gathering aerodynamic data, before switching to the Soft tyres later on. The priority is to help the team prepare for the weekend and I think we made good progress with the work we completed.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Position T1: 1 (1:22.410)
Position T2: 3 (1:21.857)
The feeling in the car was good. We still haven’t found the sweet spot in terms of balance, but we tried many different things throughout the day and know which direction we want to go in.
Our race pace looked stronger than our qualifying pace, so if we put it all together there is quite good potential to have a solid weekend.
Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari)
Position T1: 2 (1:22.487)
Position T2: 1 (1:21.664)
Overall it has been a positive day. We still need to check all the data, but I felt quite comfortable in the car and the package this weekend seems to be working well.
There is still work to do to try and improve the pace on the long runs, so we’ll look into every detail tonight and try to improve for tomorrow but especially for the race.
Antonio Giovinazzi (Haas F1 Team)
Position T1: 18 (1:24.317)
Position T2: ()
It was a great experience to be back in a Formula 1 car and for me the first time in this new car. I think the session went well, we did all the laps we had planned, and I got the feeling of the car, the brakes and the tires so I’m really happy with the job. The next time will be in Austin, which will be another type of track as here in Monza it’s a low downforce track and Austin will be high downforce with a lot of high speeds. It was a good first time with the car and the team – thanks to Haas and Ferrari for this opportunity and now I’m looking forward to the next one.
Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team)
Position T1: 17 (1:24.006)
Position T2: 16 (1:23.557)
We’ve approached this weekend like any other one. We know that we’re lacking straight-line speed with the aero package that we’ve got, but we’ll deal with it the best we can. I think we’re a little stronger in race pace than we are in qualifying, so that’s good. Maybe we can try and get into a good position in the race and fight it out from there. For sure qualifying’s going to be difficult, that’s what it is, but lots of people are taking penalties so we’ll see where we end up.
Mick Schumacher (Haas F1 Team)
Position T1: ()
Position T2: 20 (1:24.586)
Unfortunately, we had an ECU issue which wasn’t great but these things happen and we just have to do a bit more work tomorrow. I got three fast laps in which isn’t much, so we’ll definitely have to try to get some more in tomorrow. We’ll get onto it quickly because I know this track pretty well so hopefully we’ll have a good starting set-up for tomorrow and try our best.
Lando Norris (McLaren F1 Team)
Position T1: 16 (1:23.856)
Position T2: 4 (1:22.338)

Before I talk about the on-track activity today, I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen yesterday. She was an inspirational figure, and my thoughts are with the Royal Family.
Reasonable day. We made good progress through today, so I’m happy with the progress that we’ve made. We’re still not where we need to be. I don’t think we’re competitive enough yet to really fight confidently for, say, Q3 at the minute. We’ll keep working very hard. I think we’ve understood some things better today, after learning from the past few weeks, but like I said, still not quite where we need to be. So, a few adjustments tonight and a bit of homework and set-up tweaks and hopefully we can take a small step forward, and that gives us confidence to be in a good position tomorrow.

Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren F1 Team)
Position T1: 10 (1:23.511)
Position T2: 11 (1:22.911)

Firstly, I want to pass on my condolences to the Royal Family following the sad news of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen yesterday, my thoughts are with them and the people of the Commonwealth at this time.
This track is so unique that you come with such a different set-up, so you don’t know what to expect. I think the morning went relatively well. We made a few changes for the afternoon and across cars we tried a few different things. Lando’s afternoon looked really good, so that’s encouraging, so we will try to learn some things from that set-up. I think my afternoon was average – but I’m encouraged by his pace and looking forward to tomorrow.

George Russell (Mercedes)
Position T1: 3 (1:22.689)
Position T2: 5 (1:22.386)
Es war ein etwas seltsamer Tag. Im ersten Training sahen wir ziemlich stark aus, aber dann schienen Ferrari und Red Bull in der zweiten Session einen Schritt nach vorne zu machen und wir fielen etwas zurück. Heute Abend liegt also noch viel Arbeit vor uns, um das zu verstehen. Allgemein betrachtet scheint uns hier etwas bei der elektrischen Energieabgabe zu fehlen, wir sind ähnlich wie Red Bull, aber Ferrari scheint in dieser Hinsicht die Oberhand zu haben, was unter Rennbedingungen schwierig werden könnte. Wenn man den Windschatten hier im Qualifying richtig hinbekommt, macht das definitiv einen Unterschied, aber es ist eine Situation bei der man für ein hohes Risiko belohnt wird, also nichts, worauf wir viel Wert legen. Im Qualifying lernt man am meisten über das Auto und die Reifen, und damit hatten wir in diesem Jahr am meisten zu kämpfen. Daher denke ich, dass wir beide morgen wie an jedem anderen Quali-Tag auf die Strecke gehen und versuchen werden, die Grundlagen hinzubekommen.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Position T1: 4 (1:22.831)
Position T2: 7 (1:22.503)
Wir haben zwischen dem ersten und zweiten Training einige Setup-Änderungen vorgenommen und waren viel langsamer, oder die anderen Jungs waren viel schneller - wir fühlten uns in der zweiten Session einfach nicht mehr so schnell. Ich weiß, dass George einige Probleme bei der Energieabgabe hatte, aber mein Auto schien davon nicht betroffen zu sein. George kann sich aussuchen, wer morgen als Erster oder Zweiter rausgeht, also gehe ich davon aus, dass ich als Erster fahre, und natürlich werde ich ihm ein wenig Windschatten geben.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
Position T1: 5 (1:22.840)
Position T2: 2 (1:21.807)
I think the car was pretty good today, we’ve been trying a few different things from FP1 to FP2. Some things worked and some didn’t, if you look at the long runs we look good and of course that’s most important for the race. We did more long run practice knowing that we have the five place grid penalty on Sunday, everything seemed to work out quite well. There are still a few things that we can do better, but I think we should stand a good chance. The Ferraris look good, I’m not worried about them but we still have a few things to finalise.
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing)
Position T1: 14 (1:23.661)
Position T2: 6 (1:22.394)
We have been playing around with the set-up, exploring different directions, so I think all in all we have pretty good information going forward. We have used different downforce levels as well, so we have plenty of data for us to review tonight which is quite promising. We managed to complete a very solid programme today and we are fairly comparable to Max’s car, there are just a couple of differences. I think the main thing will be the race pace and how the tyres last around this track will also be key for the race. I am looking forward to tomorrow but mainly Sunday, overtaking will be hard but I think the degradation looks promising.
Alexander Albon (Williams)
Position T1: 11 (1:23.529)
Position T2: 10 (1:22.835)
It wasn’t a bad today and I feel like we’re in the mix. It’s definitely close out there, so we need to make sure we maximise everything for tomorrow.
Ultimately, we know what direction we need to go in and with the long run pace, we need to make sure we get on top of the tyres, but I’m happy with how today went.
Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
Position T1: 20 (1:24.941)
Position T2: 19 (1:23.982)
A tricky start to the weekend so far. It does feel quite different when compared to Zandvoort with everyone bringing their lowest downforce configurations. There’s still some time to find from my side. We made a good step in FP2 but there’s still more to come tomorrow, so we’ll do our homework tonight.