Madring is cruel to Norris and rewards Kimi; Alonso and Sainz, anger and a bad day

Everything comes out to this boy. He is leader of Worldis breaking most precocity records at the wheel of the dominating car, at a very high level. But even on the days when it seems like you’ll have to bite the dust, something happens to your benefit. Perhaps it is the luck of the future champion, since the Italian Kimi Antonelli20, won again, this time benefiting from a virtual safety car, and is heading straight for the crown.

Kimi beat Verstappen (2nd, pending sanction) and Norris (3rd) and thus dealt an enormous blow, almost definitive in the fight for Worldsince his victory was added to the bad day of his two main opponents: Lewis Hamilton He had to abandon at the beginning when he ran out of brakes. AND Russelhis partner, was missing again, too far away, in 5th place. Kimi already has 81 points over Russell (more than three races) and 101 over Hamilton. If nothing strange happens, he will be champion.

The young man of mercedes I had tried everything in the first two stops of the Madring at the exit, before a Lando Norris who did everything right: he achieved a stratospheric pole on Saturday with a magical lap when no one was expecting him. And at the start, he defended the first position very forcefully and decisively against a Kimi who cut inside the first two strong brakings, in turn 1 and in the first chicane, to avoid contact with Landau and keep putting pressure on him.

Thus, in a position race, in which it was very difficult to overtake, Landau Norris He won a lot to achieve victory. Although Madring It showed that on this track, at any moment something can happen that changes everything. And yes, fate was cruel to Norris. Luck smiled on Kimi again.

Kimi’s stroke of luck

On lap 15, some brake problems Lance Stroll They left him out. The Canadian parked his Aston Martin and a virtual safety car period began. There the day completely changed. Landau. The Briton had already passed in front of the pit entrance. I couldn’t stop. And Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes, was rubbing his hands. The winning hand had fallen to him. They got the big deal.

Kimi Antonelli Yes, he could enter the pits taking advantage of the time gain that comes with doing so under the virtual safety car. I did it too Verstappen. Norris had to enter the next lap and there, his bad luck got worse. It was the perfect storm. Just as I entered the pits, the virtual safety car ran out. It wouldn’t save time. And to make matters worse, the pit stop was terrible, 7 seconds, because one of the wheels was blocked.

This was not to be the day for Lando, who curiously, Despite having done everything perfectly, he left without a prize and was relegated to fourth place, virtual third since Leclerc remained in the lead on the track with the hard rubber.

So, it was Charles the one who looked for the lucky break. Staying on the track without having stopped with hard rubber, a red flag for any accident could give him the victory. But it didn’t arrive. He had to end up entering to fall to 4th place, with soft rubber to attack at the end, but already 27 seconds behind the race leader, Antonelli.

today was the day Kimi. He found a 500 bill in his pocket and accepted it to celebrate another big party. He was on the verge of losing everything, yes, with 5 laps remaining. He got a scare when he touched the wall lightly on a track that does not allow mistakes. But today, not even a storm would have taken this race away from him. His car held on and took him to the finish line to win his eighth win of the year, his second in a row. .

Curiously, Kimi won again after entering the pits taking advantage of a ‘virtual’ created by Stroll, exactly as happened in Monza a week ago. You would do well to invite the Canadian to dinner because he was key to adding these last two successes.

Day to forget for Alonso and Sianz

Gasly was sixth, but a speeding penalty in the pit lane took him to 12th place. That gave a place to Lawson (6th), Colapinto (7th), Piastri (8th), Lindblad (9th) and the Top-10 was closed by Nico Hülkenberg.

Fernando Alonso was 17th and Carlos Sainz ended up abandoning after a race in which the man from Madrid and the man from Oviedo were involved in an incident that cost them both dearly.

They were fighting for 17th position and Alonso, with more pace, tried to attack Carlos in acceleration on the straight before Turn 5. But when braking, Carlos’s right rear wheel broke a part of Fernando’s front wing.

Alonso exploded on the radio: “He has cornered me against the wall. “He crashed into two at the start and now he corners me when braking.” And a few laps later, the FIA ​​agreed with Fernando and imposed a 5-second penalty on the Williams driver, who ended up abandoning due to a problem.

Alonso took advantage of the ‘virtual’ turn 15 caused by Stroll to change the wing, losing a lot of time. He started 20th and finally finished 17th, with no options.