Race 2017 F1 Italian Grand Prix Full Race Replay

Race 2017 F1 Italian Grand Prix Full Race Replay

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Race Info
Date    3 September 2017
Official name    Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2017[2][3]
Location    Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Course    Permanent racing facility
Course length    5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance    53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles)

Italian Grand Prix What to Watch

There's a decent chance Lewis Hamilton will surpass Michael Schumacher's record for the most pole positions in Belgium this weekend. However, there are other significant F1 records that could be broken this weekend.

Mercedes has enjoyed excellent results at Monza, a track that values outright power above all else, since the V6 hybrid turbo era began in 2014. On each of the previous three times, Hamilton has seized the lead. He will become the second person to accomplish this feat at the Italian Grand Prix, following in Ayrton Senna's footsteps from 1988 to 1991, if he wins four straight this weekend.
With five pole positions, Hamilton is presently tied with Senna and Juan Manuel Fangio for the most at this race.

An intriguing picture of Mercedes' dominance at the start of the new engine regulations and how other teams have begun to catch up to them can be seen from the grid for the last three Italian Grands Prix.

Mercedes dominated the top row in 2014, with Williams and McLaren, two Mercedes-powered vehicles, taking the next four positions on the grid. With the exception of the two Ferraris that qualified second and third, every vehicle that advanced to the third round in 2015 was powered by a Mercedes.

Mercedes dominated the first row once more last year, although their customer teams finished further back. Ferrari occupied the second row, and the two Red Bulls behind Valtteri Bottas, who placed his Williams-Mercedes in fifth.

The last three Italian Grands Prix have been won by Mercedes, who also finished first and second in 2014 and 2016. Nico Rosberg's power unit failed in 2015 while he was in third place.

An increase in top speeds was also brought about by the introduction of V6 hybrid turbos. In 2013, the fastest V8 car to pass the speed trap in qualifying was 340.4 kph (211.5 mph), but a year later, it was 353.9 kph (219.9 mph). The vehicles reached 357.6 kph (222.2 mph) at the same spot last year. Although the wider, draggier cars might not be as fast this year, they might be faster on average across a lap.

Hamilton has now won five races this year, the most since his victory at Spa. Sebastian Vettel, on the other hand, has the most second-place finishes, five total, and it is this that is currently influencing the points standings.
With eight races remaining, Vettel leads Hamilton by seven. Hamilton and Vettel will be deadlocked at the top of the table going into the final flyaway races if Hamilton wins and Vettel finishes second this weekend.

Hamilton is hoping that Bottas will put Vettel in his way. However, during his Williams years, Bottas didn't perform well in Monza; in 2014 and 2015, Felipe Massa defeated him to the top of the standings.

Regarding the home favorites, this might be Ferrari's greatest chance to win at Monza since the 2010 victory of Fernando Alonso. Additionally, it was the final occasion a Ferrari started from pole position here.

The fastest lap by a Formula One car in an official session at any track is still Juan Pablo Montoya's 1'19.525 lap during the 2004 Italian Grand Prix qualifying. His Williams-BMW achieved an average speed of 262.242 kph (162.95 mph) on the 5.793-kilometer Monza course, which hasn't changed since the 2000 season.

This weekend, may we witness the quickest lap in Formula One history? Last year's fastest lap was 1.61 seconds slower than the previous one. F1 cars have shown at least that much progress in the 12 Grands Prix so far this year on

However, take into account the features of the three tracks where this year's F1 vehicles have gained less than 1.61 seconds. Low-speed turns and, in the case of the later two, lengthy straightaways are the defining characteristics of Monaco, Bahrain, and Montreal. There are several reasons to believe that this weekend's gains won't be sufficient for Formula One vehicles to tie the all-time record.

But it should be close. Compared to last year, the cars in Canada were 1.3 seconds faster. A lap time of less than 1'20" is not unattainable, and the record could drop if someone has a strong slipstream.