Yellow laugh for Ferrari at Monza

Returning to the forefront to celebrate its 75th anniversary as well as the centenary of the Milanese temple of speed, Ferrari has regained its pride, but not the victory. Who will stop Max Verstappen?

Published on 12/09/2022 à 18:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Yellow laugh for Ferrari at Monza

Max Verstappen has once again shattered Ferrari's hopes © Florent Gooden / DPPI

The old Milanese autodrome vibrates again. In the temple of speed, the miracle may not have taken place, but the preaching of Team Ferrari has nonetheless rekindled the fervor of fans. The big annual mass in the Monza park put an end to the tumult of the previous Grands Prix. If the heart of the Red Army bleeds a little at the foot of the promontory, it is not because of Max Verstappen who has just undone Charles Leclerc, but because of the race management who took their time to evacuate the McLaren de Daniel Ricciardo resulting in a cut line behind the safety car. Deprived of a final rush which would perhaps have allowed the Monegasque to scold the Dutchman, the fans saw red and went wild. Here comes the names of birds and the boos. Expiatory victim of general discontent, it is Max who takes the jokes in the face. It is profoundly unfair, because the man and his machine have been dominant in every way, but it relieves the fans who do not have representatives of sporting power to get their teeth into. “ Booing a driver is never good, especially when he was the fastest on the track and deserves the victory, exp

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