Italian Grand Prix 2023 – Sunday from 2:00pm
The Ferrari team simply have to deliver at their home race in front of their passionate Tifosi. But it certainly won’t be easy at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend.
The Dutch Grand Prix last weekend was certainly a forgettable event for the Scuderia, however, the team will be confident that the Monza track characteristics will give their long-suffering fans something to cheer about.
Firstly they have to overcome the dominant Max Verstappen, who claimed his ninth win in a row at Zandvoort, and will be looking for an historic tenth win in a row on Sunday.
No driver in the history of F1 has ever won 10 races in a row, but it’s highly unlikely Verstappen’s march to glory will be stopped in his tracks.
We can’t see Ferrari winning the race or dragging at least one car into the podium spots, so play it safe and go for a double-points finish at surprisingly good odds.
Regards the Ferrari drivers, Carlos Sainz should get the better of team-mate Charles Leclerc this weekend and deliver another top-six finish.
The Spaniard seems much more comfortable with the SF23 of late and it is becoming harder to trust Leclerc after another error-prone performance in Zandvoort.
Even though Ferrari struggled for speed at the Dutch Grand Prix, Sainz still made the best of a bad situation with a P5 finish and will be confident of at least repeating that again on Sunday.
Looking away from Ferrari, we believe the very impressive Alex Albon will add to his points tally.
Albon has produced some incredible performances for Williams, to the point where other teams higher up the F1 chain may consider pinching him away.
Another eye-catching display at Zandvoort means it is impossible to ignore him to be in points contention again this weekend.
