Mercedes wants to strike back in the temple of speed

There should actually be a lot going for the Silver Arrows, but superstar Hamilton doesn't dare make any predictions in the gripping, close World Championship fight with Verstappen in the Red Bull. “I really don’t know how it will turn out,” said the 36-year-old, who wants to make the next attempt at the 100th Grand Prix victory of his career.

Hamilton has already won five times on the legendary high-speed circuit in the Royal Park of Monza - one more and he also overtakes Michael Schumacher in these statistics. But Verstappen wants to pick up where he left off after the summer break. Winner in Belgium (although only with half the points in the racing farce in the rain), winner in the Netherlands. At the Italian Grand Prix, the hat trick awaits within three weeks before the final overseas tour via Russia and Turkey. Horner stacks deep Red Bull's team boss Christian Horner assumes that Mercedes will have the upper hand in Monza and Sochii. “The next two races will therefore be about damage limitation,” said the shrewd team boss. But the season so far has shown with Verstappen's 7:4 victories against Hamilton: the Red Bull works everywhere. “But we have to get the details right,” emphasized Verstappen, referring to Monza, where he has never won.

He leads Hamilton by three points before the classic weekend. In purely mathematical terms there could be 29 points more on Sunday evening, because as in Silverstone there will be a sprint race at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on Saturday with 3, 2 and one point for the three fastest. On Sunday, as usual, there will be 25 points for the winner plus an extra point for the fastest lap on the course, on which the pilots with a full throttle share of over 75 percent in front of half of the normally admitted spectators - including Italian Olympic athletes. Medalist and European champion coach Roberto Mancini – will be on the road.

“I'm sure it will be another close weekend and an exciting battle,” said Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, who was prompted by the announcement of George Russell as Valtteri Bottas' successor after this season and the personnel issue that was thus publicly clarified hopes for further impetus. “Nine races left. Two world titles. Go out and fight for it, boys,” the team wrote about a picture with Hamilton and colleague Bottas on social media: “Major attack until the last lap in Abu Dhabi.”

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Mercedes wants to strike back in the temple of speed

After the atmospheric highlight in the dunes of Zandvoort, World Championship leader Max Verstappen has to be prepared for the counterattack from record world champion Lewis Hamilton in the speed temple of Monza.

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