Mugello reactions: “Do they want to kill us?”

Im Crash chaos on the Ferrari home track in Tuscany Lewis Hamilton achieved the 100th Mercedes success since rejoining as a works team ten years ago. The Finn Valtteri Bottas finished second in the wild race with several interruptions in accidents, making the Silver Arrows' day perfect. Third place went to the Thai Alexander Albon, who achieved his first podium finish in the Red Bull. “There weren’t many cars slower than us today” Sebastian Vettel A tired greeting to the fans from his lame Ferrari was enough, but Sebastian Vettel's verdict after the next Formula 1 humiliation was devastating. “There weren't many cars slower than us today. “It’s bittersweet, of course,” said the four-time world champion after finishing tenth in Mugello. At the 1000th Scuderia Grand Prix on Sunday, the traditional team had no chance of lagging behind the local Tifosi. “I would have liked us to get more than just one point, but in the end that was all we could do,” said the 33-year-old Vettel.

Teammate Charles Leclerc was also left behind in eighth place. “We lack the speed, we wear out the tires too quickly. It is the entire project that we have to rethink,” admitted Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto. “My heart is still racing” Lewis Hamilton With his 90th career triumph, Hamilton expanded his championship lead to 55 points over Bottas and can draw level with record holder Michael Schumacher (91 victories) in the upcoming race in Russia. “Today there were three races in one day, it was incredibly hard. My heart is still racing,” assured the Brit after climbing out of his car, visibly exhausted.

The start of the Ferrari anniversary resulted in chaos. Hamilton got off badly from the 95th pole position of his career, Bottas immediately raced into first place. Behind him, the engine of Max Verstappen's Red Bull failed, the Dutchman fell back to midfield and was then roughly pushed into the gravel by Kimi Räikkönen in the Alfa Romeo. Most recently in Monza, the supposedly strongest Mercedes hunter, Verstappen, did not make it to the finish line.

Romain Grosjean and Max Verstappen ended up in the gravel trap. © APA/afp / LUCA BRUNO

For Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly from France, a sensational winner the previous week, the working day was already over after just a few kilometers because of this accident. Because the Spaniard Carlos Sainz also spun on the track in his McLaren, the following drivers had to laboriously take evasive action. Vettel didn't see Sainz until late and damaged the front wing of the McLaren. The race management intervened and ordered the safety car onto the track. “I spun at 300 km/h and suddenly had three cars in front of me. “I wouldn’t wish an accident like that on anyone,” said future Ferrari driver Sainz to the Journal of Sport and added: “Fortunately we are all healthy.” “Luckily we are all healthy” Carlos Sainz After the restart, Bottas drove in serpentine lines at the front, holding up the rest for too long. Because the first drivers were already accelerating at the rear, Antonio Giovinazzi crashed his Alfa Romeo into Kevin Magnussen's Haas racing car. Sainz and Williams driver Nicholas Latifi were also involved in the accident. “Do they want to kill us?” complained Haas driver Romain Grosjean.

The home straight was littered with debris and the race was stopped for the time being, as it had been a week earlier in Monza. The Formula 1 makers probably didn't have such a spectacle in mind when they awarded a Grand Prix to Ferrari's home track in Tuscany for the first time during the Corona emergency season. After all, the almost 3000 spectators who were allowed to attend a race for the first time this year were treated to exciting, long-lasting action.

After a 25-minute break, only 13 of the 20 pilots formed up for the restart. The Frenchman Esteban Ocon also had to retire because of overheated brakes on his Renault. But this time everything went smoothly when the red lights went out. At the front, Hamilton restored the normal pecking order and drove safely to victory.

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Mugello reactions: “Do they want to kill us?”

The Formula 1 premiere in Mugello offered around two and a half hours of pure action on Sunday afternoon. The spectacular overtaking maneuvers, wild accidents and several interruptions caused a stir in the pit lane after the end of the race.

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