2015 Italian Grand Prix review

So the last European Grand Prix is now over and it's time to break it down.

The start was very exciting because Kimi Räikkönen started from the front row. Haven't seen that in a while! But what happened? The lights went out and everybody passed him! EVERYBODY!

Kimi said that at first everything was normal but then the car went in anti-stall and couldn't go in 1st gear. After a while it worked perfectly but he was in last position.

Ferrari didn't admit that there was any problems with the car. So it was either Kimi's fault or Ferrari didn't want to admit that there was anything wrong with the car at their home GP. I have no idea who's fault it was but it was embarrassing! Feel sorry for Kimi.

Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas passed Nico Rosberg and were now behind Lewis Hamilton who was in the lead obviously. Rosberg was driving with an older version of their engine and it seemed to make his race more difficult than Hamilton's. Why did Hamilton get a new engine and not Rosberg? It is obvious who is the number one driver in the team.

Even though Kimi had a very bad start he managed to get his car from last to 3rd before his pit stop. Great overtaking! Ferrari messed up his race by keeping him out too long so that he would keep Rosberg away from Vettel who was 2nd. Kimi also realized this and said on the radio "come on guys! let's pit already!". Ferrari gave him permission to pit and he did. Just before he got to the pit lane he almost got hit by Roberto Merhi. He had too much speed and got a surprise when Kimi braked before the pits. Luckily nobody got hurt. Kimi dropped back again because of the pitstop but managed to finish 6th.

Massa is having one of the best seasons of his life if you think what kind of car he is driving. He drove a great race and even kept a very fast Bottas behind him. It was very close that Bottas would have overtaken him on the last lap.

Hamilton had a terrible last few laps. He got a message on the radio to set fast laps back to back and they couldn't tell him why. But I know why! Hamilton had illegal tires and Mercedes were sure that he would get a time penalty after the race. They couldn't tell Hamilton what was going on because the FIA was listening and they hoped that they wouldn't notice any problems. They did later though but Hamilton still got to keep his win and got no penalty! Why not?

Hamilton's day got even better when his teammate Nico Rosberg retired with his older engine and gave the Englishman a 25 point advantage.

Sebastian Vettel was second and no surprise there. He always takes the maximum amount of points from every race. I'm not a Vettel fan but I rank him much higher than most of you guys do. He can get good results with any car!

And now it's time for my predictions and the results:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT

Race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. He retired after his engine failed.
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. Vettel was 2nd and Massa was 3rd.

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT

Surprise: Valtteri Bottas, Williams - I was suprised that he couldn't get pass Massa but that's it.

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