Preview / ITALY MONZA

6-8 Septmber 2019

Summary Nico Hülkenberg / / Academy / Track Notes / History

Friday 6th September 2019 Saturday 7th September 2019 Sunday 8th September 2019 Free Practice 1 11:00 - 12:30 Free Practice 3 12:00 - 13:00 Race 15:10 Free Practice 2 15:00 - 16:30 Qualifying 15:00

Q&A

NICO

F1 TEAM

Nico Hülkenberg drove with determination in Spa for his eighth- place finish. The German heads to Italy with motivation to do even better at The Temple of Speed.

How special is the Italian Grand Prix? have a low downforce setting on the car, qualifying and race and we’ll be aiming Monza carries a lot of history and it’s the lowest of the season, to allow the top for even better in Monza. All our focus is amongst the most special Grands Prix on straight-line speed. The car will feel light on having a strong weekend to end the the Formula 1 calendar. The fans create this at the first, especially in FP1, and it takes a European part of the season with some wild atmosphere there and it’s really cool little bit of getting used to. Monza has hard solid points. to experience. I do enjoy racing at circuits braking zones, Turn 1 is a standout, and you with a lot of history and prestige. You get a need to be quite brave there. The Lesmos, great feeling at these places. I do enjoy food, the run through Ascari and of course, the and Italy is good for that. I’ll be sure to eat a Parabolica are all a lot of fun to drive when pizza at some point over the weekend! you get them right.

What are the main considerations for a How do you reflect on Spa? lap? Spa was a difficult weekend for a number The track is high-speed with a lot of demand of reasons, but to take home some points on the engine, high-speed and the need for in eighth was pleasing in the end. We maintaining momentum around the lap. We demonstrated our capabilities both in

All our focus is on having a strong weekend to end the European part of the season with some solid points.

NICO

Q&A

DANIEL

renault F1 TEAM

Daniel Ricciardo has his mind on the Italian Grand Prix, a race which is closer to home for the Australian who has Italian roots.

How much does the Italian Grand Prix How enjoyable is a lap of Monza? strong pace in qualifying and should have mean to you? Monza is a really nice circuit. It’s high-speed, scored some important points. Just to race I have Italian heritage with some cousins awesome to drive and one of the highlights of on Sunday was challenging, but I’m glad we and relatives living in Italy. It’s not the year. If you’re clever on the brakes, you can did. Monza means we have an immediate immediate family, but they still come pull off some good overtakes. I’ve made a few opportunity to bounce back and hopefully out and support. The fans are always good ones there in the past! If we can repeat score well. special in Monza and the passion there our qualifying form, hopefully we can be in a is amazing. There’s lots of red flares and position to fight for double figure points. chaos everywhere, but it’s quite cool to see everyone going wild. I always look forward What’s there to say about last to the drivers’ parade in Monza because it’s weekend’s race? electric and gets you pumped to go racing. I was glad to move on from Belgium. Our On a food note, the best pizza in the world race was pretty much over from the turn is in Monza. I think I had seven pizzas in four one incident as it was difficult to recover days last year! with the damage we sustained. We showed

Monza means we have an immediate opportunity to bounce back and hopefully score well. ACADEMY

Mia Sharizman, Academy Director

“It was the hardest weekend for the Academy and for me personally. Everyone in the Academy looked up to Anthoine as being the benchmark for how to conduct themselves on and off track. He was humble and yet fast, he was caring and yet focused on being the best. He would help the younger drivers in the Academy and still complete his own training programme with absolute maximum effort.

“Anthoine spent the last week of his life with the Academy boys at the training camp in the Pyrenees. It was he who convinced me that it will be good for everyone and he wanted to achieve this along with his fellow drivers as it was ‘a once in a lifetime achievement for all’. That is Anthoine – always thinking about others.

“Anthoine was moving up nicely in the Academy where we already identified his F2 programme for 2020. He will be a great lost for us as he was also crucial in the development of the F1 team too.

“It’s going to be difficult to move on but Anthoine would want each and everyone in the Academy to reach their goals and be the best they can be. There are races and championships to be won. The rest of the boys will focus on this, as they know that is what Anthoine would have wanted them to do. He has made everyone in the Academy a better person. That is how we will remember him.” ACADEMY

FORMULA 2

“Although everything feels pretty unimportant right now, we have to keep moving, so we set our sights on Monza and doing the best job we can in Anthoine’s memory. Monza always produces some of the closest racing of the year so I’m looking forward to that.”

Guanyu Zhou

“There has been lots of emotions going through my mind over these last few days. Now, I will keep my head up and be fully focused for Italy. We will be racing with Anthoine in our hearts and we will do everything possible to have the best race for ourselves and for him.” ACADEMY

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Christian LundgaarD

“Monza is a great circuit and I have some good memories there. It will be tough to get back on track, but I will be racing for my friend Anthoine and his family. We struggled to get the qualifying right in Spa – we made up for that in the races – so we’ll be concentrating on being higher up the grid this weekend, fighting for the wins.”

MAX FEWTRELL

“Spa was a really dark weekend for everyone in motorsport. It affected all of us Academy guys, we were very close to Anthoine. It was a tough one to take, but we’ll remember him for who he was. We’ll race every lap for him. I’m looking forward to Monza now. We didn’t get the results in Spa, we were on the backfoot from qualifying, which we know we need to do better in. We’ll reset and go again this weekend and get some good results for our friend.”

Yifei Ye

“I’m really looking forward to the upcoming race weekend. I’ve always liked Monza and I took my maiden win in there last year. It will be fascinating to race at more than 300kph. I will be doing my best to score some great results, especially for our beloved hero Anthoine.” ACADEMY

Eurocup

“It’s a back to back race, so I’m fully ] focused on Budapest. The Nürburgring was the worst race of my career so far in terms of pure performance but we will keep working hard to improve. I couldn’t really pay tribute to my friend Anthoine last Sunday because of an engine issue but I’m sure the team and I will do our best to hold the French flag on the podium. It could also be a turning point in the championship if we find our true pace. I’m racing for Anthoine!”

“I think we can have a strong weekend in Budapest. We need to improve and work on in a few areas but I’m confident that we will do it. I will be racing for Anthoine, so the team and I will do our best to make him proud.”

LEONARDO LORANDI

“I’m looking forward to the this weekend. It’s a new track again for me but from working on the simulator, it looks to be fun and a bit like a kart circuit! It’s the first race after the tragic loss of our friend and colleague . His soul will always be with us and our thoughts will be for him. I will try to have some good results to make him proud.” 306.720 53 1:21.046s 5.793 Race dis tanc e (KM) Numbe r of laps Lap record (2004) Circuit length (KM )

Ideal lap 1:19.005s 2018 pe rformanc e

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