The passionate Prancing Horse fans were hugely disappointed after MERCEDES DRUBBED FERRARI on its home soil. Despite Sebastian Vettel’s consolatory podium finish, beaten by half a minute, the race showed that Ferrari was just not there in the fight for the top two places.
No race in the calendar sees the kind of passion that is on view at the Italian Grand Prix. The huge flags with the Prancing Horse logo and a sea of red in Monza is proof of the passion that Ferrari evokes.
However, these passionate fans were hugely disappointed after Mercedes drubbed Ferrari on its home soil. Despite Sebastian Vettel’s consolatory podium finish, beaten by half a minute, the race showed that Ferrari was just not there in the fight for the top two places.
WHEN VETTEL CAME into Ferrari’s home Grand Prix, he was leading the championship race by seven points, but when he left Moza, he trailed Lewis Hamilton by three points.
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