This race was such an emotional journey. For the final 14 laps, I didn’t transfer an inch – caught not on the automobiles or the monitor, however on the timer. The hole between Piastri and Leclerc decreased little by little. Every kind of calculations went via – “he must cowl up greater than a second each lap, Leclerc’s tyres should’ve degraded a lot,” “this isn’t a Pirelli advisable technique, it’s a complete catastrophe, 2022 is repeating itself…”

However, everytime I breathed, Leclerc continued to win my confidence. Identical to he has completed so many instances through the years. Monza in 2019 was particular, and so was this one.

I don’t assume there’s a single driver on the grid who’s as captivated with his crew as Leclerc. It exhibits. The true emotion. The magical drives when the whole lot is falling aside. The spectacular qualification Q3 timings that come out of nowhere. The “I’m not pondering twice about Ferrari” confidence he instills in followers.

A couple of weeks in the past, I visited Italy. Ferrari & Godfather have at all times been how I’ve identified Italy. And it exhibits. The eagerness in how they do issues – the trains, the meals, the conversations, the whole lot! The emotion and have to have issues be so as.

The Italian commentators that pour their hearts out when their groups win. The celebration at Monza when a Scuderia wins.

It was Kimi who confirmed me methods to take pleasure in F1 again in 2007, Vettel who confirmed what constant good performances are, and Leclerc who exhibits what stunning, passionate, quick driving seems to be like. No surprise I naturally root for him.

Nothing beats the expertise of watching an exhilarating, down-to-the-very-end sport stay and seeing your crew win. As somebody nice (don’t know who) has mentioned, watching an exciting sport stay is a real privilege.

A real cathartic expertise.