Valtteri Bottas began his 2020 Italian Grand Prix weekend in the best manner possible, topping the timing screens at the end of FP1 at Monza as Mercedes signalled their intent with a dominant performance in FP1. Some will say early days, perhaps, but there is no other team in their orbit and all we have in terms of a true contest is Hamilton versus Bottas, with the race day outcome predictable. In stark contrast Ferrari endured more torture, their home track again exposing their lack of firepower as Charles Leclerc was only good for 11th on the timesheets, his best effort 1.2 seconds down on the top time. It was worse for teammate Sebastian Vettel who was a further full second back in...
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