Formula Frenzy

 Monza was a lot of fun with some close battles in the top part of the grid for most of the way. If you didn't know, the track had its debut in 1922 on the exact date as this year's race.  Ferrari's Carlos Sainz ended up on Pole Position and held it for about 15 laps before he was overtook by Max Verstappen. Max ended up winning the race -- and breaking a record with 10 race wins in a row! This beats Sebastian Vettel who set the record of 9 consecutive wins in 2013.  Red Bull's Checo Perez made his way up the top 10 and into second for the finish, while Carlos did only end up losing one more spot, securing his spot on the podium. Though, his teammate Charles Leclerc did give him a little bit of a run for his money. Leclerc ended up in P4 and less than .20 of a second behind Carlos.  Alpha Tauri's temporary driver Liam Lawson started in 12th and ended up in 11th, but unfortunately, his teammate Yuki Tsunoda wasn't even able to start the race after coming into eng...

The Belgian GP this past weekend also included a sprint race... something that's received mixed reactions from the fans and drivers since it's been introduced this season. On Saturday, it was rainy in Spa so everybody started with wet compound tyres and the FIA ruled they’d begin the race on a rolling start.   After 5 laps of formation under the safety car-- and the track mostly cleared up, about half the grid immediately followed into the pit lane to change tyres to intermediate.   Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso did not finish the race after spinning nearly into the wall on one of the turns. The car was fine for the race Sunday… and the birthday boy took it from the fifth row to fifth position for the finish!  In the sprint, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ended up where he started… in first place. He was followed by Mclaren’s Oscar Piastri and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly— two drivers we haven’t seen much on a ‘podium’, even though it was for a sprint.   Congrats all!