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The heat is there and it is unavoidable for all of us,” Hamilton said. “It is very difficult for people watching who are not naturally in it to feel what we feel. The pressure is at its highest I can ever remember. That’s the pressure you put on yourself to success and your desires and your fears and all the people who are depending on you, which is a lot of people.”

It was a dismal race weekend for the four-time World Champion, who found himself towing team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to pole position on Satuday and spinning to the back of the grid after contact with title rival Lewis Hamilton on the first lap come Sunday.

Stoffel Vandoorne said, “I’m very grateful to McLaren for investing their faith in me over the past five years. I joined McLaren as a young driver and have since seen my career progress within the team from Test and Development Driver to Reserve Driver and then to full-time race driver.”

Ferrari fans were hoping that their drivers Raikkonen or Vettel will win in Monza, last time Ferrari won in Monza was back in 2010.

POS Driver Team Time Laps 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Mercedes 1:26.125 53 2 Kimi Raikkonen 1 Ferrari 8.705s 53 3 Valtteri Bottas 1 Mercedes 14.066s 53 4 Sebastian Vettel 2 Ferrari 16.151s 53 5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 18.208s 53 6 Romain Grosjean Haas 56.320s 53 7 Esteban Ocon 1 Force India 57.761s 53 8 Sergio Perez 6 Force India 58.678s 53 9 Carlos Sainz 2 Renault 78.140s 53 10 Lance Stroll Williams 1 LAP 52 11 Sergey Sirotkin 1 Williams 1 LAP 52 12 Charles Leclerc 3 Sauber 1 LAP 52 13 Stoffel Vandoorne 4 McLaren 1 LAP 52 14 Nico Hulkenberg 6 Renault 1 LAP 52 15 Pierre Gasly 6 Toro Rosso 1 LAP 52 16 Marcus Ericsson 2 Sauber 1 LAP 52 17 Kevin Magnussen 6 Haas 1 LAP 52 R Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 30 LAPS 23 R Fernando Alonso McLaren 44 LAPS 9 R Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 53 LAPS 0

McLaren have confirmed they have held talks with Sergio Perez

“That was an exciting qualifying session!” he said afterwards. “Congratulations to Ferrari, they did a solid job today.

Pos. Driver Car Best lap 1 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1:19.119 2 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari 1:19.280 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG F1 1:19.294 4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes AMG F1 1:19.656 5 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:20.615 6 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 1:20.936 7 Carlos Sainz Renault F1 1:21.041 8 Esteban Ocon Force India […]

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“I think we confirmed more or less that it’s going to be a tough weekend for us as a team in terms of performance,” said Alonso on Friday evening.

Ferrari have yet to take a decision on whether to retain Kimi Raikkonen for 2019, the Italian Formula One team’s new chief executive Louis Camilleri said on Friday.

Lewis Hamilton accepts Mercedes is playing catch up to Ferrari at Monza and says the areas his team is weaker compared to its rivals are clear to see.