Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Monza

Very briefly on Perez: that's the second crash very similar that he's had in the wet in that car - remember Hockenheim in the wet when he stacked it into the wall?

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"It's because these tyres are so hard that's why everyone keeps going off. It's insane."

Sergio Perez in the wallpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

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Another red flag, another car spinning at Ascari.

Perez was riding on inters and did a similar dance as Sainz, slipping out of the exit of the Turn Nine, but the backside of the pink Racing Point went into the barriers.

The session has re-started, Raikkonen has been towed. He's back in the pitlane heading for the garage with his helmet still on.

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Red flagpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

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So Raikkonen causes the red flag, but straight away Carlos Sainz takes a tumble too at Ascari, the turn before Parabolica. "I spun on the curb" he says on the radio, although he managed to avoid hitting the wall, and did a full 360 to face in the right direction.

Skills.

Kimi in the wallpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

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Kimi Raikkonen has beached the Alfa. "I'm stuck. It's ok but I am stuck." he says.

It's a slippy track, no doubt, and he's out on intermediates. Raikkonen skids out of Parabolica over into the gravel and bumps into the barrier. But his wheels are still going round trying to get out of it.

Sorry Kimi, red flag!

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Monza

Charles Leclerc finally took a long-overdue first win in Belgium last weekend, and there must be a very strong chance of it happening again - even Lewis Hamilton said so, while making it clear he would do everything he could to stop it.

Leclerc himself, though, has his feet very much on the ground. “Obviously I am very happy that this first win is done,” he said.

“It’s always difficult to do this first step but, once you do it, it takes quite a bit of weight off your shoulders and of that I’m very proud. Not much time to actually think about it because we are already four days later here in Italy and we need to focus fully on the job that we have to do here.”

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The five-time champ is now in the car, as is his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, on wets.

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Stephen Taylor: No one knows how good Leclerc can be that is up to him and his application but this year has been good and promising but not spectacular start . Really hope he doesn't become a Montoya type driver - someone good enough to win races but can't get a WDC over the line

Bob McFeil: Leclerc is a brilliant driver, however I don’t see the quality that we saw with a young Vettel or Hamilton. I’d rather Lando Norris win races anyway.

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Both Mercedes drivers, and Alex Albon are yet to go out, while Lando Norris has joined Max Verstappen on intermediate tyres.

MotoGP comes to San Marino next weekend.

So far everyone who has set an install lap is out on wets, while Max Verstappen has just done a round on inters, with enough water spray behind him to soak everyone stood at a bus stop.

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It's raining, it's pouring...

Romain Grosjean on in-car radio: "Shall we put the tyres in the blankets? It's very, very slippy."

Three poles, one win, and a few close victories. Leclerc has been a hot topic all season, so just how good is he?

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An hour-and-a-half on the clock. Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean, and George Russell are out on installation laps.

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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Monza

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Those fans that crowd outside the paddock gates, and into the grandstands around this track, want nothing more than a Ferrari win - they are effectively a national team, and passion runs higher for them here in Italy than it does for any team anywhere else.

They managed to mess it up collectively when they had the fastest car here last year, but this year presents another opportunity in the wake of Charles Leclerc’s maiden victory in Belgium last weekend. “It’s a similar track,” Sebastian Vettel said. "Very different but in terms of the way the cars are set up similar to last weekend. I hope we can be as competitive as we were there.

"For sure we’ve seen the trend that in qualifying we have a bit of an edge on these types of tracks, whereas in the race everything moves very close together. I expect the main challenge to be looking after the tyres, finding the right set-up, the right balance in the car, to feel comfortable to extract the maximum. I can’t give you any predictions but I guess it will be very tight.”

Lando Norris recently met his hero, Italian motorbike legend, and nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi, at Silverstone for MotoGP's British Grand Prix.

Norris has a Rossi style helmet and he will even don some Rossi style boots.

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