
With all the hoo-ha surrounding the Renault Crashgate fiasco, it’s easy to forget that F1 is actually a sport we love, and that every now and then we get to watch some cars racing.

Half an hour after the end of the final qualifying session here at Monza, it rained. Not just a few drops, but a full-scale apocalyptic deluge, as vicious as the storm that engulfed last year’s Italian GP.