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The Race is on, and Max Verstappan won the Italian Grand Prix from 7th on the grid,

but did Ferrari get it run strategically yet again,

and should the way the race ended have been handled better,

given it finished under the safety car. I'm Ed Strawer and joining me to answer those questions

and more are Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell Malm. Well, hello, Mark. It's been about an hour

since I was last with you at Monza. We've now gone on our separate ways to our hotels. Much

been going on in that

past hour as you were fighting your way out of the circuit traffic. No, most of that time was just

sat in the exit of the car park, which is, for those who haven't visited Monza, the car park is a wood.

And as you can imagine, there's only a few limited spaces in between the trees of a wood.

So it's an unusual choice for a car park.

But yeah, we sat in it for quite some time behind the Arctic as traffic sorted itself out.

It's always a pleasure on a Grand Prix Sunday.

And Scott Mitchell, you were watching from afar, but no less engaged in the race weekend.

How have you found it?

Yeah, it's been, I think it was quite nice to have a little bit of a breather, having

done the first couple of races of this triple header.

I have to say, the atmosphere of Monza is a bit less tangible from afar.

It looked like a pretty raucous weekend with the Tofosi out in force.

But I think it was still fun.

It's still a fun experience from home.

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