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Formula 1: Ferrari, a faded success in Monza It is never easy to talk about sport and events to be celebrated when unfortunately the sport news has to deal with a tragedy. And what happened on the occasion of the Monza Grand Prix, when a tyre coming off a Jordan killed Paolo Gislimberti, a volunteer of the fire-fighting service, is really incredible. And when the protagonists themselves admit that what happened on the racing track is only secondary, despite the fight for the world title, one should really stop to think about that.  It is however worth mentioning that Schumacher, thanks to his victory in Monza, is now only two points behind Hakkinen, who ended up at the second place. This is the 41st victory for the German pilot, who thus equals Senna in this special classification. Senna's death is another sad memory; someone interpreted Schumacher's tears during the press conference after the race also as a tribute to the great Brazilian pilot. There are strong doubts about that. In fact, there was bad blood between the two, and rumour has it that this rivalry even turned out in a short brawl; moreover, Senna's supporters won't easily forget, in the day of his tragedy, the hug (maybe too affected) between Briatore and Schumacher at the end of that Grand Prix (unfortunately once again in Italy, Imola) that was won by Benetton. Schumi has then differently justified his tears by saying that the fact of winning in this way, breasting the tape before the extraordinary Ferrari supporters in the Monza Grand Prix, has moved him to tears before cameras. This is a more plausible explanation, even though it is rather strange to see the cold leader, the steely man, to behave in that way at the finishing line. A moment of weakness is sufficient to give rise to various illations: Ferrari supporters are afraid that the nerves of their champion are no longer so strong and that the false starts of the past have somewhat undermined his celebrated mental solidity. The reverse of the medal, i.e. what we like to believe, is that Schumacher has finally partly loosened his outward rigidity and that he, too, has a heart subject to emotions. And at most, an eventual operation of image recovery, after years of imperturbable and impenetrable self-control, could do well for the German champion. Leaving aside all other considerations, Ferrari has the satisfaction of still competing for the world title with only 3 Grand Prix races left before the end of the championship.  Monza was a test not to be failed: Ferrari absolutely had to win and it managed to do that. When considering the tragedy of last Sunday, all that can be sufficient, while awaiting future events. Paolo Ghisoni

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