The Italian GP has been the scene of many chaotic qualifying sessions in F1's recent past, with drivers playing a game of chicken trying to position themselves for a strong slipstream on Monza's long straights.
The situation got completely out of hand in 2019, when drivers were very reluctant to be the first across the line, and therefore not benefitting from a draft while aiding their rivals.
In 2019's Q3, only McLaren's Carlos Sainz and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc just made it across the line before the timer ran out, while the other eight Q3 runners, including both Mercedes cars and the second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, all looked silly as they crossed the line too late to embark on another flyer.
In 2020 and 2021, most of the traffic woes happened in Q1, with drivers dangerously cruising on their out-laps while cars on a quick lap were flying past.
But with F1's new generation of cars, it appears that Monza issue has almost solved itself. The typical jostling for position naturally still occurs, but as the effect of the tow has diminished with the current spec of ground-effect cars, so has most of the silly gamesmanship.
"On the whole it was cleaner than I was expecting," said McLaren's Lando Norris when Autosport asked him about the traffic situation.
"I think more cars didn't want to get as much of a tow. Tows were big in 2019, 2020, 2021. Around here it was like six tenths, seven tenths with a slipstream. Now it's maximum one or two tenths probably in qualifying.
"No one wants to go first but I'd say no one was as bothered to kind of get the perfect slipstream because I don't think that really existed today.
Source: Autosport