Super Vettel takes record braking win

Sebastian Vettel has won the Italian Grand Prix after a brilliant drive from pole in his Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso. Vettel led the race comfortably, only coming under pressure once from Lewis Hamilton, before McLaren went the wrong way with a weather decision in a race that was wet from start for finish. He won the race [...]

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Vettel grabs pole at incredible Monza qualifying

Sebastian Vettel has taken his, and Toro Rosso’s, maiden pole position at qualifying for tomorrows Italian Grand Prix, braking several records. Throughout qualifying, Toro Rosso, who have recently improved enough to reach Q3 for three races in a row, looked to be the only team who were together enough to cope with the torrential conditions that saw both Kimi Raikkonen and [...]

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Glock tops final wet practice at Monza

Timo Glock set the fastest time in an hour of difficult conditions, which saw parts of the track underwater. The real front-runners left it too late to set notable times, so Glock and Toyota were on P1 for most of the session, a time of 1:35.464, a full 0.6 seconds faster than Toro Rosso’s Sebastian [...]

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Raikkonen on top at Monza second practice

Conditions dried after FP1 and normality returned to the time sheets as Kimi Raikkonen finished on top for Ferrari. His time of 1:23.861 forced BMW to settle for second and third with just one tenth of a second difference. Robert Kubica ahead of Nick Heidfeld with a gap of 0.01 seconds. Lewis Hamilton was right [...]

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Sutil leads at torrential Monza first practice

Adrian Sutil and Force India finished the first 90 minute practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at the top of the timesheets as the pit garages flooded in torrential rain. The German set a time of 1:32.842, 0.6 seconds faster than Honda’s Rubens Barrichello. Giancarlo Fishichella continued Force India’s bravery at the water-soaked Monza, [...]

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Hamilton takes lead as Monza test ends

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time on the third and last day of testing at Monza. His best lap, a 1:22.967 for McLaren, was 0.4 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Despite McLaren and Ferrari being on top, today proved to be the most surprising of the test. Force India took the third spot, thanks to Giancarlo Fisichella, [...]

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Heidfeld on top at Monza day two

Nick Heidfeld has topped the time sheets on day two of testing at Monza. Recently Heidfeld has been struggling in timed sessions but today he completed 89 laps to set the fastest time of 1:22.621. Fellow German, Nico Rosberg finished in second for Williams, 0.2 seconds behind the BMW.  McLaren and Ferrari failed to make it [...]

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