G.Fisichella's dream to sit in the cockpit of Ferrari came true, but you could not expect any special performance immediately, Giancarlo needs to get the feeling for the monopost first. His ambitions are really great, we will see in the next race. All in all his grid position wasn't bad. Pole position was for Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes again, Sutil did well again, right after him there was the first Ferrari with Räikkönen and another McLaren Mercedes with Kovalainen. The start went well and Hamilton shot off. However, the race was conducted by the experienced hand of Ross Brawn.
Starting grid of Italian GP F1:
| L.Hamilton |
A.Sutil |
| K. Räikkönen |
H.Kovalainen |
| R.Barrichello |
J.Button |
| V.Liutzzi |
F.Alonso |
| S.Vettel |
M.Webber |
| J.Trulli |
Roman Grosjean |
| R.Kubica |
G.Fisichella |
| N.Heidfeld |
T.Glock |
| K.Nakajima |
N.Rosberg |
| S.Buemi |
Jaime Alguersuari |
V.Liuzzi did pretty well, as he was promoted from a test driver to the racing driver in substitution for Fisichella and he stayed in the front most of the time, until his engine gave up. Obviously he is an excellent driver, when he has a good car. I quite like him, because we met once in person and I have taken him for a good man ever since.In the end L.Hamilton retires after his mistake and consequent crash and Rubens Barrichello wins his second GP in the colours of Brawn GP, J.Button comes second, firming his position the Championship, and finally Räikkönen gets to the third place thanks to the Hamilton's mistake. It is interesting that in the history there were 24 drivers at the start, who changed in their teams.
Classification after 12 races:
| 1. |
J.Button |
80 |
| 2. |
R.Barrichello |
66 |
| 3. |
S.Vettel |
54 |
| 4. |
M.Webber |
51,5 |
| 5. |
K. Räikkönen |
40 |
| 6. |
N.Rosberg |
30,5 |
| 7. |
L.Hamilton |
27 |
| 8. |
J.Trulli |
22,5 |
| 9. |
F.Massa |
22 |
| 10. |
H.Kovalainen |
20 |
| 11. |
F.Alonso |
20 |
| 12. |
T.Glock |
16 |
| 13. |
N.Heidfeld |
12 |
| 14. |
G.Fisichella |
8 |
| 15. |
R.Kubica |
8 |
| 16. |
A.Sutil |
5 |
| 17. |
S.Buemi |
3 |
| 18. |
S.Bourdais |
2 |
| 19. |
K.Nakajima |
0 |
| 20. |
N.Piquet |
0 |
| 21. |
Jaime Alguersuari |
0 |
| 22. |
R.Grosjean |
0 |
| 23. |
L.Badoer |
0 |
| 24. |
V.Liutzzi |
0 |
Kimi Räikkönnen |
|
Rubens Barrichello |
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