It started already in the practice and qualification, when Sebastian Vettel reached the pole position, the youngest driver to do so. He was joking about the possibility of his victory at the pre-race press conference, but he didn't hope it might actually happen. The favourites got stuck in the rear. The best of them was Felipe Massa. For him, it was a chance to get to the first place of the current classification. The drama from the qualification extended even to the race. It was raining and the marshals decided for a flying start behind the Safety Car. S.Vettel, clearly with the wings from Red Bull immediately drove away from his pursuers. Bourdais remained standing on the grid and had to start eventually from the pits, but no sooner than 2 laps behind and his nice fourth position turned into nothing.
You could see the fighting all over the circuit, which is the fastest in the Championship. Monza has not seen rain for perhaps tens of years, the gushers of water created a fine fog. Kimi again set the fastest lap, but didn't score a single point anyway. Scuderia Ferrari signed a contract with him till 2010, which put a stop to Alonso's ambitons of getting the job. .
Starting grid of the Italian GP F1 :
| S.Vettel |
H.Kovalainen |
| M.Webber |
S.Bourdais |
| N.Rosberg |
F.Massa |
| J.Trulli |
F.Alonso |
| T.Glock |
N.Heidfeld |
| R.Kubica |
G.Fisichella |
| D.Coulhartd |
K. Räikkönen |
| L.Hamilton |
R.Barrichello |
| N.Piquet |
K.Nakajima |
| J.Button |
A.Sutil |
S.Vettel kept such an advantage throughout the race that even the pit stops could not change anything about his standings and he won the Italian GP, H.Kovalainen came second and R.Kubica third. .
Classification after fourteen races:
| 1. |
L.Hamilton |
78 |
| 2. |
F.Massa |
77 |
| 3. |
R.Kubica |
64 |
| 4. |
K. Räikkönen |
57 |
| 5. |
N.Heidfled |
53 |
| 6. |
H.Kovalainen |
51 |
| 7. |
F.Alonso |
28 |
| 8. |
J.Trulli |
26 |
| 9. |
S.Vettel |
23 |
| 10. |
M.Webber |
20 |
| 11. |
T.Glock |
15 |
| 12. |
N.Piquet |
13 |
| 13. |
R.Barrichello |
11 |
| 14. |
N.Rosberg |
9 |
| 15. |
K.Nakajima |
8 |
| 16. |
D.Coulthard |
6 |
| 17. |
S.Bourdais |
4 |
| 18. |
J.Button |
3 |
| 19. |
A.Sutil |
0 |
| 20. |
G.Fisichella |
0 |
| 21. |
T.Sato |
0 |
| 22. |
A.Davidson |
0 |
M. Schumacher |
|
S. Vettel |
|
S. Vettel |
|
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