Monza in three minutes
With all the hoo-ha surrounding the Renault Crashgate fiasco, it’s easy to forget that F1 is actually a sport we love, and that every now and then we get to watch some cars racing.
Formula 1 Blog – BBC Top Gear
With all the hoo-ha surrounding the Renault Crashgate fiasco, it’s easy to forget that F1 is actually a sport we love, and that every now and then we get to watch some cars racing.
No prizes for guessing what prompted the biggest cheer of day from the tens of thousands of Italian fans gathered trackside at Monza.
Jenson Button scored his first podium in six races at Monza, fighting off a charging Lewis Hamilton to come home second behind teammate Rubens Barrichello.
Half an hour after the end of the final qualifying session here at Monza, it rained. Not just a few drops, but a full-scale apocalyptic deluge, as vicious as the storm that engulfed last year’s Italian GP.
Lewis Hamilton may have made a stunning last minute grab at getting pole position for the Italian GP, but it looks like the two Brawns are best placed to win tomorrow’s race.
Forget Button and Barrichello and Vettel and Webber. Forget about RaceFixGate. This weekend’s race at Monza is about one man: Giancarlo Fisichella.
Talk of who’s going to take the World Drivers’ Championship is hotting up. Brawn’s Jenson Button is still leading the pack on 72 points, and even after his non-finish at the Belgian GP the other weekend, he’s still clear by 16 points.
Mercedes-Benz is set to buy a chunk of championship leaders Brawn GP, according to F1′s rumour mill. The German manufacturer already has a long-standing stake in McLaren, and supplies engines to Force India, but it’s apparently keen to tie up something more substantial with the Brackley-based team.
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