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Tag Archives: italian gp
Monza in three minutes
at 4:57 pm on Wednesday September 23, 2009 20 CommentsMonza: Hamilton gets the party started
at 7:23 pm on Sunday September 13, 2009 49 Comments
No prizes for guessing what prompted the biggest cheer of day from the tens of thousands of Italian fans gathered trackside at Monza.
Button back on the podium
at 3:00 pm on Sunday September 13, 2009 38 Comments
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.
Monza: when it rains, it pours
at 6:31 pm on Saturday September 12, 2009 13 Comments
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.
Monza quali
at 2:54 pm on Saturday September 12, 2009 52 Comments
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.
Monza: it’s all about Fisi
at 3:18 pm on Friday September 11, 2009 25 Comments
Forget Button and Barrichello and Vettel and Webber. Forget about RaceFixGate. This weekend’s race at Monza is about one man: Giancarlo Fisichella.
F1 Poll: world champs
at 4:44 pm on Wednesday September 9, 2009 29 Comments
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.
More Brawn for Merc?
at 12:50 pm on Tuesday September 8, 2009 31 Comments
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.
