Monza, Italy: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished only third in the Italian Grand Prix but the Formula One leader declared it a "perfect Sunday" drive in the park, after extending his overall lead against the odds.
Red Bull's reigning champion Sebastian Vettel, the Spaniard's closest rival before the start, retired along with his Australian team-mate Mark Webber. So too did McLaren's Jenson Button, winner at Spa where Alonso crashed out at the first corner after a pile-up triggered by Frenchman Romain Grosjean - who was banned for the Monza weekend.
By a happy coincidence, the three drivers shunted out by Grosjean in Spa all ended up on the Monza podium on Sunday, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton winning, but remaining 37 points adrift of Alonso in second place overall.
Second place in the race went to Sauber's Mexican Sergio Perez, who is 114 points off the lead....
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12:54 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Monza: Both the Sahara Force India drivers, Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta, on Friday managed to get top-10 finishes in the practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, here on Sunday. Hulkenberg, coming into the race after his career-best show at Belgium, clocked eighth fastest time in FP2, while Di Resta was seventh. Di Resta did not take part in FP1 but clocked his best lap in 1:25.546 in...
10:52 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Force India's Adrian Sutil was fourth; team's second scoring finish in 2 races. ...
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The Ferrari driver will leave the sport at the end of this season, following the year-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. ...
06:55 PM, Sep 10, 2006
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher of Ferrari won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday. ...
06:47 PM, Sep 10, 2006
Jenson Button, who had a big accident in testing at the track last week, said that improvements needed to be made. ...
02:38 PM, Sep 09, 2006
Michael Schumacher kept his cool on Thursday as retirement talk raged around him at the Italian Grand Prix. ...
04:33 PM, Sep 08, 2006
His manager, Willi Weber, was quoted as telling
Bild, "We won't have anything to say before Sunday." ...
03:34 PM, Sep 06, 2006
