Formula 1: Ferrari celebrates home victory at Monza with ZF Sachs
At the Italian Grand Prix on the fastest Formula 1 circuit at Monza Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso clinched the home victory for the Scuderia with dampers from ZF Sachs Race Engineering. In addition, the Spaniard posted the fastest race lap. With his victory and the 25 points gained in the process Alonso has reduced the gap to the top and positioned himself in third place of the championship after the 14th GP race. His team colleague Felipe Massa, who also relies on high tech from ZF Sachs Race Engineering, celebrated a major exploit in front of the home audience too by coming third.
The German Mercedes GP duo, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher, finished far at the front with damper technology from Schweinfurt as well. Whereas Rosberg in fifth place continued to advance towards the top, the record world champion reaped two valuable points thanks to his ninth-place finish.
S�astien Buemi, whose STR-Ferrari is fitted with a clutch and dampers from ZF Sachs, barely missed scoring points in eleventh place.
Results, Italian Grand Prix (I), round 14, FIA Formula 1 World Championship, 10�12 Sep 2010:
1 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1h 16m 24.572s, ZF Sachs
2 Jenson Button, McLaren, + 2.938s
3 Felipe Massa, Ferrari, + 4.223s, ZF Sachs
4 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, + 28.196s
5 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, + 29.942s, ZF Sachs
6 Mark Webber, Red Bull, + 31.276s
7 Nico H�kenberg, Williams, + 32.812s
8 Robert Kubica, Renault, + 34.028s
9 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, + 44.948s, ZF Sachs
10 Rubens Barrichello, Williams, + 1m 04.213s
Drivers� championship:
1 Mark Webber, 187 points; 2 Lewis Hamilton, 182; 3 Fernando Alonso, 166; 4 Jenson Button, 165; 5 Sebastian Vettel, 163; 6 Felipe Massa, 124; 7 Nico Rosberg, 112; 8 Robert Kubica, 108; 9 Michael Schumacher, 46; 10 Adrian Sutil, 45.
Constructors� championship:
1 Red Bull, 350 points; 2 McLaren, 347; 3 Ferrari, 290; 4 Mercedes, 158; 5 Renault, 127; 6 Force India, 58; 7 Williams, 47; 8 Sauber, 27; 9 Scuderia Toro Rosso, 10.
Other results:
Results, Monza (I), Supercup, round 10, 10�12 Sep 2010:
1 Nicholas Tandy, Porsche, 26m 47.535s, ZF Sachs
2 Sean Edwards, Porsche, + 0.319s, ZF Sachs
3 Norbert Siedler, Porsche, + 2.714s, ZF Sachs
4 Ren�Rast, Porsche, + 3.061s, ZF Sachs
5 Jan Seyffarth, Porsche, + 4.478s, ZF Sachs
6 Alessandro Balzan, Porsche, + 4.661s, ZF Sachs
7 Nicolas Armindo, Porsche, + 5.715s, ZF Sachs
8 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen, Porsche, + 5.939s, ZF Sachs
9 Patrick Huisman, Porsche, + 6.252s, ZF Sachs
10 Kuba Giermaziak, Porsche, + 6.812s, ZF Sachs
Drivers� standings:
1 Ren�Rast, 152 points; 2 Nick Tandy, 146; 3 Jaap van Lagen, 98; 4 Norbert Siedler, 98; 5 Jan Seyffarth, 97; 6 Sean Edwards, 95; 7 Jeroen Bleekemolen, 92; 8 Stefan Rosina, 90; 9 Patrick Huisman, 82; 10 Kuba Giermaziak, 56.