2012 Italian Grand Prix: Team-by-team analysis

Monday, September 10, 2012

Barely a week ago at Spa, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso were taken out at Turn One. On Sunday at Monza, all three were on the podium after a thrilling Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2012. Hamilton’s flawless drive reignited his title charge; Perez showed yet again why he’s hotly tipped as a future champion; and the ever-canny Alonso somehow extended his standings lead

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F1 2012 Championship Standings after Italian GP

Sunday, September 9, 2012

World Drivers' ChampionshipFernando Alonso continues to extend his championship lead after finishing third in the race from tenth on the grid. His nearest rivals keep swapping places. First it was Mark Webber, then Sebastian Vettel and now, after today's victory, Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton moves up 3 places, thanks to both Red Bull drivers' DNFs. Felipe Massa's strong performance during the weekend

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Hamilton wins the Italian GP from star performer Perez

Lewis Hamilton won a compelling Italian Grand Prix in which both Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel retired while Sergio Perez came from 12th on the grid to finish second.Hamilton dominated the race throughout with the action taking place behind him, but Perez, the star performer, finished just 4.3s behind at the end of the race. Fernando Alonso finished third after starting from tenth and

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Italian GP: Hamilton on pole, Alonso's challenge falls apart in Q3

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Lewis Hamilton swept to pole position for the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday in an all-McLaren front row with team mate Jenson Button lining up alongside him, as Fernando Alonso faced problems in his car during Q3 to finish 10th on the grid.It was McLaren's third successive pole, and 23rd of Hamilton's career, and left the two Britons perfectly placed for a third win in a row after

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Casio Launches Latest Limited Edition Red Bull Racing Edifice Watch In Monza (Pictures & Video)

Friday, September 7, 2012

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix weekend, on Thursday (Sep 6) Casio hosted a quiz-based launch for the EQS-A500RB, the latest Limited Edition EDIFICE watch built in partnership with Red Bull Racing.Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing’s double F1 World Champion, Team Principal Christian Horner, and former Formula One drivers Martin Brundle and Johnny Herbert all participated in the ‘Speed and

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Italian GP 2012: McLaren one-two for second practice

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led a team one-two at the top of the timesheets for the second practice session, with a best lap of one minute 25.290 seconds in brilliant sunshine while Jenson Button, winner in Belgium last weekend, was 0.038 slower.Hamilton has been the main talking point of the weekend with the rumour mill suggesting he could switch to Mercedes in place of Michael Schumacher.Ferrari's

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Italian GP 2012: Schumacher fastest in Friday Practice 1

Michael Schumacher rolled back the years on Friday (Sep 7) morning when he set the fastest time for Mercedes in the opening practice session for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.The seven times world champion, clocked a best lap of one minute and 25.422 seconds to outpace his rivals by three-tenths of a second and remind his fans of his once-presumed total mastery of the old Autodromo Nazionale at

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Pirelli - Technical tyre notes for the 2012 Italian Grand Prix

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Monza is popularly known as ‘the temple of speed’, being the fastest circuit on the Formula One calendar, but to everyone at Pirelli it just means ‘home’.The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is situated just half an hour’s drive from the company’s Milan headquarters in the Royal Villa of Monza Park and having been inaugurated in 1922 it is one of the oldest circuits of Formula One history.The current

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Italian Grand Prix 2012: Engine facts and figures by Renault

The Italian Grand Prix’s home at the Autodromo di Monza isn’t called the Cathedral of Speed for nothing; over three quarters of the 5.793km lap is spent at full throttle and the maximum speed goes over 330kph up to four times per lap. It’s the ultimate test for an engine’s outright performance and reliability and, as a result, one of the toughest events to get right.The circuit is ostensibly a

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d'Ambrosio to take Grosjean's seat for the Italian Grand Prix

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Jerome d'Ambrosio will contest this weekend's Italian grand prix in the place of Romain Grosjean.There was speculation Lotus might overlook its official reserve driver for the Monza seat, after team regular Grosjean was given a one-race ban by the FIA for causing the spectacular first-lap crash at Spa last Sunday.Rubens Barrichello, Jaime Alguersuari and Adrian Sutil were speculatively linked

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Grosjean handed one-race ban and Maldonado gets ten place grid penalty

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Grosjean is catapulted into the air as he crashes at the first corner at the start of the Belgian Grand PrixLotus’s Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban after the stewards at Spa-Francorchamps judged him to be responsible for causing the first-corner accident at the start of Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix.The ban means Grosjean will miss next weekend’s Italian event,

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2012 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Details Race Date: 9-Sep-12 Circuit Name: Autodromo di Monza Number of Laps: 53 Circuit Length: 5.793 km Race Distance: 306.720 km Lap Record: 1:21.046 - R Barrichello (2004) Formula One cars are set up with minimal wing angle, to ensure the lowest level of drag on the straights. There are only 3 proper corners at Monza, the two Lesmos and

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