Sebastian Vettel scored a podium finish at his team’s home race in Monza for the second successive year on Sunday. With this result he ended Ferrari's run of four races without a top-three finish and is now positive that the Italian squad will come back to a better form in the future. The German saw the chequered flag third behind the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton after starting the Italian Grand Prix from the same position. “Of course I am very happy […]

Nico Rosberg capitalised on a disastrous start for team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take a comfortable win at the Italian Grand Prix and slash his team-mate's championship lead to just two points. Rosberg charged into the lead as Hamilton suffered a poor getaway and fell to sixth, and he ultimately went unchallenged en route to a second consecutive victory. Hamilton was able to dispatch Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas to climb into fourth place, and Mercedes' one-stop strategy allowed him to take second. The Briton looked […]

Lewis Hamilton snatched the advantage heading into the Italian GP weekend by topping second practice ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton registered a 1:22.801 on the supersoft tyres to set the pace by just under two tenths of a second on a scorching afternoon at Monza. Sebastian Vettel was within half a second of Hamilton's benchmark in third, a couple of tenths clear of Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull enjoyed a stronger afternoon as Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo took fifth and sixth […]

Nico Rosberg edged out Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to set the pace in the opening practice session ahead of the Italian GP at Monza. The duo traded top spot throughout the first half of the session, but it was Rosberg who wound up fastest courtesy of an impressive 1:22.959, two tenths quicker than 2015 Monza winner Hamilton could manage. Kimi Raikkonen was a second adrift of Rosberg's benchmark in third as home favourites Ferrari trialled an upgraded engine, with Sebastian Vettel fourth. Force India looked […]

Formula 1’s European season will end in style this weekend at a circuit steeped in history and in a moment when the title battle is more alive than ever. It’s the Italian Grand Prix at magical Monza, the fastest track of the season where drivers will be reaching speeds up to 340 km/h. The Italian Grand Prix was part of the inaugural Formula 1 championship back in 1950 and has been held every year since, same as the British GP. The first event was held […]

Kevin Magnussen is confident he will be allowed to race in the Italian Grand Prix this weekend as he feels already recovered from the nasty crash at Spa-Francorchamps last Sunday. Renault’s driver ran over a kerb at the exit of Eau Rouge during the Belgian Grand Prix and went heavily into the barriers. He got out of the car unaided but was taken to the medical center as a precaution. Initial checks revealed a cut to his left ankle and he was taken to a […]

Force India showed a strong form at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend where the squad scored 22 points as Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez raced to fourth and fifth places. It was one of the best results in the team’s history at the Belgian Grand Prix. Team Principal, Vijay Mallya is confident the team can keep up the momentum at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, targeting even more points than at the previous round. “Spa has always been a special place for us - we scored our […]

Transcript of the Friday Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2016 Italian Grand Prix. Team representatives – Mattia Binotto (Ferrari), Luca Furbatto (Manor), Aldo Costa (Mercedes), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Guenther Steiner (Haas) Q: Mattia, if we could start with you: Ferrari are using the final development tokens on the engine this weekend, what are you hoping it's going to bring? Mattia Binotto: It will be difficult to judge and I think we will discover it tomorrow in qualifying. No […]

Transcript of the Thursday Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2016 Italian Grand Prix. Drivers – Esteban Gutierrez (Haas), Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), Kevin Magnussen (Renault), Jenson Button (McLaren), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Kevin, obviously a horrible accident in Spa. How are you and what did you have to do to get ready for this race? Kevin Magnussen: I have just relaxed. Nothing was broken, I wasn’t injured so just a bit sore in my body and I […]

The President of the Automobile Club d'Italia says Monza is "very close" to extending its deal to remain on the Formula 1 calendar. Monza has hosted the Italian Grand Prix for all bar one year since Formula 1's foundation in 1950 but its current contract expires at the end of 2016. Speaking at the FIA Sport Conference in Turin, ACI President Angelo Sticchi Damiani explained that Monza was edging towards a new deal. "Let’s say it is a difficult negotiation," he said. “It is the […]

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that the team would never risk the safety of its drivers after its tyre pressures were discovered to be too low prior to the Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes was reported to the stewards post-race after the technical delegate recorded the left rear tyre as 0.3 PSI below the 19.5 PSI limit on Lewis Hamilton's car and 1.1 underneath on Nico Rosberg's car, when measured on the grid. The stewards deemed that Mercedes' tyres met the requirements when the cars left […]

Force India's Sergio Perez expressed his happiness with the squad's performance across the Italian Grand Prix weekend as it moved back into fifth position in the Constructors' championship. Perez collected sixth place at Monza while he was backed up by team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, who finished in seventh. With neither Lotus driver finishing the race, Force India moved into fifth in the standings, 13 points ahead of their rivals. "I had very strong pace from the beginning to the end; I managed the tyre degradation well […]