Monza - The Race - Part1It's raceday in Monza, and the rain of the previous sessions is gone, at least for the moment. Sebastian Vettel will start from pole for the second time this season, alongside him in first row there's Fernando Alonso, winner of the previous GP. Current championship leader Schumacher will start from 4th place. The race is about to start now, and I've just received the latest weather report, in which a shower is predicted in about an hour.
The lights are out, go go go!
Alonso with a great start is already leading
Villeneuve is behind Vettel
And his teammate Schumacher almost beside Vettel, he too with a good start
The field is on the way to the first chicane
Schumacher misses the breaking point, he touches Alonso!
Alonso now off the track!
But he stays cool and gets back on p1
Coulthard now up in 3rd
A bad start for the polesetter
No crashes at the back of the field, everybody has managed to get through the first chicane
Vettel is put under pressure by Villeneuve, Rosberg and Montagny
Coulthard tries to make a move on Schumacher as they're heading towards the Variante della Roggia
Onboard with Rosberg
Parallel slipstreaming
Massa has lost one position
Schumacher tries to shut the door for Coulthard
Villeneuve wants to pass Vettel
Vettel stays ahead, but his teammate has lost 6th to Montagny
And has to defend against Massa now
He has the inner line, but Massa hangs on
Side by side on the way to Lesmo 2
And Massa has passed him on the outside. Now Lotterer, who is already up 6 positions, is behind him
That's quite a train
Rosberg has blocked Lotterer, and da Matta has passed him immediately
Barrichello tries too
But he misses the braking point and they touch!
They both go into the gravel
Barrichello facing in the wrong direction
Lotterer tries to rejoin directly
And that was really close! Very good reaction from Webber to avoid the collision
Barrichello in last place now
Unsurprisingly the fastest lap for Alonso
Standings after lap1
Rosberg wants to re-overtake Massa
And he gets past
Da Matta now right behind the Ferrari
More overtaking action on the way to the first chicane
Three cars side by side, let's hope this will turn out all right
It did
Fisichella and Davidson battling for p13
The Englishman wins
Coulthard is off in Lesmo 2!
Vettel now in 3rd, but not for long as Villeneuve passes him
Both Jordans with an overtaking attempt
Both successful
Coulthard meanwhile back on the track in last place, behind his teammate
Alonso again with a fastest lap
Much happening in the first two laps, let's look at the standings again
Sato gets passed by Zonta
Montagny in 5th place at the moment
Fisichella and Raikkonen still battling for p13
Raikkonen now in front of the Italian again
Six cars in a row, five of them in a good overtaking position
Fisichella and Webber both try to make a pass
Fisichella gets past
And Raikkonen is on the grass!
He avoids to crash out, but drops back to 18th
Massa got the wrong line into the first chicane
He goes off the track
And continues in 12th, that mistake has cost him many positions
Lotterer misses the braking point
And goes off on the grass
Gets back in the middle of the pack
And touches Zonta's back
No damage though
The Renaults both have catched up with the end of the field
Coulthard tries to pass Raikkonen
And the Finn runs wide in Lesmo 1
Back on the track in last
Doornbos is off!
This drops him back to last
Onboard with Massa as his teammate sets another fastest lap
Massa and Davidson side by side
But Davidson uses da Matta's slipstream to keep off the Ferrari, and is side by side with the Toyota now
And passes him
Zonta has to defend against both Renaults
Rosberg runs wide!
And crashes into the wall, he's out of the race!
Yellow flags being waved now
Davidson, da Matta and Massa all side by side
Massa wants to get two positions with one move
And he does, very well done!
Alonso still leading
da Matta tries again, but Davidson shuts the door and they touch!
Both cars in the gravel
da Matta continues in 19th
Davidson in 20th
Lotterer has to defend against both BARs
He can keep them behind
da Matta runs wide in the Parabolica
And he crashes out!
Onboard with Schumacher, and again a new fastest lap for Alonso
Zonta tries to overtake Fisichella, but he can't find a way past him
Vettel in 4th, Montagny in 5th not far away
Missed by the cameras, Glock had some fantastic first laps and has already gained 11 places, he's up into 7th!
Barrichello wants to pass Zonta
But the Arrows keeps his place
Kubica is another winner of the first laps, he has gained 8 places
Zonta still defending against the Renault
Sato now uses the slipstream to pass Barrichello
Barrichello loses much time, it seems that he has a problem!
Yes, he has! Barrichello is out! Electronic problems force him to retire.
Onboard with the leader
And there's smoke coming out of a car in front of Glock!
It's Kubica!
He retires with an engine failure.
This puts Glock in 6ht
Let's take a look at the standings again
Button in 8th at the moment
Sato and Raikkonen right behind Zonta
And Sato passes him
Zonta runs wide!
But he keeps the car under control and can continue
Fisichella breaks late
Villeneuve, Vettel and Montagny heading towards the Parabolica
And Villeneuve misses the braking point!
He runs wide
And crashes into the wall, he's out of the race!
Vettel brakes late and cuts the first chicane
Coulthard back in 10th after his early off
Webber wants to overtake Zonta
They touch, but they both can keep the car on the track
Schumacher is the first one to pit
Followed by Glock
Schumacher rejoins in 6th
Lotterer comes in, too
Glock now in 9th
This doesn't look good for Button!
He retires with an engine failure
Lotterer in 16th after his stop
But he soon gets passed by Doornbos
Davidson is the next one who comes in
Back on track in 16th
Coulthard now in as well as Zonta
Coulthard gets out right in front of Lotterer
But the German has the higher speed and passes him
Zonta rejoins in 15th
Coulthard makes use of his fresh tires
And passes Lotterer
Webber in the pits
And Alonso with a new fastest lap
14th place for Webber after his stop
Vettel in for his first stop
Back out in 6th
Doornbos comes in, and Alonso too
This means Montagny is the new leader
Doornbos rejoins in 16th
Alonso in 2nd now in front of his teammate
And it's time for a little break now, we'll be back soon!
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