McLaren rainmaster on driving in the wet-stuff

Sebastien Bourdais is ruing his bad luck over the weekend – a mechanical fault left him sitting on the grid at the start of the formation lap – a stark contrast to his team-mate who started from pole position and went on to win the race.

Lewis Hamilton maintains that he could have won Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix had he not fallen foul of the chaotic Ardenne climate – again.

The British ace, who sees his championship lead sliced to a mere 1 point after placing seventh, started from fifteenth on the grid having been caught out by rain in qualifying on Saturday.

Heikki Kovalainen: “In today’s tricky weather conditions I struggled to keep temperature in the brakes, and in the opening stages of the race I had problems with my extreme-wet tyres. First I thought it would improve after a few laps, but it didn’t.

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner was among the first to congratulate Sebastian Vettel for a “fantastic” charge to victory in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso took Renault a step closer to their target of fourth place in the constructors’ championship after making the bold move to switch to intermediate tyres in Sunday’s thrilling and rain-hit Italian Grand Prix.

A euphoric Sebastian Vettel struggled to to describe his emotions after claiming his maiden win in Italy.

The 21-year-old’s charge to the top step of the podium in Monza sees him crowned the youngest driver ever to a Formula One race.

21-year-old super star crowned the youngest ever driver to win a GP

Lewis Hamilton gets caught out by the dry; sees championship lead sliced to 1 pt

Sebastian Vettel rocked Formula One in Monza with a champions drive to the top step of the podium. The Toro Rosso ace led from pole position in the wet and never looked back, clinching his maiden win ahead of established stars Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica and Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari are not taking any risks in Monza and have decided to change Felipe Massa’s engine ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.

The Italian squad carried out overnight checks on the Brazilian’s power plant and made the decision to replace it on Sunday morning, a team spokesman confirmed, according to autosport.com.

One week on from their titanic clash in Belgium, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton will once again find themselves doing battle in the Ardenne after heavy rain in qualifying for today’s Italian Grand Prix left them languishing alongside each other in fourteenth and fifteenth respectively.