In a fairly straight forward Italian Grand Prix Ferrari managed to secure a home victory. Alonso was on pole but Button managed to overtake the Spaniard from the start giving McLaren a great chance of winning and Button a great chance of closing the gap on Hamilton. Webber dropped to ninth in the battle of the first corner with team mate Vettel in seventh.
However Championship leader Lewis Hamilton ended his race prematurely when he drove his front wheel into Massa's Ferrari and causing his McLaren to lose his sense of steering and therefore had to retire. Kobayashi's race started in the pits after gearbox failures but he too couldn't finish a single lap and had to retire. Lap thirteen saw Bruno Senna retire after a mechanical problem.
After Ferrari were cleared of any ill-doing when they told Massa to let Alonso past to win the German Grand Prix, Red Bull may have caused their on conspiracy theory; Webber had managed to gain himself eighth and become just behind Vettel. Vettel then sounded pretty desperate when saying his engine was 'dying' on him. This allowed Webber to overtake and after losing a couple of places Vettel suddenly seemed fine and was able to carry on with no bother. For me I don't think this was planned especially when hearing the radio message from Vettel, and to clear it up completely Vettel eventually finished ahead of Webber anyway.
Lap 37 saw leader Button pit which gave Alonso a chance to give himself some distance between himself and Button before he too would pit a lap later. Alonso had managed to do it well enough to retain the lead when he re-emerged onto the track and from there Alonso looked comfortable. The only other retirement came on lap 49 with Jarno Trulli not being able to finish the race. Here is the result in full:
1. Alonso (Ferrari), 2. Button (McLaren), 3. Massa (Ferrari), 4. Vettel (Red Bull), 5. Rosberg (Mercedes), 6. Webber (Red Bull), 7. Hulkenberg (Williams), 8. Kubica (Renault), 9. Schumacher (Mercedes), 10. Barrichello (Williams), 11. Buemi (Toro Rosso), 12. Liuzzi (Force India), 13. Petrov (Renault), 14. De La Rosa (Sauber), 15. Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), 16. Sutil (Force India), 17. Glock (Virgin), 18. Kovalainen (Lotus), 19. Yamamoto (Hispania), 20. Di Grassi (Virign) Out: Trulli (Lotus), Senna (Hispania), Hamilton (McLaren), Kobayashi (Sauber)
This leaves Webber now leading the Championship standings with 187 points, Hamilton is now second with 182. The win for Alonso means he currently stands on 166 points with Button one point behind on 165. Vettel drops to fifth on 163 points with Red Bull now extending their lead in the Constructor's Championship.
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