The rookie stunned Formula One as the sport's youngest race winner at the age of 21 on Sunday with victory for tiny Toro Rosso at their home Italian Grand Prix.
It was a brilliant race for Sebastian Vittal who took pole position and made it all the way to finish the Italian grand prix under wet weather conditions. Toro Rosso's mechanics worked on a good strategy and brilliant pit work which made the team happy for their hero to win his first ever formula1 win at Monza.
Kimi set the fastest lap but could not better ninth place ahead of Renault’s Nelson Piquet, Toyota’s Timo Glock, Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, Williams’ Nico Rosberg, Honda’s Jenson Button, Red Bull’s David Coulthard, Honda’s Rubens Barrichello and Bourdais.
The Mclarens were all set to race and planned to get their first 2 places ahead of Vettel but unscheduled pit stops by the Mclaren team due to weather conditions made them shuffle in their positions. Kovalainen’s expected challenge, but was finally settled in 2nd place ahead of Kubica who was on a single pit stop strategy.
Race Results
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 53 1:26:47.494
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +12.5 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +20.4 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 53 +23.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +27.7 secs
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +28.8 secs
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 +29.9 secs
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 +32.0 secs
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 +39.4 secs
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 +54.4 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 53 +58.8 secs
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 53 +62.0 secs
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +65.9 secs
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 +68.6 secs
15 Jenson Button Honda 53 +73.3 secs
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 52 +1 Lap
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 +1 Lap
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 51 +2 Laps
