Fernando Alonso won at Yeongam and became the F1 leader, after Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel abandoned in a race postponed by an hour due the rain.

Fernando Alonso became Sunday the first driver who won in South Korea, at the end of a race that began on lap 18 because the rain and low visibility, with an hour delay to the official program after the Safety Car left the runway.

The Spanish victory was decisive facilitated by the abandonment suffered by Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, after Mark Webber lose the control on lap 19 and Sebastian Vettel suffered an engine failure with only 9 laps before the final. The Ferrari driver took advantage of the disaster of Red Bull to take the lead in the overall standings and was completed on the podium by Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and his teammate Felipe Massa.

Michael Schumacher has equaled the best performance of the season after finishing 4th in front of Robert Kubica (Renault) and Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India managed to keep the final in 6th place in the rankings after being passed in the last laps two drivers of the Williams team, Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg, faced with tire problems. BMW-Sauber scored by both drivers having finished on 8 and 9 by Kamui Kobayashi and Nick Heidfeld, while the last point was taken by Hulkenberg.

Jenson Button missed the chance to finish in the points after having taken a wrong strategy, entering to the pits too early with only a few minutes before the Safety Car comes on the track following an incident. The British finally took only 12th place.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h48:20.810
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.999
 3.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    30.868
 4.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    39.688
 5.  Kubica        Renault                    +    47.734
 6.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +    53.571
 7.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:09.257
 8.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:17.889
 9.  Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:20.107
10.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +  1:20.851
11.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:24.146
12.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:29.939
13.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +     1 lap
14.  Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
15.  Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:50.257
Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Sutil         Force India-Mercedes         63
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             62
Petrov        Renault                      56
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              48
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           47
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              42
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               42
Webber        Red Bull-Renault             35
Rosberg       Mercedes                     35
World Championship Standings, round 17:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Alonso       231        1.  Red Bull-Renault          426
 2.  Webber       220        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          399
 3.  Hamilton     210        3.  Ferrari                   374
 4.  Vettel       206        4.  Mercedes                  188
 5.  Button       189        5.  Renault                   143
 6.  Massa        143        6.  Force India-Mercedes       68
 7.  Kubica       124        7.  Williams-Cosworth          65
 8.  Rosberg      122        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             43
 9.  Schumacher    66        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         11
10.  Barrichello   47
11.  Sutil         47
12.  Kobayashi     31
13.  Liuzzi        21
14.  Petrov        19
15.  Hulkenberg    18
16.  Buemi          8
17.  De la Rosa     6
18.  Heidfeld       6
19.  Alguersuari    3

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Michael Schumacher refused to make any predictions for the end of the F1 season, but he hopes Sebastian Vettel will win the world title.

The equilibrium in the F1 Drivers’ Championship with only four races before the end of the season, made it hard for Michael Schumacher to predict who will win the Formula 1 world title.

The German believes that any of the five drivers involved in the fight, Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button, have real chances to win the trophy, but he hopes that the one to lift it will be his fellow countryman at Red Bull Racing.

“If you want to lose money, bet on one of those guys because none can be right and can be correct! If you look at this year, I think it has been a very exceptional year, with so many drivers still in the championship and for the fact that there have been so many up and down happenings – retirements and so on – that I don’t think you could have expected. I’m good friends with Sebastian [Vettel], so my fingers are crossed for him,” said the seven times world champion in a press conference at Suzuka.

The five title contenders are separated at the moment by only 25 points, the equivalent of a win according to FIA’s new pointing system for F1.

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Fernando Alonso won the Singapore Grand Prix 2010, the second consecutive victory and was accompanied on the podium by Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton abandoned.

Fernando Alonso grab the pole position obtained on Saturday and scored a second consecutive victory and the fourth of the season on the circuit wrapped in night in Singapore.

The Scuderia Ferrari pilot led the race from the start to finish, even if Sebastian Vettel has maintained in its immediate vicinity.

The Red Bull Racing team pilot eventually took the second place and was accompanied on the podium by his team-mate Mark Webber. The Australian managed this performance not before that he have a stores with Lewis Hamilton, after which the McLaren pilot dropped to the second row and lost the opportunity to return to the first position in the general standings.

Jenson Button has maintained its position earned in qualifying and finished on the fourth place ahead of Nico Rosberg and Rubens Barrichello, while Robert Kubica finished on 7th place after having passed no fewer than six pilots in the last tours, following an a unscheduled pit stop. Latest points were at stake on account of Sutil, Hulkenberg and Massa, the last obtained a point after taking last place start on the grid.

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Ferrari detail how the team mechanics made  Fernando Alonso pitstop at Monza, after which the Spaniard won the Italian Grand Prix.

Starting the race from pole position, Alonso was passed by Jenson Button at start but brought the first victory for Ferrari at Monza after a break of four years only thanks to a 3.4 second pitstop.

Following these performance,  Ferrari praised his team of 16 engineers which contributed decisively to victory and explains in detail  their operation mode.

The 16 engineers who made the Ferrari’s pitstop were distributed as follows: three engineers for each tire, one in front of the seater, one behind the single user, one who manages the warning lights for the pilot and the other supervises the work of other teams on the paddock.

Here’s how the exchange  tire went,  for each individual operation:

In addition to the 16 engineers, eight others are prepared to take action if needed: one to replace front wing , one possible remedy for stopping the engine, two for adjusting the wing angle  and four for where both drivers team made the exchange of tires in the same round.

An interesting detail is that the 16 engineers working on a pitstop, are selected from a total of about 30 who have performed other tasks within the team. Practic, nu există mecanici angajaţi special pentru efectuarea schimbului de pneuri. Basically, there are no specifically engineers  employed for the exchange of tires.

Although the entire procedure seems very simple in appearance, engineers executes approximately 100 such tests for each Grand Prix.

“There are two secrets, if we can call them that: training and constant practice,” adds Ioverno. “From the start of this year, we have done over 1300 pit stop practices, at the track and at the factory. In the weeks when there are no Grands Prix, we train three times, carrying out around thirty simulations per day. At the track, we work from Thursday to Saturday, tackling the weekend as though we were a football team: the day before, some fine tuning and on Sunday, relax before the match. It is important that the guys receive the instructions in a calm manner, without getting agitated: they are perfectly aware of what a big responsibility lies in their hands, especially in races like yesterday’s. There is no point in rushing them as this only leads to mistakes.”

“A pit stop is like a ballet, played to a soundtrack of an engine, in which a group of people has to operate in perfect harmony with themselves and with the star dancer, namely the driver in the cockpit,” continues Ioverno. “The success of the operation also depends a lot on him: it is crucial that he always stops at the exact same preordained spot, otherwise you lose valuable tenths, because twenty centimetres more or less means the whole crew has to move. Each role requires its own physical and mental characteristics.”

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Fernando Alonso returned to fight for the title after winning the race at Monza and climbed the first rung of the podium with Jenson Button and Felipe Massa.

Fernando Alonso managed to get the victory for Ferrari in the race for the Scuderia on their own land, but not before being passed by Jenson Button at the start and return to the first position after the mandatory exchange of tires.

Even if the differences between the two rivals have always been about one second, Alonso and Button are avoided decisive attack, the race being decided by the  speed on which engineers changed the tires.

Fernando Alonso The Winner Of Italian Grand Prix 2010

Last step of the podium was occupied by Felipe Massa, who made an anonymous race, but win valuable points for Ferrari in the constructors’ championship.

Sebastian Vettel took fourth place after a race full of adventures. Although it was passed by Webber at the start of the race following temporary failure of the engine, the Red Bull team driver adopted an excellent strategy and  made the must exchanged  tire in the last round, managed to finish ahead of Nico Rosberg and his team-mate.

Webber won sixth place but only after an electrifying duel with Nico Hulkenberg in the last laps, the Williams team pilot  thus relegated  on seven, ahead of Robert Kubica (Renault), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) and Rubens Barrichello (Williams).

Lewis Hamilton left the race on the first lap after hitting Alonso in attempt to pass him.

The film of the race:

START:  ecstazy and agony for McLaren.

Button went very well in the race and Alonso attacked him on the right track start-finish straight. Scuderia pilot tried to baffle him, but Britain remained in place and kept first place after the sequence of the first two corners, while Alonso and Massa were part of a wheel to wheel duel for several turns.

Left of the fifth, Hamilton tried to exploit the situation, but with Alonso touched them with  front right tire and had damaged the suspension, was forced to abandon the next turn.

The incident propelled  Rosberg on the fourth place, ahead of Kubica and Hulkenberg, while pilots of Red Bull Racing had a disappointing start. Vettel has fallen from six to seven, while Webber was passed at the start of two pilots and three other on the first chicanery, down to ninth place.  Australian climbed one position in lap six, when he passed Schumacher in a spectacular maneuver in the first chicanery.

Vettel, passed by Webber after engine problems.

Time difference between Button, Alonso and Massa approximately remaining two seconds  in the first stint, while Rosberg was removed more than 10 seconds by the top trio and has created a train behind him. This has disadvantaged Vettel and Webber, who needed a good result as Red Bull to keep leaders in the constructors. Their chances  fall in round 21, when Vettel reported engine trouble and was easily overcome by Webber. However, after a few laps, Vettel returned to the initial ritm and remained along his teammate, and also increasing the advantage over Schumacher.

Alonso comes leader after pit stoping.

Meanwhile, Alonso came within just one second of Button, but the duel for first place takes in the pits. Button exchanged the tires in round 37, followed one lap later by Alonso and the Scuderia Ferrari driver managed to get out in front of his rival. Spaniard blocked the path to Button  of the first corner and stayed in first place, moving thus for a victory for Scuderia Ferrari in front of fans.

Gradually, Alonso has increased his advance ahead of Button and  past the finish line first, the podium was completed by Massa. Webber eventually moved in front of  Hulkenberg at the end a duel held on several rounds, while Sebastian Vettel got on the pit in the last lap and came in the fourth position thanks to an advance of over 22 seconds ahead of Rosberg.

Best time in the race was set by Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari driver was clocked in 1:24.139 to round 52. Italian Grand Prix saw four retirementsin the front  of Jarno Trulli (Lotus), Bruno Senna (Hispania), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber).

Full standings of the race:

1. Alonso        Ferrari                     1:16: 24.572
2. Button        McLaren-Mercedes            + 2.938
3. Massa         Ferrari                     + 4.223
4. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault            + 28.193
5. Rosberg       Mercedes                    + 29.942
6. Webber        Red Bull-Renault            + 31.276
7. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth           + 32.812
8. Kubica        Renault                     + 34.028
9. Schumacher    Mercedes                    + 44.948
10. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          + 1:04.200
11. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         + 1:05.00
12. Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       + 1:06.100
13. Petrov        Renault                    + 1:18.900
14. De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             + 1 lap
15. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         + 1 lap
16. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       + 1 lap
17. Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            + 2 laps
18. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             + 2 laps
19. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            + 2 laps
20. Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth               + 2 laps

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:24.139.

Failures: 
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               47
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 12
Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes             1
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1

 Rankings:

Pilots:                   Constructors:            
1.  Webber       187        1.  Red Bull-Renault          350
2.  Hamilton     182        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          347
3.  Alonso       166        3.  Ferrari                   290
4.  Button       165        4.  Mercedes                  158
5.  Vettel       163        5.  Renault                   127
6.  Massa        124        6.  Force India-Mercedes       58
7.  Rosberg      112        7.  Williams-Cosworth          47
8.  Kubica       108        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             27
9.  Schumacher    46        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         10
10.  Sutil         45      
11.  Barrichello   31      
12.  Kobayashi     21      
13.  Petrov        19      
14.  Hulkenberg    16      
15.  Liuzzi        13      
16.  Buemi          7      
17.  De la Rosa     6      
18.  Alguersuari    3

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Hamilton admitted he was wrong to compete in qualifying without F-duct system, after establishing in the session only the fifth time.

Results from the three training sessions indicated that McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull start with about equal opportunities in the Italian Grand Prix but Lewis Hamilton finished only fifth in qualifications.

Seemingly inexplicable, the result is due to pilot’s decision to abandon the British F-duct ventilation system, world champion in 2008 considering that it has no positive impact on the timeline.  In contrast, all other traditional teams, including his teammate Jenson Button, preferred to maintain the F-duct system on F1 cars.

In this context, Britain has acknowledged that eliminating this component may be the main cause of poor outcomes of qualification.

“I’m quite disappointed with fifth place. We chose to go with the lighter downforce level which doesn’t have the F-duct and just the car’s sliding everywhere and I struggled a lot on each tyre – I just didn’t have the downforce.”

“I can’t push anymore than the car will give me and it can’t give me anymore.”

“I think we’re in a tricky position,” he said.

“Turn one’s not an easy turn, it’s going to be very tricky out there on track trying to get in position.

“There are long straights but you’ve got to get close to the car in front and I think that’s going to be very tricky.”

Instead, Button managed to place second place the grid at Monza, was only 0.1 seconds slower than Fernando Alonso which will start from pole position.

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Jenson Button made a much-needed strong start to the Italian Grand Prix as he set the pace for pre-weekend favourite McLaren in first practice at Monza. Button Besides his good form on F1 plans to retire.

Jenson Button says that the legalization of team orders in Formula 1 would lead to early withdraw  from the competition.

FIA World Council proposal to revise the regulation that prohibiting  team orders   divided into two distinct camps the F1 world.

While team leaders assessed that team orders are part of sport, pilots, gradually begin to express discontent, and the first of them is the world champion Jenson Button.

McLaren driver says that he will retire earlier than his planing data, if team orders are legalized.

“Certainly I would brief career in Formula 1. I do not understand (No – controversy). For the pilot Formula 1 team orders not helped, nor I was disadvantaged. I do not know if it will happen but if the rules change in order to have team orders will be very strange. That would change the formula 1. I fly in Formula 1 at least another year and I enjoy it, but if you implement this rule change point views on sport, ” said the Briton to Reuters news agency.

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Jenson Button has set the fastest time in first free practice session at Monza, taking the face of Sebastian Vettel  and Lewis Hamilton.

McLaren Mercedes began to force the Italian Grand Prix, taking first and third place ranking first training sessions. However, Red Bull Racing has remained very close to the main rival in the fight for the title, as Sebastian Vettel was the only 0.097 seconds slower than Jenson Button leader, clocked in 1:23.693.

At their turn, the people from Renault have continued to achieve good performance, continuing its upward trend after Robert Kubica took fourth place, while Mercedes GP was placed on seats 5:10 by Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher and Force India obtained by Vitantonio Liuzzi seventh place.

Mark Webber finished in sixth place, while Ferrari had a modest debut, finishing just on eight and nine places by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.

Toro Rosso has rated this morning F-duct system, following the end of the day to decide whether it will implement in the single user in qualifying and race. The only incident of the session was spent in the first minutes, when Schumacher was a step to have a collision with Jaime Alguersuari when the Spaniard come out of the pits.

Bruno Senna lost time due to oil leaks from Hispania seater, while Rubens Barrichello finished on 23 after being “parked” on the circuit seater from technical failure at seater Williams.

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Jenson Button has denied the fact that he was braking to early. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner thinks that Button caught Sebastian Vettel unawares by braking earlier than usual, fact that cause the collision between two in the Belgian Grand Prix.

On lap 16 of the race Vettel was attempting to pass Button when he saw him braking (it seems to early) losing control, and slamming into the side of his rival’s car.

Jenson Button And Sebastian Vettel Crash At Spa-Francorchamps

Many observers felt Vettel’s impetuosity was to blame, but Horner felt that the German was caught out by Button, braking earlier than expected on the greasy track.

“At the end of the day Jenson had a slightly damaged car, he was a lot slower, and obviously he was driving defensively – which he’s perfectly entitled to do, but it took Sebastian by surprise just how early he did brake for the chicane,”  said Horner.

“Obviously, I’d lost the floor-plate of one of my front wing end-plates and that was affecting the car’s balance – but I didn’t brake any earlier for the Bus Stop on the lap of the crash,”  he told Button for his website on Thursday.

“After the race, I actually checked the data with my race engineer, and it shows that I braked at exactly the same point on the lap before the collision,”  say in the end Jenson Button.

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Jenson Button believes that Sebastian Vettel has  minimum oportunities   to become champion because of numerous pilot  errors committed in this season.

Seen as a potential successor of Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel had contrasting devolutions  this season, at his seven pole positions adding just two wins and a number of pilot error.

 The German had an accident with his teammate Mark Webber in Istanbul, and  in the Belgian Grand Prix  forced Jenson Button to abandon after hitting him  in the left F1 car side.

Jenson Button And Sebastian Vettel

Because of these mistakes, the world champion believes that Vettel was autoexcluded  for the title  fighting this season, even if is on the three position in the ranking.

“He made too many mistakes this year to fight for world title, but is extremely fast and we can not get it. To get pole position seven sites is extraordinary in view of many races were held (No – 13 ), but to throw so many of them is also very surprising, ” said the McLaren driver.

Button, however, excluded the hypothesis that Webber to become the number one driver Red Bull Racing team, and claims that it can overcome the difference of 35 points separating him from standings leader Hamilton.  To do this, the Britain  admits that  would need a victory at Monza circuit.

“I’m 35 points and that means a lot, but old money (No – the points system in 2009) are 14 or 15 points, so it certainly is possible. I am able to go onto the track and hope to win. If I can get another victory at Monza will be a different atmosphere. It’s a circuit I like and where I will do very well this year. seater I trust and believe you have a good weekend, ” the Briton said.

 Italian Grand Prix will take place over two weeks and will close the European F1 season.

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