Rubens Barrichello gave his championship hopes a modest boost by winning the Italian grand prix at Monza this afternoon while his main rival and Brawn team-mate Jenson Button finished in second place. guardian.co.uk
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren crashed on his final lap while running third. That allowed Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari to take the final podium spot.
Red Bull’s title hopes were hanging by a thread after Mark Webber crashed on the opening lap and Sebastian Vettel finished eighth. The Associated Press
Force India’s Adrian Sutil Finishes fourth.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso pushed hard throughout the race to finish fifth, just ahead of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen.
After starting back in 15th, Nick Heidfeld did well to score two points for struggling BMW Sauber with a seventh place. BBC Sport
Pos Driver Team 1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 2 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 4 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 8 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 11 Timo Glock Toyota 12 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 13 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 15 Romain Grosjean Renault 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota Ret Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes Ret Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari Ret Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Ret Mark Webber RBR-Renault
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