MONZA: The Italian GP brought
Sebastian Vettel closer to his 2011 world championship title. The motorsport world has run out of superlatives for this young genius.
The level of racing that he is competing in and successfully so speaks about a mind that aside being focused is astounding. It's easy to say that he has a highly competitive machine but that would be unfair.
He has rarely put a foot wrong so far and he is now separating the boys from the men!
Incidentally, he had announced his arrival with a win at Monza in 2008 while demonstrating great car control under wet conditions and has upped the ante ever since.
Red Bull had arrived to Monza with upgrades that were Monza specific and one can see from the emphatic win that the team work in this outfit is unparalleled.
While Fernando Alonso gave the Tifosi a lot to cheer about by his fantastic start and leading the GP briefly, they realised that Ferrari had come to the gunfight armed with only a knife.
Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher showed that although one can't teach an old dog new tricks, one can teach a young pup a few dirty ones. Lewis Hamilton must be frustrated on being held back by the master who showed flashes of the past that did include a dangerous move similar to almost shoving Rubens Barichello in to the wall not so long ago. Schumi is lucky to get away without being penalised.
The very fact that Brawn picked up the radio to warn him diplomatically showed that he was very close to been given a stop-go penalty. But overall it was a class lesson in defensive driving.
Force India end European leg on a bright note Force India ended the European leg of the season on a happy note by putting it past Sauber in the constructors' title and are now 6th in the standings.
This is some achievement by Mallya's team and that too considering that he had bought a ragged team Spyker. The consistency of their top ten finishes has shown that in a season or so Force India should make top six on a regular basis.
The quality drivers that pilot Mallya's machines are also a contributing factor and he has to retain them at any cost.
Reliability has never been an issue aside of the blemish today when the hydraulics of Sutil's car failed. This could have been caused by the forced excursion in to the kitty litter at the start of the race and the resultant carnage.
The rate of attrition was pretty high considering that only 15 cars finished. It was hot in Monza and the racing was even hotter. Although the local crowd didn't get to see a Ferrari win they did go home happy having witnessed a humdinger of a race that had them entertained courtesy Schumi and Hamilton for the first half.
Should the Red Bull juggernaut continue in this devastating fashion, Vettel's title hunt should end at the next GP in Singapore.
Red Bull dedicate win to late team memberRed Bull dedicated victory to former member of staff Erin Pezzella, who lost her battle against cancer earlier this week.