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Italian Grand Prix

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Sun 14th September 2008 12:00am Local
Sun 14th September 2008 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2008

Round
Round 14

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Location
Monza Circuit

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The 2008 Italian Grand Prix was won by Sebastian Vettel driving for Scuderia Toro Rosso, marking one of the most famous underdog victories in Formula 1 history. Held on 14 September 2008 at a rain-soaked Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, the 21-year-old German driver dominated the weekend by securing both his maiden pole position and his first career race victory. Historic Milestones: At 21 years and 73 days old, Vettel became the youngest driver to secure pole position and the youngest race winner in F1 history at that time, shattering records previously held by Fernando Alonso.
Underdog Triumph: This was the first-ever victory for Scuderia Toro Rosso (formerly the Minardi team). It also marked the first time an Italian-based team other than Ferrari won a race since Maserati's victory in 1957.

Championship Dynamics: Top title contenders struggled significantly during wet qualifying. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton started 15th and climbed to 7th. His main rival, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, finished 6th. Kimi Räikkönen finished 9th but secured the fastest lap of the race (1:28.047) on the final lap as the track dried.


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01			Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:26:47.494
02			Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:12.512
03			Robert Kubica	Sauber	+0:20.471
04			Fernando Alonso	Renault F1 Team	+0:23.903
05			Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+0:27.748
06			Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:28.816
07			Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:29.912
08			Mark Webber	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:32.048
09			Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:39.468
10			Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault F1 Team	+0:54.445
11			Timo Glock	Toyota	+0:58.888
12			Kazuki Nakajima	Williams Racing	+1:02.015
13			Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+1:05.954
14			Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1:08.635
15			Jenson Button	Honda F1	+1:13.370
16			David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
17			Rubens Barrichello	Honda F1	+1 Lap
18			Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
19			Adrian Sutil	Force India	+2 Laps
20			Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	DNF

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