Webber re-takes championship lead – points in full
Drivers’ championship
| Position | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Mark Webber | 187 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 182 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | 166 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | 165 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | 163 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | 124 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | 112 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | 108 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | 46 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | 45 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | 31 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | 21 |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | 19 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | 16 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 13 |
| 16 | Sebastien Buemi | 7 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | 6 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | 3 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | 0 |
| 20 | Karun Chandhok | 0 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | 0 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | 0 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | 0 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | 0 |
| 25 | Sakon Yamamoto | 0 |
Constructors’ championship
| Position | Team | Points |
| 1 | Red Bull | 350 |
| 2 | McLaren | 347 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 290 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 158 |
| 5 | Renault | 127 |
| 6 | Force India | 58 |
| 7 | Williams | 47 |
| 8 | Sauber | 27 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso | 10 |
| 10 | Lotus | 0 |
| 11 | HRT | 0 |
| 12 | Virgin | 0 |
2010 Italian Grand Prix
- Technical review: Italian Grand Prix
- Jamey Price watches the Italian Grand Prix at Monza
- Hamilton: “I could have done some passing”
- Sutil: “I was in the wrong place everywhere”
- Hülkenberg’s drive “his best to date”
- 2010 Italian Grand Prix – the complete F1 Fanatic race weekend review
- Who was the best driver of the Italian Grand Prix weekend? (Poll)
- Late scare with de la Rosa can’t keep Alonso from victory (Ferrari race review)
- Set-up gamble pays off for Button as Hamilton crashes (McLaren race review)
- Vettel recovers to surprise fourth after mid-race drama (Red Bull race review)
mateuss said on 12th September 2010, 14:29
Its so damn close!
Peter said on 12th September 2010, 14:32
Really does look like it’s going to come down to the last race of the season.
TommyB (@tommyb89) said on 12th September 2010, 14:38
Love it! So glad the 5 drivers are back in the hunt.
Speed Damon said on 12th September 2010, 14:39
Yeah should make Abu Dhabi and Brazil the races to watch.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 12th September 2010, 14:40
Lewis should’ve scored a very nice result here, considering the next GPs are RBR tracks!… what a nightmare of a weekend this was for him!
Scribe (@scribe) said on 12th September 2010, 15:15
I reckon he may well have lost this championship on todays result. Ferrari are gong to be taking the points he needs, they seem to have outdeveloped McLaren.
BBT said on 12th September 2010, 14:41
Well my first of two prediction came true that there would be a DNF for Hamilton. I think there will be one for Webber as well.
Webber goes top after a poor race, looks good for RBR.
It all depends on the changes the extra tests have made if any.
If it carries on like the season so far Ferrari will be nowhere in at least two more races, but today they must be very happy.
karan01 (@karan01) said on 12th September 2010, 14:42
Vettel: my engine is dying!!
*Webber passes*
Vettel: My engine is good now
Todfod said on 12th September 2010, 15:26
LOL. Talk about bad timing for Sebastian. It did however, work out Ok for him in the end.
Sush Meerkat said on 12th September 2010, 16:49
Much like in Bahrain, I think that Renault engine has gained sentience and is making it easy for Sebs rivals in an effort to preserve its own life.
OEL said on 12th September 2010, 21:50
Or it was “team orders”?
Sammy said on 12th September 2010, 14:44
Monza isnt Lewis’s track is it. Boy oh Boy…next races are gonna be nervewracking
Younger Hamilton said on 12th September 2010, 14:58
Ferrari Territory isnt Lewis’s Tracks think about it
Brazil 2008:5th
Bahrain 2009:4th
Spain 2009:9th
Italy 2009:DNF
Brazil 2009:3rd
Bahrain 2010:3rd
Spain 2010:DNF
Italy 2010:DNF
Note:Hasnt won in a Ferrari Territory
Hamish said on 12th September 2010, 15:04
How is Bahrain “Ferrari Territory”?
All the others make sense but Bahrain is basically camel territory.
Ady said on 12th September 2010, 15:11
Apart from the huge ferrari centre next to the track. Lol
Hamish said on 12th September 2010, 15:14
Thats Abu Dhabi
Younger Hamilton said on 12th September 2010, 15:26
Ferrari has always had a stronger car than McLaren on that track Massa’s two wins as well as Alonso’s in 2010 show that as well as Pole Positions from Schumi and Massa
Todfod said on 12th September 2010, 15:28
Barcelona isn’t exactly Ferrari territory either.
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 12th September 2010, 17:16
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 12th September 2010, 17:17
Got my blockquotes wrong!
Younger Hamilton probably said that based on how Ferrari have won more Bahrain Grand Prix than all the other teams combined.
Sammy said on 12th September 2010, 15:08
Yeah, Lewis seems to like the North American, Northern European (and Belgian) tracks….probably a little due to what those fans in ‘Ferrari’ territory yell out to him when he walks around the paddock
BasCB said on 12th September 2010, 14:45
Great to see how close they are at this stage of the championship. It’s now “only” 100 points up for grabs, and this means there is only 8 guys who have a theoretic chance to win. Looks like Massa has 6th to keep it if he races on like this.
Hamish said on 12th September 2010, 14:58
Singapore
Japan
South Korea
Brazil
Abu Dhabi
125 points
Hamish said on 12th September 2010, 14:55
It will be interesting to see what approach Red Bull do take. Dietrich Mateschitz has stated that the goal is to win both championships so given that for me it would make sense for Vettel to play a supporting role at Singapore, Japan and South Korea as these are courses that will likely suit the Red Bull package.
Given what the goals are for the team this year what do you do? Do you allow Vettel to race or do you capitalise on the Red Bull courses to help Webber and hopefully head into the final two races of the season with Webber holding a solid points buffer?
I know in the past it has usually been the drivers race until they are mathmatically out but with five guys in the hunt and a great emphasis points wise on a win I think Red Bull just has to get behind their man with Vettel going for 2nd place positions therefore Webber extending his lead by at least ten points per race.
The next three courses should suit the Red Bull car, and if the abovementioned is put into practise (disregarding reliability and brainfade moments) Webber could potentially be heading into the final two races with a 35 point lead.
Common sense is one thing, but Helmut Marko is something else though…
Younger Hamilton said on 12th September 2010, 15:02
I think 3 out of 5 tracks that McLaren have their best chances of winning another race this season which are Suzuka,Korea and Abu Dhabi Lewis and Jenson must push very hard on those tracks and do damage limitation on the rest McLaren must PUSH NOW!!!!
Todfod said on 12th September 2010, 15:32
I was hoping for a Hamilton and Webber DNF, and I came pretty damn close to getting it! This result makes the entire championship much more interesting, and lets hope we can get 5 drivers within 20 points of each other racing for the win at Abu Dhabi.
Would be great to see whether Jenson and Sebastian play a 2nd driver role in the final race of the season.
sumedh said on 12th September 2010, 16:01
How incredibly strange this championship is.
Right after Belgium where 3 contenders didn’t score, the other 2 who did score scored meager points today. Fantastic!!
And congrats to Alonso for his first legitimate win of 2010. And full marks for giving the credit of the overtake to his pit-crew.
Steph (@) said on 12th September 2010, 17:01
I know being hunmble is a lot more attractive but many said it was just a two horse race now, it was only Ham vs Web and Alo had no chance but I told you so. There, I said it. :)
Charles Carroll said on 12th September 2010, 17:03
I’m just not seein’ Weebs winning it all this year.