As it happened: Italy 2013 - The race

• 12:00

  Hello F1 friends, time for the Factbyte Factbox to bring you all you need to know about the Italian Grand Prix. Are you with me?

• 12:01

  The rain is spit-spotting its way over the Monza circuit, so all eyes are on the skies as we count down an hour to the race.

• 12:01

  Sebastian Vettel lines up on pole position, with Webber alongside him making it an all Red Bull front row.

• 12:02

  Nico Hülkenberg put in a storming drive to line up third on the grid, it will be fascinating to see what he can achieve in the race.

• 12:02

  Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton and both Lotus drivers are somewhat out of place outside the top ten, and with a lot of work to do to get some decent points this afternoon.

• 12:03

  Tweet from @Marussia_F1Team: A little over an hour til the lights go out at Monza. Although the light has already gone out a little because there are dark clouds looming

• 12:05

  Hamilton was particularly grumpy about his qualifying performance, saying yesterday: "I just drove like an idiot, that's the worst I've driven for a long, long time." He was held up by Adrian Sutil at one point though, the Force India driver getting a grid penalty for impeding.

• 12:06

  Circuit Data

  Autodromo Nazionale Monza
  Local timezone	+02:00 GMT
  First race	1950
  Number of laps	53
  Circuit length	5.793km
  Race distance	306.720km
  Start offset	0.309km

• 12:10

  Tweet from @radarguruf1: #F1 radar 13:00 CET: First meaningful shower falls over Monza, further cells are building in the region, quickly. Further showers likely.

• 12:12

  Grid Position

  1	S Vettel	Red Bull
  2	M Webber	Red Bull
  3	N Hülkenberg	Sauber
  4	F Massa	Ferrari
  5	F Alonso	Ferrari
  6	N Rosberg	Mercedes
  7	D Ricciardo	Toro Rosso
  8	S Pérez	McLaren
  9	J Button	McLaren
  10	JE Vergne	Toro Rosso

• 12:12

  Ferrari tried to be clever in qualifying and use the slingshot with Massa in front and Alonso ready to take advantage. It didn't quite work out as Felipe was too fast for Fernando, and the Brazilian qualified ahead.

• 12:14

  Paddock reports suggest the current rain has stopped, but there's plenty of potential for its return before or during the race.

• 12:16

  2013 Race Wins

  Pos	Driver	Total
  1	S Vettel	5
  2	F Alonso	2
  3	N Rosberg	2
  4	L Hamilton	1
  5	K Räikkönen	1

• 12:17

  Tweet from @realsimonsays: Leaking fuel system on @JensonButton's car in Monza. @McLarenF1 is trying evereything to get that sorted for the Start, otherwise pit-lane

• 12:20

  The hard and medium compounds are on offer today, the hardest selection of rubber to deal with the high speeds and sharp braking conditions at Monza. Pirelli boss Paul Hembery reckons it will be a one-stop strategy, but of course if there's rain on the cards, none of that matters.

• 12:28

  Tweet from @ESPNF1: There's a fuel system problem on Button's car. Serious doubts from Sam Michael that it will be ready to make the grid on time #F1

• 12:30

  More info from @radarguruf1 suggests there is more rain in the air, and we're definitely looking at a damp start now. Tyre choice will be key!

• 12:31

  Tweet from @OfficialSF1Team: under dry conditions most would go for 1 stop as you are loosing about 25sec per pitstop in #Monza. so straight forward strategy, normally.

• 12:32

  Lap Data

  (data from Williams F1)
  Fuel consumption	2.6kg
  Fuel lap time penalty	0.3s/10kg
  Full throttle	76%
  Top speed	337kph
  Average speed	247kph
  Longest straight	1520m
  Pit lane loss	22.4s
  Pit lane length	417m

• 12:33

  The other stat I like from Williams is that, based on past races, there's a 40% chance of a safety car making an appearance.

• 12:34

  Unfortunately for Caterham and Marussia, there was no rain yesterday so they couldn't repeat their feat of getting into Q2. Giedo van der Garde leads the pack in 19th, with Bianchi ahead of Chilton on the last row of the grid.

• 12:35

  Tweet from @MercedesAMGF1: Drivers out on install laps. Drivers reporting on track conditions and where it's dry, where not. Both on inters and pushed back into garage

• 12:36

  Jenson Button did make it out of the garage and he will start from the grid. Hopefully the fuel system is all patched up now!

• 12:37

  Many drivers are doing an outlap on dry tyres, coming back in and switching to intermediates, to see which are the right ones to start on.

• 12:41

  The track looks like it has some distinct wet and dry sections, with a dry line appearing on the damper sections. Still twenty minutes to go.

• 12:43

  Final chance for testing the tyres as the pit lane closes very shortly.

• 12:46

  

  Lewis Hamilton dives in and out of the pitlane for tyres, via @MercedesAMGF1.

• 12:47

  Interview with Nico Hülkenberg: "Even going into Q3, we were thinking 6 or 7, ideal 5th. Coming away with third was a good surprise, a nice one. Hopefully we'll have good pace today, I'm fairly confident we can have a good race today."

• 12:47

  

  Paul di Resta gets in the zone, via @clubforce.

• 12:55

  Tweet from @adamcooperf1: Rain has gone away but concrete pitlane could still be a little slippery, especially for anyone stopping early

• 12:57

  

  25°C

  Track	29°C
  Humidity	60%
  Wind speed	4mps

• 12:59

  Mark Webber closes his eyes for a moment on the grid, just the one car in front of him - that of his teammate. He'll want a good start, but is it possible for the Australian?

• 12:59

  The tyre blankets come off, Hamilton is gently nudged back into his grid slot, and the formation lap is about to start.

• 13:00

  Lewis gets some radio informing him that he's starting on the harder tyre, unlike many. It will give him less performance early in the race but will put him in the right pit window for the potential rain.

• 13:00

  All the top ten are on mediums, Räikkönen and Hamilton are on the orange harder tyres. Gutiérrez in 16th is also on the hard compound with the rest of the grid taking on the mediums.

• 13:01

  Plenty of long straights for the drivers to weave their way around. Vettel backs up the pack as they make their way around.

• 13:03

  The pack rounds the final corner and Vettel pulls to a halt in his pole position grid slot. The rest file up behind as we wait for the lights.

• 13:03

  Race started.

• 13:04 Lap 1

  A huge lockup from Vettel into the first corner, and there's a lot of contact behind.

• 13:04 Lap 1

  Behind him, Pérez went down the slalom, keeping out the way and losing positions.

• 13:04 Lap 1

  A Mercedes, Button and a Force India all cut the chicane going over those evil rumble strips.

• 13:05 Lap 1

  Paul di Resta is off track, missing a front wing, he's out of the race already.

• 13:05 Lap 2

  Kimi Räikkönen has a damaged front wing, he squeezes Button as he dives into the pit lane for some repairs.

• 13:05 Lap 2

  Yellow flags.

• 13:06 Lap 2

  Track is clear again, we didn't see what that was for but it went green, then yellow again, then green once more.

• 13:07 Lap 3

  Paul di Resta is peering through the catch-fencing, a very forlorn look on his face. Difficult to be out on the first lap.

• 13:08 Lap 3

  Fernando Alonso, somehow up in fourth place already, pulled up alongside Mark Webber and just held it through the chicane as the advantage came and went, and then he got the position for third.

• 13:08 Lap 3

  DRS enabled.

• 13:08 Lap 3

  Massa had a brilliant start, avoided Vettel's lockup at the start which allowed him to get up to second! It's Vettel leading followed by two Ferraris.

• 13:10 Lap 4

  Replays on the start show Pérez cutting Kimi up, they had contact which bumped the McLaren into the slalom and forced Kimi into the pit lane for a new front wing. He's currently down in 21st.

• 13:11 Lap 5

  More replays of Paul di Resta's off, he got the braking all wrong and mounted the back of Grosjean. Damaged left front wheel and no front wing, race over.

• 13:11 Lap 6

  Further back, Sutil's had a good start to reclaim four places, he's currently 13th behind Grosjean.

• 13:12 Lap 6

  Hamilton is up to tenth, he's informed on the radio that the team can't hear him, the messages aren't getting through.

• 13:13 Lap 6

  

  Flying wheels ahoy as the thermocam imaging goes out of the race along with Paul di Resta.

• 13:14 Lap 8

  Alonso moves up to second place after sliding past Massa at the first corner. Can he chase after Vettel now? The gap is almost up to four seconds already.

• 13:15 Lap 8

  Lewis Hamilton is chasing down Vergne for ninth, but the Toro Rosso is showing good pace for now.

• 13:16 Lap 9

  Button sweeps past Hamilton, dropping back down to 11th. Hard to say if the McLaren is showing better pace or Lewis is just having another bad day. Probably both.

• 13:16 Lap 9

  Team radio to Vettel: "We're monitoring right front at all times. We know exactly where it's at."

• 13:18 Lap 10

  Incident involving Di Resta and Grosjean will be investigated after the race - causing a collision.

• 13:19 Lap 11

  Gap Analysis

  Pos	Driver	Gap
  1st	VET	1:28.985
  2nd	ALO	+5.406
  3rd	MAS	+6.675
  4th	WEB	+7.563

• 13:19 Lap 11

  Tweet from @OfficialSF1Team: RIC seems to be on a fast pace. hope that ROS keeps him behind. #ItalyHulk P5 on a same pace as MAS. strong performance. keep pushing #Hulk.

• 13:21 Lap 12

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver
  1	0	S Vettel
  2	3	F Alonso
  3	1	F Massa
  4	-2	M Webber
  5	-2	N Hülkenberg
  6	0	N Rosberg
  7	0	D Ricciardo
  8	0	S Pérez
  9	1	JE Vergne
  10	-1	J Button

• 13:21 Lap 12

  Lewis Hamilton gets a radio message to pit for a slow puncture, but the Mercedes driver doesn't come in, he sails on by. Radio communication problems probably to blame.

• 13:22 Lap 13

  Hamilton has continued past the pit entrance again, and the radio messages are getting more and more insistent. The Mercedes mechanics are waiting in the pit lane.

• 13:23 Lap 14

  Tweet from @MercedesAMGF1: It's back to old school technology with the pit board while we continue to try and contact @LewisHamilton over the radio

• 13:24 Lap 14

  Finally the message gets across and Hamilton comes in for a stop. He tears off a visor strip as he comes in. The hard tyre strategy is ruined, and it's mediums going on the car.

• 13:24 Lap 14

  There really is no communication between the team and driver, as the engineer is forced to hold up a mini pit board right in front of the car for Lewis to read.

• 13:25 Lap 15

  One to Watch

  F Massa	vs.	M Webber
  3rd	+0.511s	4th

• 13:26 Lap 15

  Jean-Éric Vergne coasts to a stop at the side of the track, he was just hanging on to a points position but is now out of the race.

• 13:27 Lap 15

  Great marshalling, the car has already been pushed out the way. There was a big puff of smoke from the Toro Rosso as something gave way inside. Button had a narrow miss, avoiding the slow car and moving up to ninth place.

• 13:27 Lap 16

  

  Pit board instructions for Lewis.

• 13:28 Lap 17

  Rosberg, running in sixth, is informed that Hülkenberg has reported his rear tyres are going. The Sauber is still fifth... for now!

• 13:29 Lap 18

  Vergne leans on one of the barriers, watching the action, as his Toro Rosso gently smokes in the background.

• 13:30 Lap 18

  Charles Pic has come in for a pit stop, that might be our first scheduled stop of the afternoon.

• 13:30 Lap 19

  Team radio to Massa: "Webber alway slower in the middle sector. Only faster where he has the DRS."

• 13:32 Lap 20

  Lots of speculation amongst the BBC commentators and pundits pondering why Vettel has his rear red-light flashing.

• 13:33 Lap 20

  Tweet from @clubforce: Bit of a gap in front and behind Adrian now, with our guy in P11 at the moment. Laptimes steadily improving

• 13:34 Lap 21

  Sauber radio suggests there's no rain expected now, any nearby showers have moved away.

• 13:35 Lap 21

  Grosjean comes in for his first stop of the day, and it's a slow one.

  Pit Stop Analysis

  Driver	R Grosjean
  Team	Lotus
  Pit lane	27.040s
  Stopped	5.6s

• 13:35 Lap 22

  McLaren have a change of heart on the radio, initially Button is instructed to push for another lap to make the most of Grosjean's slow stop, then they call him in straight away instead.

• 13:37 Lap 23

  Ricciardio and Pérez follow each other into the pit lane, and rejoin the track in the same order.

• 13:37 Lap 24

  

  Slow stop for Grosjean, but that means plenty of time to snap a picture! (via @Lotus_F1Team)

• 13:38 Lap 24

  Actually, they've rejoined in the same order but sandwich Button.

• 13:39 Lap 24

  Vettel comes in from the lead, followed very swiftly by Mark Webber, two great stops by Red Bull.

• 13:39 Lap 25

  Lots of radio from Alonso being played to us, but it's all in Italian. He stays out for another lap as Felipe Massa dives in for his stop.

• 13:40 Lap 25

  Alonso leads with Rosberg behind him, both haven't stopped yet.

• 13:40 Lap 25

  Nico Hülkenberg pits from fifth place, as Massa rejoins the track behind Webber - he's lost a place there.

• 13:41 Lap 25

  Hamilton sets the fastest lap of the race so far, a 1:28.016. Plenty more where that came from though!

• 13:41 Lap 26

  The Brit is currently chasing Valtteri Bottas, who is up to ninth place having not yet come in for his stop.

• 13:42 Lap 26

  Bottas frees up Hamilton by coming into the pit lane for his stop. Meanwhile, Vettel sets the fastest lap of the race, pushing on to retain a healthy lead when he gets back in front.

• 13:43 Lap 27

  Rosberg pits from second place, and he rejoins just ahead of teammate Hamilton in eighth place.

• 13:44 Lap 28

  Alonso finally comes in for his pit stop, leaving just Gutiérrez the only driver not to have stopped yet. He's up in third.

• 13:44 Lap 28

  Pit Stop Analysis

  Driver	F Alonso
  Team	Ferrari
  Pit lane	24.208s
  Stopped	2.6s

• 13:45 Lap 28

  And Esteban comes in, making it a full house of pit stops.

• 13:45 Lap 29

  Top Speeds

  Sector 1	L Hamilton	324kph
  Sector 2	L Hamilton	334kph
  Sector 3	J Button	306kph
  Speed trap	D Ricciardo	339kph

• 13:46 Lap 29

  Gap Analysis

  Pos	Driver	Gap
  1st	VET	1:27.935
  2nd	ALO	+10.527
  3rd	WEB	+11.294
  4th	MAS	+13.245

• 13:46 Lap 29

  Lewis Hamilton passes teammate Nico Rosberg, close but clean racing for seventh place.

• 13:49 Lap 31

  Kimi is instructed to come in for his second stop, and there he goes. It's a costly stop, he rejoins in 14th place.

• 13:50 Lap 31

  Hamilton is hustling Hülkenberg for position, the Sauber desperately wants to keep his fifth place, but Hamilton needs to make up as many places as possible - he's likely to have to stop again like Kimi.

• 13:50 Lap 31

  Lapped Cars

  Pos	Driver	Laps Down
  19	J Bianchi	1
  20	M Chilton	1

• 13:51 Lap 31

  Hamilton goes through on the inside at turn two, the Hulk tries to come back at him but Lewis finally makes the move stick and gets fifth place.

• 13:52 Lap 33

  Pic is told that Van der Garde is making a better job of turn six, and that he should sacrifice the entry to maximise the apex. A bit of track guidance for Charles there.

• 13:53 Lap 33

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver
  1	0	S Vettel
  2	3	F Alonso
  3	-1	M Webber
  4	0	F Massa
  5	7	L Hamilton
  6	-3	N Hülkenberg
  7	-1	N Rosberg
  8	-1	D Ricciardo
  9	0	J Button
  10	-2	S Pérez

• 13:55 Lap 35

  Not a lot in terms of major action going on. Lots of drivers catching other drivers, but no changes of position just yet. Vettel still has a mega lead.

• 13:56 Lap 36

  Rosberg misses the first corner again, he's forced to take to the slalom and recover.

• 13:57 Lap 36

  Gutiérrez's engineer tells him details on how far ahead Ricciardo is. The Toro Rosso is currently 8th to Sauber's 12th - with Button, Pérez and Grosjean in between. That's an optimistic engineer right there.

• 13:58 Lap 37

  The Mercedes mechanics prepare for a pit stop, but there's no sign of Lewis Hamilton so they head back inside again.

• 13:59 Lap 38

  Lots of blue flags being waved for Bianchi as the leaders get past.

• 13:59 Lap 38

  

  Caterham mechanics simply have to watch from now on, via @EdoCrn

• 14:00 Lap 38

  Grosjean makes a clean pass on Sergio Pérez, that's for 10th place - the final points position. If he's making a charge for it, Button is next in line.

• 14:01 Lap 39

  Hamilton gets the message from the pit board and comes in for his second stop. More notes from Jock Clear are held up as well. It's 14th place for Lewis as he rejoins the pack, behind Räikkönen.

• 14:03 Lap 40

  Tweet from @F1onNBCSports: Webber is closing up on Alonso for P2 as Red Bull look for the knock-out blow in the constructors' championship

• 14:03 Lap 41

  There's less than a second between the two as the Red Bull stalks closer to the Ferrari.

• 14:03 Lap 41

  Both Caterham drivers have pitted, opting for a two-stop strategy. They have rejoined still ahead of the two Marussia cars so no change of position there.

• 14:04 Lap 41

  Team radio to Mark Webber: "We have an issue, we need to short-shift, low gears in the exit of turn two."

• 14:06 Lap 42

  Replays of Van der Garde's pit stop show it was a bit of a fumble on the way in, he nearly missed the box and equipment needed to be moved out the way. He got going again eventually, but has dropped behind Jules Bianchi on track now.

• 14:07 Lap 44

  Räikkönen makes his way past Gutiérrez for 12th place, it's a bit of a kerfuffle as they also navigate past backmarkers, but the Lotus keeps the place.

• 14:08 Lap 44

  Sebastian Vettel is also getting some radio instruction on short-shifting at specific corners.

• 14:08 Lap 44

  Hamilton is the next past Gutiérrez, moving the Brit up to 13th and back behind Kimi once more.

• 14:10 Lap 45

  Kimi sweeps past Adrian Sutil around the outside of the Parabolica, with Hamilton lining up to move past as well. They close up into the first corner but the Force India remains ahead for now.

• 14:10 Lap 45

  In front of them, we see Grosjean move past Button, picking up 8th place.

• 14:10 Lap 46

  Hamilton takes the place from Sutil, the Force India almost conceding the position without a fight.

• 14:11 Lap 46

  Recent Lap Times

  S Vettel
  Lap 40	1:27.654
  Lap 41	1:27.535
  Lap 42	1:27.501
  Lap 43	1:27.528
  Lap 44	1:27.457
  Lap 45	1:27.892
  Lap 46	1:28.000

• 14:11 Lap 46

  You can see on the graph there are two massively slower laps from Vettel after he got the radio message to be careful of the gears.

• 14:12 Lap 46

  Both Red Bull drivers getting slightly panicked messages about the short-shift thing. "I know we're fighting," Mark is told, before being given some specifics.

• 14:13 Lap 47

  Team radio to Kimi Räikkönen: "Do not use overtake button out of Parabolica, you are flattening the battery."

• 14:14 Lap 48

  Looks like Vettel is back on the pace now, he's either sorted out his problem or just doesn't care.

• 14:15 Lap 48

  Amazing defensive driving from Kimi as Hamilton hounds him for position. A KERS issue on the Lotus means he's only moments away from losing the position, but he won't give it up without a fight.

• 14:15 Lap 49

  Grosjean runs quite wide over the kerbs as he rounds one of the corners, he's chasing Daniel Ricciardo for sixth place for now.

• 14:16 Lap 49

  Sergio Pérez pulls out to attempt a move on teammate Jenson Button but pulls back behind.

• 14:16 Lap 49

  Hamilton easily makes the move on Räikkönen, that's 11th place for Lewis.

• 14:16 Lap 49

  Speed Trap

  Driver	Team	Speed (km/h)
  Gutiérrez	Sauber	341
  Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	339
  Hamilton	Mercedes	338
  Räikkönen	Lotus	338
  Rosberg	Mercedes	338
  Vergne	Toro Rosso	337

• 14:18 Lap 51

  More traffic for Hamilton as he moves past some backmarker Caterhams, and dispatches Sergio Pérez for the final points place. He's now hunting Jenson Button for ninth.

• 14:18 Lap 51

  The Mercedes pair are really coming to life now. Hamilton's on a charge, Rosberg just set the fastest lap of the race so far - 1:26.500.

• 14:19 Lap 51

  Button loses the place to Hamilton, which means it is Grosjean in the sights of the Mercedes now.

• 14:20 Lap 53

  Räikkönen is now making his way past the McLarens. Sergio Pérez drops behind but pulls back alongside to try and regain the place. He has to concede the position into the next chicane, though.

• 14:21 Lap 53

  Team radio to Vettel: "Just bring it home. We've got enough issues, just bring it home."

• 14:22

  Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix!

• 14:23

  On that final lap, Hamilton tried to make a move on Grosjean, but locked up massively and ran off track. He was forced to give the place back to the Lotus, and has to settle for ninth.

• 14:23

  Mark Webber has pulled to a halt on the home straight, with Kimi Räikkönen pulling in behind him - a bit of a car park there.

• 14:23

  Race Winner

  Driver	S Vettel
  Team	Red Bull
  Race time	1:18.33.352
  Race distance	306.720km
  Average speed	234.268km/h

• 14:24

  Gap Analysis

  Pos	Driver	Gap
  1st	VET	1:29.036
  2nd	ALO	+5.4
  3rd	WEB	+6.3
  4th	MAS	+9.3
  5th	HUL	+10.3

• 14:26

  Driver Positions

  Pos		Driver	Stops
  1	0	S Vettel	1
  2	3	F Alonso	1
  3	-1	M Webber	1
  4	0	F Massa	1
  5	-2	N Hülkenberg	1
  6	0	N Rosberg	1
  7	0	D Ricciardo	1
  8	5	R Grosjean	1
  9	3	L Hamilton	2
  10	-1	J Button	1

• 14:26

  Alonso and Vettel pull their respective cars to a halt in the winner's enclosure. Webber's Red Bull was abandoned on the home straight.

• 14:27

  Alonso congratulates Vettel briefly, as the German exits his car and runs over to Adrian Newey for a big hug.

• 14:28

  Force India managed to bookend the race with retirements.

  Retirements

  Driver	Reason	Lap
  P di Resta	Accident	1
  JE Vergne	Mechanical	15
  A Sutil	Unknown	53

• 14:29

  Vettel is ushered inside to the podium green room, Alonso is slightly more smiley than I would have expected. They all take big swigs from the water bottles. No sign of Mark yet.

• 14:29

  They study the timing screens intently. "Hülkenberg!" Vettel says with an expression of surprise and perhaps even respect.

• 14:30

  Webber finally arrives and immediately turns his back on the race winner, to get into conversation with Alonso.

• 14:31

  There's a handshake between the teammates but little else. The three then make their way up to the podium, hoisted up above the start/finish straight and a sea of cheering Ferrari fans.

• 14:32

  National anthems play out as the fans still crush up to get as near to the podium as possible. The epitome of track invasion.

• 14:32

  

  Saluting the fans.

• 14:33

  Championship Standings

  Pos	Driver	Pts
  1	S Vettel	222
  2	F Alonso	169
  3	L Hamilton	141
  4	K Räikkönen	134
  5	M Webber	130

• 14:34

  Championship Standings

  Pos	Driver	Pts
  1	Red Bull	352
  2	Ferrari	248
  3	Mercedes	245
  4	Lotus	191
  5	McLaren	66

• 14:34

  The trophies are handed out, confetti starts to spray as Alonso moves forward with his trophy to wave to the cheering fans.

• 14:35

  The champagne sprays out with Webber and Alonso aiming it at each other, Vettel prefering to soak Newey with the bubbly stuff.

• 14:38

  Post-race podium quotes - Sebastian Vettel: "Fantastic race, but you can hear the difference when you don't win here in a red suit. You get a lot of that [booing]. In the end it's nice because it means you've done good and beat the red guys. We're proud of that. A very good job by the guys today, great job by Renault... the race has been incredible for both of us, I think towards the end we were struggling with the gearbox so we had to pace ourselves... This is the best podium of the season, so very proud to be up here."

• 14:39

  Post-race podium quotes - Fernando Alonso: "It was difficult, the tyres were okay, we overtook Nico but then we had to overtake Mark and Felipe later on. Then with Sebastian, we were not able to close the gap so we were fighting with Mark at the end. Second place is good, to have this podium ceremony, it is the best podium of the year... hopefully next year we come back here but in the top place.

  "We have to risk, there is nothing to lose now for us, we are second in the championship and we have to take some risks. We did it, and that's okay."

• 14:40

  Post-race podium quotes - Mark Webber: "I felt a bit better on the tyre at the end of the race, the hard tyre was not quite as comfortable for me. It was a good battle with Fernando, and a great result. Thank you to Monza, my last time here, thank you very much."

• 14:42

  Fernando Alonso brings out a phone to take a photo of the incredible sea of cheering fans. He even tries to do a selfie with them as the backdrop. Look out for that on Twitter later.

• 14:45

  Tweet from @JeanEricVergne: Have the feeling to have watched more races this year on Tv rather than from my cockpit...

• 14:47

  Interview with Lewis Hamilton: "I'm ninth, we should have been much further ahead. Very disappointed with myself, I blew it in qualifying, it was impossible to catch up. The radio failed in the race, so I didn't know what was going on. I missed my pit stop laps by a couple of laps. Just a disaster of a weekend.

  "It's like driving blind, you don't know where people are, you don't know when to push, when you have to pit, when to save tyres, you've just got to manage it all yourself. It's disappointing when you're empty of energy and you gain two places, and that's it for the championship."

• 14:51

  Interview with Jenson Button: "I had a bad start, clutch slip, so I had to dump it to actually pull away. The first stint was quite good fun but as soon as I got stuck behind Ricciardo, there was no way of getting past. As soon as the fuel load comes down, the straight line speed is far greater... and then we're straight into the limiter. We got it wrong with the ratios, but that's our problem and hopefully we'll solve it for the next one. I flat-spotted the tyres with 15 laps to go so it was like driving on Lego tyres."

• 14:53

  Another tame race compared to what we have seen earlier in the season. Vettel waltzed to an easy win. The fun was behind him, with Hülkenberg securing a great fifth place, and the Ferraris improving on their qualifying performance.

• 14:54

  The difference between one and two-stopping wasn't as apparent as I'd expected, as both Hamilton and Räikkönen had to come in twice.

• 14:54

  The championships are essentially both Red Bulls now, and it's simply a fight to see if anyone can snatch a win off them for the rest of the season!

• 14:54

  Thanks for joining me for the Factbyte Factbox fun this weekend. I'll be back in two weeks time for the Singapore race - ooooh, night racing.

• 14:54

  Keep it real, fact fans.