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Formula 1 Italian GP

2009 Italian Grand Prix Race day at Monza

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Lap 29: Button is away with his tyres and fuel to the finish, resuming in a large piece of clear space.
Lap 28: Jenson Button pits his Brawn from second.
Lap 28: Vettel and Kovalainen pit together for their one stop of the afternoon and a lengthy run to the end.
Lap 28: Rubens Barrichello sets the fastest lap as he pushes strongly at this phase. 1m24.99s is now the best time of the day and the race is swinging in his favour.
Lap 27: Alonso has resumed 10th at the moment, ahead of Nakajima.
Lap 27: Fernando Alonso pits from sixth, taking hard rubber and his fuel to the finish.
Lap 27: There could be some fun and games with the one-stoppers down the field soon. Kazuki Nakajima in 11th is very slowly being caught by both Toyotas. All three are on a similar strategy and it should be a good race between them.
Lap 26: The Brawn pair push eachother on at the front and their pace relative to Hamilton is going in their favour for the win.
Lap 25: Vettel is slowly catching Kovalainen. This is now a race for seventh following Liuzzi's retirement. The gap is now 5.5 seconds.
Lap 25: Jenson Button is faster on the latest lap as he closes to 1.9 seconds behind his team-mate. They are now building a margin back to Hamilton - now 12.9 seconds.
Lap 25: Liuzzi climbs out of the car after a good drive in the early laps in the Force India.
Lap 24: The wonderful weekend is over for Tonio Liuzzi. The Italian has pulled off at the exit of the Roggia chicane while running fourth.
Lap 23: Lewis Hamilton is told on the radio to find another three or four tenths to beat the Brawns.
Lap 23: Giancarlo Fisichella is running well in 11th place. He has a nice buffer of eight seconds over Nakajima in 12th.
Lap 23: Barrichello sets his best lap of the afternoon as Jenson Button clocks a similar time, 2.1 seconds behind.
Lap 22: Raikkonen managed to maintain position over Sutil at that first stop, with the Force India losing ground and falling behind Alonso. Raikkonen is fighting with the Brawns for the podium places but being behind Liuzzi is far from ideal for the Ferrari.
Lap 21: Button is second, with Hamilton now third, 11.4 seconds off the lead.
Lap 21: There is a problem for the Spaniard and he is wheeled into the garage. Alguersuari retires.
Lap 21: Rubens Barrichello now leads for Brawn in a critical phase for the Brazilian ahead of his single stop.
Lap 20: Jaime Alguersuari comes into the pits from 17th position in the Toro Rosso.
Lap 20: Raikkonen takes soft rubber and heads back out, slotting in between Liuzzi and Alonso.
Lap 20: Sebastian Vettel in ninth is now slowly beginning to close down that gap to Kovalainen. The gap between them is 6.2 seconds.
Lap 19: Kimi Raikkonen is due in the pits this time.
Lap 19: The one-stoppers down the field are beginning to speed up as their fuel load lightens, but the gaps between each driver are fairly static with no immediate battles for position.
Lap 18: Kovalainen looks for a KERS-powered move into the Roggia but Liuzzi defends it well.
Lap 18: Liuzzi resumes ahead of Kovalainen, who is having an awful afternoon in the second McLaren.
Lap 18: Adrian Sutil pits from second on the road.
Lap 18: Nico Rosberg is also into the pits from 19th place. He rejoins after a slow pitlane time of 39.9 seconds from entrance to exit. Not a smooth stop there for the Williams team.
Lap 17: The order is now Raikkonen, Sutil, Barrichello, Button, Hamilton, Liuzzi and Alonso.
Lap 17: Robert Kubica comes into the pits and there is clearly more wrong than a front wing change. Kubica retires.
Lap 16: It has worked out well for Hamilton as he resumes ahead of Liuzzi in a large gap behind Jenson Button.
Lap 16: As expected, Lewis swaps to the harder rubber and is away with fuel for the second stint.
Lap 16: Sebastian Vettel has been in clear air for several laps since Robert Kubica was brought into the pits, but as yet he is unable to close down that eight second deficit to Kovalainen.

They continue circulating in eighth and ninth.
Lap 15: Hamilton heads in for his first stop.
Lap 15: Fastest lap again goes to Hamilton but the world champion needs to maintain this push all afternoon to make this aggressive strategy pay off.
Lap 14: Romain Grosjean is 17th with the two early pit visitors, Kubica and Rosberg, running in 18th and 19th.
Lap 14: Hamilton again sets the fastest lap at 1m25.032s as he pulls 16.1 seconds clear of Barrichello. The leader is on course to come out in the top eight after his first stop.
Lap 13: Away from the points, there is little in the way of close battles.

Vettel is ninth with Heidfeld 10th, Fisichella 11th, Nakajima 12th, Trulli 13th, Glock 14th, Buemi 15th and Alguersuari in 16th place.
Lap 13: Hamilton reports a slightly oversteery balance on the car and his team say they will swap to the harder tyre at the first stop.
Lap 13: Hamilton's progress continues out front, while Barrichello's pace is improving and he is pusing hard to try and remain in contention.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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