2009-09-14 F60 (3) Giancarlo Fisichella ITA - Monza 9
The 2009 Italian Grand Prix was the 13th race of the 2009 Formula One season contested over 53 laps. Ginacarlo Fisichella ended 9th with thie Ferrari F-60. He was called to replace injured Felipa Massa.
It was the last win for Brawn GP and for team driver Rubens Barrichello. Teammate and Championship Leader Jenson Button came in second while the Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen came third after reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton crashed on the final lap
Renault decided to use KERS for the first time since Spanish Grand Prix weekend.
At the start, Lewis Hamilton held onto his lead with Kimi Räikkönen in second, ahead of Adrian Sutil.
Jenson Button finished on the podium for the first time since his win in Turkey.
The battle for the lead was tactical, with the Brawn cars stopping only once while Hamilton was on a two-stop strategy. Barrichello and Button were able to lap consistently faster than Hamilton despite their heavier fuel load. Barrichello would take Brawn's eighth win of the season and his third win at Monza. This race had also proven to be the 11th and last victory, as well as the last podium for Rubens Barrichello's very long, very distinguished and very up-and-down career.
The focus of the F1 paddock after the race, however, was on the looming Crashgate hearing at the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris the following week. This was to determine whether Renault had asked former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, to aid teammate Fernando Alonso ultimately win the race.
I person ally attended this race, thanks to my friend Valery Veroskin get me a ticket to the paddok.
