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08 September 2013

Italian GP - Alonso on the podium in second, Massa fourth

Monza 8 September
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Scuderia Ferrari finished the Italian Grand Prix with a second and fourth place courtesy of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa respectively. The Spaniard thus consolidates his second place in the championship. The total points tally from Monza sees the Scuderia move ahead of Mercedes in the Constructors’ classification to take second place.

Just minutes before the start, light rain was falling, but by the time the cars lined up on the grid it was dry enough for all of them to be fitted with slicks. Both Massa and Alonso made up places at the start, with the Brazilian going second at the first chicane, behind Vettel and ahead of Webber and Fernando.

Alonso immediately began lapping very quickly and dispensed with Webber on lap 3, followed by Massa five laps later. In second place, the Spaniard kept the leader in sight up until lap 24, when the German pitted to change tyres. Next time round Felipe came in, re-emerging behind Webber. Fernando’s stop came on lap 27, switching to the Hards and getting back on track in second place, ten seconds off the leader. After that, the positions remained unaltered to the chequered flag, the top four drivers crossing the line within 10 seconds of one another. Sebastian Vettel won the race for Red Bull.

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