Italian GP - Bridgestone - RaceFernando Alonso has taken his fourth win of the season, and fourth in his career on Bridgestone Potenza tyres, after a dominant weekend from McLaren Mercedes and the reigning world champion in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Alonso
used a medium-medium-soft tyre strategy to win, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton finishing six seconds behind on the same strategy.
Kimi Raikkonen finished third after he employed a one-stop strategy, making a strong start on the soft compound Bridgestone and finishing on the medium, 21 seconds behind Hamilton.
BMW Sauber team-mates
Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica finished fourth and fifth, Nico Rosberg finished sixth, Heikki Kovalainen finished seventh and
Jenson Button took the final championship point.
Twelve of the classified finishers used a one-stop strategy, with a two-stop strategy used by eight cars. Two cars failed to finish. The fastest race lap, a 1min 22.871secs, was set by Alonso on lap 15 on the medium compound Bridgestone Potenza.
Kees van de Grint, Head of Track Engineering Operations
“The tyres performed well, even with the track temperatures and the pace seen from the two McLaren Mercedes. The vast majority of cars did a one stop strategy and they did not sustain any tyre problems despite the longer stints this requires. The track certainly came towards our compound choice. Blistering was not an issue, to the contrary to what we saw in practice on Friday afternoon. There was very little to choose between the two compounds in the race in terms of wear and heat resistance.”
Source Bridgestone
