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1. Alonso - Renault
2. Massa - Ferrari
3. Fisichella - Renault
4. Button - Honda
5. Raikkonen - McLaren
6. Trulli - Toyota
7. R. Schumacher - Toyota
8. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
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1. Massa - Ferrari
2. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
3. R. Schumacher - Toyota
4. Trulli - Toyota
5. Alonso - Renault
6. Fisichella - Renault
7. Button - Honda
8. Barrichello - Honda
9. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
10. Rosberg - Williams
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Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato has been excluded from the Chinese Grand Prix result after the stewards deemed his blocking tactics in the final lap of the race were avoidable and unnecessary. Takuma Sato’s move caused Rubens Barrichello and Nick Heidfeld to have spins just prior to completing to final lap, and Pedro De La Rosa was promoted after passing them. Continue Reading…

In what should have been a Renault-dominated Chinese Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher has stormed to his 91st win, and is now on 116 points in the Drivers Title, matching his rival Fernando Alonso. After a wet qualifying yesterday, Renault showed their dominance with Michelin tyres and cruised to a 1-2 on the grid, leaving Ferrari pilot Schumacher floundering in 6th with his Bridgestone-shod car.

With the circuit remaining wet for the race, it looked as though Alonso would skate away to victory and leave Schumacher in a plume of water. And after the start, everything was going Renault’s way as Alonso pulled out a 25 second gap by the time his first pit stop came around. Unfortunately, the track had started to dry out during this first stint, and Schumacher’s Bridgestones were starting to work better. Although Alonso had pulled out a large gap, Schumacher was recaiming it by the time they stopped for the first time.

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1. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
2. Alonso - Renault
3. Fisichella - Renault
4. Button - Honda
5. De La Rosa - McLaren
6. Barrichello - Honda
7. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
8. Webber - Williams
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1. Alonso - Renault
2. Fisichella - Renault
3. Barrichello - Honda
4. Button - Honda
5. Raikkonen - McLaren
6. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
7. De La Rosa - McLaren
8. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
9. Kubica - BMW Sauber
10. Doornbos - Red Bull
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As Schumacher battled the decision of retirement in his mind, he was well on his way to winning the Italian Grand Prix. But in the course of the race, more drama occured that could spell bad news for Renault for the rest of the campaign.

From the start, Kimi Raikkonen led away from pole, but Nick Heidfeld made hay on Schumacher and the pair went down to the first chicane side by side. Nick relented and allowed Michael to go through in to second, and Heidfeld’s team mate Robert Kubica came storming up the inside and came out of turn one considerably nearer the front than he was in qualifying.
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1. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
2. Raikkonen - McLaren
3. Kubica - BMW Sauber
4. Fisichella - Renault
5. Button - Honda
6. Barrichello - Honda
7. Trulli - Toyota
8. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
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The words of Fernando Alonso this morning as he publicly protests his grid penalty following an alleged blocking attempt on Felipe Massa from Ferrari yesterday during qualifying.

Fernando Alonso is clearly upset about the situation, and the penalty makes his job of beating Michael Schumacher very difficult today. Continue Reading…

Following his alleged blocking of Felipe Massa during qualifying, Fernando Alonso has been demoted to tenth on the grid. Alonso was called to the stewards office after the Brazilian driver complained that the reigning F1 World Champion had unnecessarily impeded his qualifying run.

Massa has suggested that he lost as much as three-tenths on his final lap in Q3, caused because Alonso didn’t allow enough space between himself and the Ferrari. Alonso initially protested his innocence, but the after reviewing the video evidence, the stewards have decided that Fernando Alonso had impeded Massa’s lap - albeit inadvertantly - and he has had his three fastest laps taken away.

This means Michael Schumacher will start eight places ahead of Alonso in the Italian Grand Prix, but that will not stop a hungry Alonso from fighting back in tomorrow’s clash.