15-Sep: Felipe Massa
becomes the first Formula 1 driver to be given the tough penalty of losing
10 grid positions at the next Grand Prix as a result of causing a collision
with Pedro de la Rosa during the Italian Grand Prix. The stewards issued a
statement that read "The Stewards of the Meeting received a report
from the Race Director, stating that the driver of car number 8 (Felipe
Massa) caused a collision with the driver of car number 17 (Pedro do la
Rosa).
Both drivers and their representatives were summoned.
Having heard the explanations of both drivers and viewed video evidence,
the Stewards of the Meeting decide to impose a penalty on the driver of
car number 8 (Massa) of a drop of ten grid positions at the next Event
(2002 USA Grand Prix), in accordance with Article 55(c) of 2002 FIA
Formula One Sporting Regulations for causing a collision contrary to
Article 53 of the aforementioned regulations."
Sauber have the right to appeal.
15-Sep: At the post
Race press conference for the Italian GP, Rubens Barrichello was
amazed by the podium celebrations and the tifosi and said "It
was such a feeling. Once, back in '93, I went to Indianapolis to see the
Indy 500 and I saw a lot of people and the feeling that I had there was
the same one because I could see at the chicane, a lot of people
celebrating the podium here. They couldn't come any closer because there
were people in front. It was amazing
I don't think we're ever going to experience something like that again. We
were seeing people coming in, it was just unbelievable. As far as my eyes
could go I saw only people, it was amazing.
It's our home Grand Prix, everyone is here, we have our test drivers here,
we have everyone here, so it's nice to be home and it's nice to be able to
just give it back to everyone who works so hard for us to be here. So we
couldn't ask for more so tonight I guess there's going to be a lot of
partying going on."
As for the start of the race he said "We had a fairly good start. I
was never able to overtake the two Williams but Michael went to the
outside and I was just talking to him because we wanted to really take
care in the first corner because there was no point and the brakes were
quite cold so we had to take care and we were able to go through. I saw
Ralf went straight and I thought he would get a penalty for that because
Montoya cut across but at least he came back. But then the race was going
quite well. At the beginning of the race the Williams were running quite
fast, so it was difficult to know which strategy they were on, but all of
a sudden the pace dropped a bit and my one was only getting better. I saw
some confusion with the two drivers and I took my chance and went from
third to first."
Rubens believed that the 2 stop strategy was the way to go and said
"Fortunately we could say today it was the way to go and the car felt
good. I must thank everyone, especially the test team today because we
were here last week and we were able to really chose the right tyres and
Bridgestone did a fantastic job to bring the right tyres. I have no words
for them because it was really the tyre to have. It was unbelievable. From
the test last week to now it was just the tyre to have."
As for his expectations for the US Grand Prix, Rubens said "I don't
think we can answer that because in a way we saw the performance of
Williams in testing and we saw how quick they were going. Testing last
week they were quite fast, qualifying they were quite fast, Friday they
were quite fast, so we didn't know what to expect. But this time the
weather really came out in our favour and everything worked out. In Indy
it could be different all over again. We must say we have a fantastic car
that works everywhere, but it depends pretty much on the tyre thing."
Michael Schumacher enjoyed finishing second as it
was the ideal result for the team and said "I did enjoy it because
this was the ideal result we dreamed of. I didn't want to go that far and
wish myself such a result because we've had so much luck this year and so
many good results that I thought whatever comes is going to be fine but
this is obviously a dream result. If you look out from the podium, it's
all the way down the straight and this is by far the longest straight, you
see full of people, full of the tifosi and that's an amazing
emotion that went through me and Rubens. We can only thank our guys out
there who support us and hopefully we gave something back today."
As for his start when he dropped 2 places, Michael said "Basically, I
got a reasonable start whereas Juan had a problem at the start initially.
He dropped back a little bit. He then went in front of me, Ralf went by on
the left, I was sort of in the middle of the two but they closed this door
so I had to come off the throttle a bit which meant I lost the momentum.
Then with these two next to each other, there isn't space for a third one
in there so I thought just take it easy and give Rubens the opportunity to
go with his strategy and that worked out very well. I was just very
careful because at any moment, if you brake a little bit later than them,
it might be too late and you crash into them. And in such long race, I
didn't want anything like that to happen."
Michael wasn't too excited about setting the new record for the most
number of points in a season and said "Well, that was anyway my
record before so it's not such a big thing, especially after the year
we've had so far. It was more or less clear that we were going to break
this one and anyway we had a dream result at the end of the day, first and
second. What more could we wish for? We can just be happy and proud of
what we have achieved, this year in particular."
Michael indicated that they were racing each other until the Rubens second
pit stop and said "I think the points situation we have now we just
keep on concentrating for racing - he is already 17 points ahead (in
second place). That is what we have done to some degree today. I really
gave it all, he gave it all and he came in front after the pit stop so the
race was decided in Rubens' favour because he did a very good race and we
are going to do the next two races the same."
Eddie Irvine was delighted to be back on the podium
and said "Yeah, it's like Rory was saying, it must be great to be back
but to be on the podium here, when you've been away for so long, you know,
whenever I was at Ferrari it was like podium, podium, podium. There's nothing
like being away for a while. I think you appreciate them, especially here with
the Italian crowd. It's incredible. People keep asking why I like to spend so
much time in Italy. Well, I think if you look outside, I think you'll see the
reason.
If you are going to get a podium, Monaco and here are the two to get and I
have got both of them now with Jaguar, which is...we were a bit fortunate but
we have been unfortunate the way the R3 was born, to be honest."
As for his race, Eddie said "The first part of the race I just pushed
like crazy, trying to hold on to Raikkonen. I kind of held on but he was
edging away and edging away and then we did the pit stop a little bit early
and I was so far ahead of the guys behind that they (the team) just said back
off. So I just looked after the brakes, took it easy and really drove as slow
as I could. I let them get a bit close at one stage and I had to push a bit
little more and then backed off. I was just trying to judge it but their pace,
I think it was Trulli, was up and down a little bit so it was quite difficult
to see how quick he was to make sure I got a line with him as close to me as
possible."
Eddie described the latter part of the race by saying "To be honest I
didn't know I was third for quite a while. The last time I looked I had seen
fourth so I though okay, just back it up, back it up, back it up. You know,
fourth is nice, it is good for the team, but third is good for me and the
team. To get up there on the podium is something very special. Three points
won't make any more difference to me but getting on the podium is something I
really enjoy and once I realised I was in third there was a big step in
pressure because all of a sudden I wasn't just doing a job for the team I was
wanting to get up there for myself. So there was a lot of pressure on and I
had problems with the brakes and I was just backing it up, backing it up, and
then Trulli took a couple of big lumps of time so I though I better push again
so I pushed and held him and thought: 'okay, if I need to hold him I can hold
him'. Once I did that it was pretty much just back it up, back it up, back it
up and we got there, so everyone's happy - except for Trulli, I guess."
Whether Jaguar can get another podium before the end of the season, Eddie said
" Getting a podium, obviously, we were a bit fortunate about the
Williams, but I think America we can do pretty good. We have got a very strong
engine and our tyres, I think, are pretty good also. If you can qualify in the
top ten you can get points and that is really all we are going to look for. We
might be lucky and get a podium again but really we have got to just aim at
getting one or two points."
When asked if it was a Jaguar miracle to be on the podium here after a bad
start to the season, Eddie said "This is not the car we started the
season with. We have changed the front suspension, rear suspension, front
uprights, rear uprights, floor, front wing, turning vanes, rear wing. The bit
I sit in the chassis is the same. The engine we have changed, we have
modified...there is nothing the same."
15-Sep: What the teams and
drivers said following the Race at Monza ... Report
15-Sep: Italian GP
– Race: Rubens Barrichello wins the Italian Grand Prix ahead of
Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine. Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button and
Olivier Panis make the top 6 ... Timed Results
... Report ... Notes
15-Sep: Italian GP
– Warm-up Session: Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest time of the
session ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Juan Pablo Montoya. Michael
Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Olivier Panis make the top 6 ... Timed Results
... Report ... Notes
Friday
Practice Session 1
Friday Practice Session 2
Saturday Practice Session 1
Saturday Practice Session 2 Qualifying Session
Warm-up Session Race
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AM Monza Time / 9 AM GMT
1 PM Monza Time / 11 AM GMT
9:00 AM Monza Time / 7:00 AM GMT
10:15 AM Monza Time / 8:15 AM GMT 1:00 PM Monza Time / 11:00 AM GMT 9:30 AM Monza Time / 7:30 AM GMT 2:00 PM Monza Time / 12 PM GMT
