While Hamilton may have had his championship lead eaten into this Sunday by Alonso, the outcome could not have been a better one for the Mclaren team. Simultaneously it can show Lewis Hamilton to have a sensible, sportsmanlike and tactical attitude towards racing while giving Alonso a victory he probably well deserves.

Alonso reminds us that while Hamilton may be the new wonder on the block, he has worked for years to get to the top and his talent is as formidable as Hamilton’s. Ron Dennis had never looked so relieved and triumphant.

Hamilton admitted he decided to race for points after he flat spotted his tires, worried of another blow out after Turkeys mishap, but he was also clearly unable to get past team-mate Fernando Alonso at either the first corner or the re-start following an early safety car, due to Alonso’s own formidable skill.

Lewis had his own moments of glory however as he retook his 2nd place position with and amazing overtake against Raikonnen breathtaking in its simplicity and confident execution. Hamilton pushed to the inside of the Finn, under braking from 330kmph, he slipped back into second place, underlining his better form this year against Raikonnen’s.

The success has made Alonso the season’s first four-time winner, and a first at Monza.

 ”It was the perfect weekend for me,” he said. “Sometimes I have started good here in Monza and then had some problems in the race and missed the victory, so to finally win here for the first time was very special.”

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS MAL BHR ESP MON CAN USA FRA GBR EUR HUN TUR ITA Pts 1 Lewis Hamilton 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 9 1 5 2 92 2 Fernando Alonso 2 1 5 3 1 7 2 7 2 1 4 3 1 89 3 Kimi Räikkönen 1 3 3 Ret 8 5 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 74 4 Felipe Massa 6 5 1 1 3 DSQ 3 2 5 2 13 1 Ret 69 5 Nick Heidfeld 4 4 4 Ret 6 2 Ret 5 6 6 3 4 4 52 6 Robert Kubica Ret 18 6 4 5 Ret INJ 4 4 7 5 8 5 33 7 Heikki Kovalainen 10 8 9 7 13* 4 5 15 7 8 8 6 7 21 8 Giancarlo Fisichella 5 6 8 9 4 DSQ 9 6 8 10 12 9 12 17 9 Alexander Wurz Ret 9 11 Ret 7 3 10 14 13 4 14 11 13 13 10 Nico Rosberg 7 Ret 10 6 12 10 16* 9 12 Ret 7 7 6 12 11 Mark Webber 13 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 7 12 Ret 3 9 Ret 9 8 12 David Coulthard Ret Ret Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 13 11 5 11 10 Ret 8 13 Jarno Trulli 9 7 7 Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 13 10 16 11 7 14 Ralf Schumacher 8 15 12 Ret 16 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 12 15 5 15 Takuma Sato 12 13 Ret 8 17 6 Ret 16 14 Ret 15 18 16 4 16 Jenson Button 15 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 8 10 Ret Ret 13 8 2 17 Sebastian Vettel 8 16 19 18 1 18 Rubens Barrichello 11 11 13 10 10 12 Ret 11 9 11 18 17 10 0 19 Scott Speed Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 0 20 Anthony Davidson 16 16 16* 11 18 11 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 14 0 21 Adrian Sutil 17 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 14 17 Ret Ret 17 21 19 0 22 Christijan Albers Ret Ret 14 14 19* Ret 15 Ret 15 0 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi 14 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17* Ret 16* Ret Ret 15 17 0 24 Sakon Yamamoto Ret 20 20 0 — Markus Winkelhock Ret 0 * Driver did not finish but was classified, having completed more than 90% of race distance. From Wikipedia