Lewis Hit Pole At The AUTODROMO Nazionale Di Monza:

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MONZA:

Despite numerous changes over its long and auspicious history,Monza, or the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, remains widely regarded as one of the world's greatest motor racing circuits, and one of Formula One's spirual homes, for its has played host to every Italian Grand Prix, bar one, since the inception of the world championships in 1950, and the combination of the circuits history, recent heroes such as Michael Shumacher, and the Italian Ferrari fans, or Tifosi, as they are known, makes for an atmosphere that is practically unknown anywhere else in the Formula One calender, with the possible exception of San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.

Number of Laps: 53

Circuit length: 5,793

Race Distance:  306.720

Lap Record R.Barrichello 2004: 1.21.046

Last Year Winner: S.Vettel

The original circuit, which was constructed in 1922 in a park outside Milan, was comprised of a road course and a high speed banked,oval track, and officially opened to hold the second Italian Grand Prix in September of that year, the first having been held in 1921 at Brescia.

The race was dominated by Fiat, who took the top four places.

September 2009 the year the World Championship title is still undecided with four people still in the race and time running out very fast for Lewis but be that as it may we can never say never or impossible as Lewis has surprised us in the past and will no doubt do so with the last few races at hand.

Despite all the efforts to reduce the overall speed at Monza, the long straights still ensure that drivers are going flat out for much of the race, and in qualifying in 2002, Juan Pablo Montoya completed the fastest ever lap in Formula one, with a average speed of 259.827 km (162.392 mph)

Britons dominated the circuit, with three wins by Stirling Moss,a dn one from Tony Books.

And to add to history another British driver will take the flag on the 13th September 2009 when Lewis Hamilton will take the number one spot if all goes well with him and his team.

Monza is still and incredibly fast track,and no doubt new records will be set again as in 1971 when Briton Peter Gethin had the record for clocking an average speed of 242.616 which also had the closest finish of all times, with Gethin beating Ronnie Peterson by 0.01 seconds.

With a British driver at Pole we can only expect fire works in Monza.

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