Italian Grand Prix 2013 Results: Reaction, Stats, Standings, Post Race Analysis

Sebastian Vettel sealed his 32nd Grand Prix victory with a dominant win in the Italian GP at Monza.

The German led from the start and, despite talk of a gearbox issue, had enough of a cushion to come home with some comfort.

Fernando Alonso did his best to reduce the damage to his world title hopes by taking second place in front of the tifosi, while Mark Webber grabbed third place.

Here's how the race unfolded, and what it means for the title race.

The Race Weekend

The Race Weekend on Bleacher Report

Thursday—the Italian Grand Prix preview

Friday and Saturday—the story of practice and qualifying

Sunday—the Italian Grand Prix live blog

Results in Full, via Formula1.com

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	53	Winner	1	25
2	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	+5.4 secs	5	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	53	+6.3 secs	2	15
4	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+9.3 secs	4	12
5	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+10.3 secs	3	10
6	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	+10.9 secs	6	8
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	53	+32.3 secs	7	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	53	+33.1 secs	13	4
9	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+33.5 secs	12	2
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+38.3 secs	9	1
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	53	+38.6 secs	11
12	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+39.7 secs	8
13	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+40.8 secs	16
14	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	53	+49.0 secs	14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	53	+56.8 secs	18
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1 Lap	17
17	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	20
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	19
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	21
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	22
Ret	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	14	+39 Laps	10
Ret	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	0	Accident	15

Updated Driver Standings

Here is the drivers' title race after Monza, round 12 of 19 this season (via Formula1.com):

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points 1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 222 2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 169 3 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 141 4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 134 5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 130 6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 104 7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 79 8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 57 9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 48 10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36 11 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 25 12 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 18 13 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 18 14 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 17 15 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13 16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1 17 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0 18 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0 19 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0 20 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0 21 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0 22 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0

Updated Team Standings

Here are the updated team standings after Monza (via Formula1.com):

Pos Team Points 1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 352 2 Ferrari 248 3 Mercedes 245 4 Lotus-Renault 191 5 McLaren-Mercedes 66 6 Force India-Mercedes 61 7 STR-Ferrari 31 8 Sauber-Ferrari 17 9 Williams-Renault 1 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

Post-Race Reaction as Vettel Booed on Podium

Vettel's victory was an important one in the title race, but the Italian crowd did not much care for it and made their voices heard during the podium presentation: 

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Ooh that booing is harsh...

— F1 Racing (@F1Racing_mag) September 8, 2013"

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Vettel: "Fantastic race, you can hear the difference when you don't win here in a red suit. I get a lot of that [booing]" #F1onNBC

— F1® Racing on NBC (@F1onNBCSports) September 8, 2013"

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Vettel: "Usually this is one of the toughest tracks we go to but this year the car has been absolutely fantastic. Very great to win here."

— F1® Racing on NBC (@F1onNBCSports) September 8, 2013"

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Webber happy to get on podium at Monza but "the atmosphere was not correct, Sebastian won the race ... but that's their choice" #F1

— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) September 8, 2013"

Fernando Alonso declined to talk about the booing, referring instead to a decent result against an in-form opponent.

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Alonso on strategy: "We had to take some risks - and we did. We are second in the championship and we have to try some things. It’s OK.”

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) September 8, 2013"

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton declared himself out of the title race after a disappointing weekend from which he could only salvage ninth place:

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Hamilton: "V disappointed with myself. I blew it in qualifying and impossible to catch up. A disaster. Obviously that's that for the champ"

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) September 8, 2013"

Winners in Monza

Sebastian Vettel

Fastest in practice, top of Q1, Q2, and Q3, and led from start to finish on Sunday. There's not much wrong with Vettel's race weekend, and he's hurtling towards a fourth straight world title.

Mark Webber

In his final attempt, the Australian finally made the podium in Monza, and it was a fitting way for a committed racer to sign off from European F1 racing. His finish was more warmly received than his teammate's, too.

Nico Hulkenberg

Quietly bagged a fifth place for a Sauber team which has disappointed for the most part this season. The next man up the road, Felipe Massa, will be aware that the vultures are circling overhead, and Hulkenberg is an obvious choice for that Ferrari seat.

Losers in Monza

Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen

Both had better cars than their finishes (ninth and 11th respectively) indicated. Hamilton by his own admission felt he drove "like an idiot" in qualifying, while Raikkonen's race was effectively over from the moment he had his nose cone replaced after a lap one shunt.

Sebastian Vettel

This is becoming a bit unseemly. Winner again, booed again. Vettel tried to put a brave face on it (see the post-race reaction slide 6), but it must be unpleasant to be criticised for a combination of doing your job well and not being Fernando Alonso.

The Italian Crowd

To which end, their love of all things Alonso and Ferrari is understandable, but their treatment of a race winner in Monza was poor. There was nothing underhand or unfair about Vettel's victory today—he simply was a cut above in a superior car all weekend long.