Formula 1®
DHL Fastest Lap Award: FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO HEINEKEN D’ITALIA 2016
So after a long wait, two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso now returns to win this special category in a race. Not only that, this was the veteran driver’s 22nd fastest time of his Formula 1 career in the fastest lap stakes and his first of the 2016 season – he last posted fastest lap almost three years ago in Abu Dhabi while still with Ferrari.
Nico Rosberg continues to lead the overall standings of the 2016 DHL Fastest Lap Award. The German Mercedes driver, who won the race in Monza, has already achieved five fastest laps this season. He is followed by his teammate Lewis Hamilton with three fastest times and Daniel Ricciardo with two. Nico Hülkenberg, Daniil Kvyat, Kimi Räikkönen and Alonso have all lapped the track in the fastest time once each.
Alonso ended the race just outside the points in twelfth place. “We didn’t really have the pace to be in the points today, so finishing 11th or 14th doesn’t really make much of a difference. But at least we finished the race on a positive note by setting the fastest lap,” he said after the end of the race.
"But at least we finished the race on a positive note by setting the fastest lap."
Fernando Alonso
Nico Rosberg on the other hand won at Monza for the first time in his Formula 1 career and reduced the points deficit on world champion Hamilton. The two Silver Arrow drivers are separated by just two points with seven races left in 2016, so the final third segment of the season promises to be extremely exciting.
The next race weekend will take place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit with the 2016 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (16th -18th September). It’s now time for the Formula 1logistics technicians to say goodbye to their much-loved team transporters and motor homes. The second round of races overseas kicks off with Singapore, one of the highlights of the season. Around 30 to 35 tons of cargo per team now have to be shipped once again by sea and air.
Fastest race laps: FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO HEINEKEN D’ITALIA 2016
01 Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 01:25.340 - on Lap 51
02 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 01:25.919 - on Lap 52
03 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 01:26.016 - on Lap 50
04 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 01:26.303 - on Lap 27
05 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 01:26.310 - on Lap 48
06 Jenson Button (McLaren) 01:26.354 - on Lap 40
07 Felipe Massa (Williams) 01:26.400 - on Lap 50
08 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 01:26.405 - on Lap 50
09 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 01:26.599 - on Lap 26
10 Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 01:26.708 - on Lap 46
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