Heavy rainfall forces the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to start behind the safety car, with Germany's Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso in pole Vettel, at 21 years and 73 days the youngest pole sitter in F1 history, leads out the pack behind the safety car Former world champion Fernando Alonso carefully picks his way through the circuit with visibility a real issue for the drivers Reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen starts one place ahead of Britain's Lewis Hamilton in 14th and Hamilton looks to pass his rival early on Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen struggles with the standing water and cuts a corner before returning to the track The drivers start on full wet tyres but as the rain subsides they move to intermediates and Vettel begins to pull away from Kovalainen With many of those around him struggling to deal with the changing conditions, Vettel drives a masterful race and increases his lead Bidding to strengthen his lead in the championship, Hamilton drives an aggressive race and moves up to second before his first pit stop Soon after refuelling, Hamilton is forced to switch from full wet to intermediate tires and can only fight his way into seventh place Having barely put a foot wrong throughout a testing race, Vettel comes through for his and the Toro Rosso team's maiden F1 victory Victory is sweet for Vettel, who becomes the youngest grand prix winner in Formula One history Kovalainen finishes, as he started, in second with BMW's Robert Kubica coming from 11th to take third with a fine drive
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