Toro Rosso scored no points at their home race as technical failures caused Jean-Eric Vergne to crash, and deprived Daniel Ricciardo of tenth within sight of the line.
Red Bull Racing experienced its worst race result for almost two years as both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber failed to finish the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position at Monza as his chief weekend rival Fernando Alonso slumped to tenth on the grid after a technical problem wrecked his Q3 chances.
The Hexis Racing McLaren team recorded a hard-fought one-two finish in the Championship Race at the seventh round of the FIA GT1 World Championship on a rain-lashed Moscow Raceway.
Stephane Ortelli (MON) and Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) in the Belgian Audi No.32 Audi R8 took victory in an entertaining Qualifying Race as the FIA GT1 World Championship brought world-class GT racing to Russia for the first time today.
The AF Corse Ferrari No.3 took the top spot in this morning’s Warm-up session with Toni Vilander (FIN) setting the best time of 1.33.622, ahead of today’s Qualifying and Championship Races.
