The FINANCIAL — The Renault RS27 engine powered Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel to a dominant victory in today’s Italian Grand Prix, nearly ten seconds ahead of second-placed Jenson Button.
Vettel sealed a near lights-to-flag win as he raced to his second career victory at the Italian Grand Prix and take his total in the drivers’ championship to a massive 284 points.
Bruno Senna secured his first-ever points in Formula 1 with ninth position for Lotus Renault GP, while Team Lotus notched up yet another double finish with Heikki Kovalainen 13th and Jarno Trulli 14th.
Vettel’s team-mate Mark Webber retired on lap six following an incident with Felipe Massa, while Vitaly Petrov also had a DNF. The Russian Lotus Renault GP driver was caught up in the accident at the first corner that involved several cars and retired on the spot.
The win is the first Renault engine victory at the Italian Grand Prix since 1995 and its 138th win in F1.
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