The Italian Grand Prix was the sight of many firsts this weekend including the first ever GP win for the very young Toro Rosso team, and the title of youngest ever Formula 1 race winner for Sebastian Vettel. The 21-year-old Vettel finished a dominating first place after a very wet day at Monza, securing the record for youngest win which had previously belonged to the day’s fourth-place finisher, Renault’s Fernando Alonso.

After spending the first two rain drenched laps behind the safety car with the rest of the field, Vettel was able to pull away at an astonishing rate in the rapidly improving Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso car. The German driver reeled off laps nearly two-seconds faster than second place Robert Kubica in the early going, establishing a ten second advantage by the first pit stop.

The win quite rightly brought massive adulation for the superb performance of Vettel, with several members of the F1 glitterati reaching out to congratulate the young driver. Seven-time World Champion called Vettel’s performance “completely clearly top-class,” going on to mention that the Monza fans went away satisfied because, “a half-Ferrari still won.” Vettel’s former boss at BMW racing, Mario Theissen, called the driver’s development over the last year fantastic, joking that, “he is only 21; perhaps when he is 31 he will be back with us.”

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