| 13.30 | Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the 53-lap Italian Grand Prix. The race gets underway in 30 minutes. |
| 13.32 | Controversy is nothing new to Formula One, but the series has reached new heights this weekend with the decision to penalise Fernando Alonso five positions on the grid for blocking Felipe Massa. As a result, Alonso starts the race from tenth position on the grid. |
| 13.34 | The Stewards’ decision is curious at best as Alonso was flat out all the way around the lap and Massa was not even that close to the Renault. Hopefully this decision will play no part in the outcome of the Championship. |
| 13.36 | Kimi Raikkonen starts the race from Pole Position in his McLaren Mercedes, piping Michael Schumacher to the Pole by just two-thousandths of a second. He is chasing his first win of the season and is set to be announced as a Ferrari driver for next season later on today. |
| 13.38 | This is a big day for Michael Schumacher on and off the track. While we all await news of his decision for 2007, on track he has a good chance of closing the 12 point gap to Alonso in the championship chase. He and team-mate Felipe Massa are aiming for the clean sweep this afternoon. |
| 13.40 | Nick Heidfeld did a great job to qualify his BMW Sauber in third position. The F1.06 has proven very rapid in a straight-line and should help both Heidfeld and Robert Kubica (starting sixth) in their bid to score solid points for the team. |
| 13.42 | Felipe Massa starts fourth after he was unable to improve on his final qualifying run yesterday. Massa has been fast all weekend long and will be looking to shadow team-mate Schumacher to the chequered flag. |
| 13.44 | Jenson Button starts fifth in his Honda. The team may not have the pace to be a contender for the win, but he and Barrichello (starting eighth) will be a factor for the points. |
| 13.46 | Pedro de la Rosa starts a disappointing seventh in the second McLaren Mercedes. He needs a strong race as Lewis Hamilton is now free of his GP2 duties and is waiting in the wings for the Chinese Grand Prix. |
| 13.48 | Renault have it all to do today. Their constructors’ advantage of one point is likely to disappear and with Giancarlo Fisichella qualifying starting a poor ninth at his home race, all eyes will be on Alonso who will be looking to move quickly towards the front. |
| 13.50 | Jarno Trulli starts 11th in his Toyota ahead of Nico Rosberg in the Williams and Ralf Schumacher in the second Toyota. The Red Bull four-some takes positions 14 through17 with Coulthard ahead of Speed, Klien and Liuzzi. |
| 13.52 | Christian Albers starts 18th in his MF1 Toyota and keen for a good race following the news that the team has been sold to Spyker. Mark Webber starts a dismal 19th in the second Williams ahead of Monteiro and the Super Aguri duo of Sato and Yamamoto. |
| 13.54 | There is a huge crowd on hand and of course this being Monza, all the fans are in the red Ferrari uniform on this sunny day. |
| 13.56 | The drivers are all in the cars. The grid is packed with the crews as they await the start. |
| 13.58 | Takuma Sato will start the race from the pit lane. |
| 13.59 | The engines fire up and the grid is being cleared. |
| 14.00 | The parade lap is underway as Kimi Raikkonen leads Michael Schumacher off the dummy grid. |
| 14.01 | Raikkonen and the rest are busy warming the brakes and tyres on this lap. |
| 14.02 | Raikkonen lines his McLaren up on the Pole Position ahead of Schumacher, Heidfeld, Massa and Button. |
| Lap 1 | The Italian Grand Prix is Go! |
| Lap 1 | Kubica is up to third ahead of team-mate Heidfeld. |
| Lap 1 | Heidfeld did run second but Schumacher got the position back. |
| Lap 1 | Heidfeld is struggling for pace who is falling back fast. |
| Lap 2 | Alonso passes heidfeld but runs off at the first chicane. He needs to let him back through. |
| Lap 2 | Heidfeld is so slow Alonso cannot wait for him to get back through. |
| Lap 2 | Raikkonen leads Schumacher, Kubica, Massa, Button and Alonso. |
| Lap 3 | Massa is right with Kubica and looking to take third. |
| Lap 4 | Alonso may get a penalty for that pass on Heidfeld. |
| Lap 4 | Kubica is keeping his BMW Sauber ahead of Massa as Monteiro and Albers battle at the back of the field. |
| Lap 5 | Webber has gained ground at the start from his P19 on the grid and now runs 13th behind Trulli. |
| Lap 6 | Kubica is dropping back in third while Alonso (6th) is right with Button and seeking a way through. |
| Lap 7 | Schumacher is pushing hard and keeping the gap to Raikkonen at one second. |
| Lap 7 | Sato has moved ahead of team-mate Yamamoto |
| Lap 8 | Kubica is doing a sensational job to stay ahead of Massa who clearly has the faster car. |
| Lap 9 | Massa loses the back end under braking but just saves the car. |
| Lap 10 | Rosberg (11th) is coasting with yet another mechanical problem. What a terrible season for Williams. |
| Lap 11 | Rosberg is pitting with no drive. It is probably a hydraulic failure. |
| Lap 11 | Raikkonen and Schumacher remain out front with the gap between one and two seconds per lap. |
| Lap 11 | Pedro de la Rosa is still eigth and nearly 20s behind his team-mate. |
| Lap 13 | Alonso has a look to try and pass Button into the first chicane but thinks better of it. |
| Lap 14 | As soon as Alonso clears Button, expect Massa to find speed and move ahead of Kubica to play the team role. |
| Lap 15 | Pedro de la Rosa pits from eighth position. A poor race so far from him. |
| Lap 15 | De la Rosa is the first to stop and is therefore on a two stop strategy. |
| Lap 16 | Raikkonen pits his McLaren from the lead. Good news for Michael Schumacher who stays out. |
| Lap 16 | Raikkonen now runs behind Heidfeld. |
| Lap 17 | Schumacher pits from the lead. |
| Lap 18 | Schumacher exits ahead of Raikkonen and behind Heidfeld. |
| Lap 18 | So Kubica leads in just his third Grand Prix. |
| Lap 19 | Massa seems happy to follow Kubica at this stage. |
| Lap 19 | Fisichella still runs eighth and is unable to help Alonso at all at this stage. |
| Lap 20 | Massa and Alonso both pit. |
| Lap 20 | Massa rejoins and gives Trulli a hard time in the first turn to keep position. |
| Lap 20 | For Alonso, he is behind Trulli. He is having a tough race... |
| Lap 21 | Button pits his Honda. It will be close with him and Alonso... |
| Lap 21 | Button exits just ahead of Alonso. |
| Lap 21 | Alonso takes Button into the second chicane. |
| Lap 22 | Nick Heidfeld pits his BMW Sauber. |
| Lap 22 | Kubica is pushing hard at the front. He is still leading but has yet to pit. |
| Lap 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (15th) is off track as Alonso is now stuck behind Heidfeld. |
| Lap 23 | Kubica pits from the lead. |
| Lap 23 | So after the first round of stops, Schumacher has gained the lead from Raikkonen. Fisichella is now third but has yet to stop. |
| Lap 24 | Heidfeld's stop also gained him position over Button and Alonso. |
| Lap 25 | Nick Heidfeld (8th) has been handed a drive through penalty for speeding in the pits. That is how he gained those two positions... |
| Lap 26 | Heidfeld heads in for his penalty. |
| Lap 26 | Fisichella, Barrichello have yet to pit. They are probably on one stop strategies. |
| Lap 27 | Fisichella (3rd) pits his Renault. That will be his final stop. |
| Lap 28 | Fisichella is now down in P10 |
| Lap 28 | One of the Super Aguri cars has the fuel flap open. That will slow the car a great deal on the strights. |
| Lap 28 | Massa runs wide at the first Lesmo but continues. |
| Lap 29 | Ralf Schumacher pits from 14th. They really are struggling this weekend. |
| Lap 30 | Trulli is having his one and only stop in the second Toyota. He was seventh. |
| Lap 31 | Coulthard, Klien and Liuzzi are all battling as Speed takes his stop. |
| Lap 31 | Barrichello makes his only stop from fourth. |
| Lap 31 | Webber pits from P8. |
| Lap 32 | Schumacher dives under Liuzzi who had just exited the pits. he loses a little time but Raikkonen is not close enough to take advanatge. |
| Lap 32 | Robert Kubica runs in third position. He pitted on lap 23 so he is on the same strategy as Schumacher and Raikkonen. |
| Lap 32 | Fisichella runs in seventh now but does not need to stop again. He is 40s behind the leader so can close that to 15s or so as they pit so he is in contention for third or more likley fourth |
| Lap 34 | Klien has yet to pit..... |
| Lap 37 | Klien makes his first stop from 11th as Raikkonen and Schumacher continue to lap three seconds apart |
| Lap 38 | The second rounds of stops should begin soon as Alonso is closing in on the back of Massa (4th) |
| Lap 39 | Raikkonen pits from second position for his second and final stop. |
| Lap 39 | Raikkonen exits ahead of Kubica and Massa. |
| Lap 40 | Schumacher heads to the pits for his final stop. |
| Lap 40 | Schumacher exits ahead of Raikkonen as Massa pits |
| Lap 40 | Fisichella is not lapping fast enough to take advantage of his one stop strategy. |
| Lap 41 | Alonso has closed right in on Kubica who is looking to make the pass. |
| Lap 41 | Heidfeld pits for the second time. A clean stop. |
| Lap 42 | Kubica and Alonso both pit. A big stop for Alonso |
| Lap 42 | They exit side by side and Kubica has to yield. |
| Lap 42 | Monteiro is in the pits with a problem. |
| Lap 42 | So Alonso has gained position over both Kubica and Massa in that second round of stops and is therefore looking at P3. |
| Lap 44 | Raikkonen has no answer to the speed of Schumacher it seems as he is dropping back a little each lap. |
| Lap 44 | Monteiro is back in the race after a long stop. |
| Lap 44 | Wow - Alonso's engine has failed. he was in third position. |
| Lap 44 | That is cruel luck for the Championship leader. |
| Lap 45 | Massa went off track at turn one - perhaps on Alonso's oil abd has pitted for a new front tyre after picking up a puncture. |
| Lap 46 | It was a massive engine failure from the Renault. He is out of the car and will see his championship lead trimmed to 2 points. |
| Lap 46 | It was the right front wheel changed on Massa's car. He now runs in ninth after that third stop. |
| Lap 47 | Monteiro is the final runner and keeps pitting. His race is effectively over. |
| Lap 48 | Raikkonen has back off the pace and has settled for second as Schumacher now leads by 8s. |
| Lap 48 | Alonso is walking to the Renault motorhome leaving his crash helmet on to avoid the media questions. |
| Lap 49 | Schumacher looks set for his 90th victory from Raikkonen while Kubica is on target for his first podium in just his third race! |
| Lap 49 | Fisichella is up to fourth and may come under pressure from Button in the final laps. |
| Lap 51 | Massa is chasing Heidfeld and keen to get back into the points. |
| Lap 51 | Heidfeld has a go at passing Trulli into the first chicane but does not get the move done. |
| Lap 52 | Trulli, Heidfeld and Massa run nose to tail. |
| Lap 52 | Final seconds of the race for Michael Schumacher who is set to take the win from Raikkonen and Kubica. |
| Lap 53 | The chequered flag is out and Michael Schumacher crosses the line to record his 90th Formula One victory. |
| Lap 53 | Raikkonen takes P2 from Kubica, Fisichella, Button, Barrichello, Trulli and Heidfeld. |
| Lap 53 | Schumacher is on his slow down lap as the crowd cheer. We all await his announcement in the coming hours. |
