2008 Italian Grand Prix

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Gran Premio Santander d'Italia
F1 World Championship

Sebastian Vettel makes his mark at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix with a sensational debut victory for Toro Rosso in the Monza rain

Afterwards the words tumbled out in a smiling, almost disbelieving, rush: “For sure this is the best day of my life. I kept saying to myself, ‘Still P1 on my board – how can it be?’ The reaction of the crowd on my slowing-down lap, being on podium… it was all even better than I thought it could be. In fact, I had a lot of fun from the first lap to the last. It was just… a very nice race!”