ESPNF1 Columnist

September 9, 2012: A round-up of the good, the bad and the downright ugly from the 2012 Italian Grand Prix

September 9, 2012: Jenson Button said he was encouraged by McLaren's consistency in recent races despite having to retire from the Italian Grand Prix

September 9, 2012: Kimi Raikkonen said fifth place was the best result Lotus could achieve at Monza after lacking straight line speed

September 9, 2012: Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes Italian Grand Prix showed a clear upwards trend in performance and he felt he could have finished higher

September 9, 2012: Mark Webber's spin towards the end of the Italian Grand Prix was simply caused by tyre degradation and team principal Christian Horner said there was no choice but to retire with the resulting flatspots on the tyre

September 9, 2012: Bruno Senna was left fuming at Paul di Resta after the Italian Grand Prix, following an incident in which he was forced off the track on the approach to the second chicane

September 9, 2012: Sebastian Vettel said he did not feel his drive-through penalty for forcing Fernando Alonso off-track during the Italian Grand Prix was deserved

September 9, 2012: Sergio Perez said he was on "maximum attack" in the final stint as he climbed up to second place in the Italian Grand Prix

September 9, 2012: Felipe Massa said his fourth place at the Italian Grand Prix was an important result for his future at Ferrari

September 9, 2012: Lewis Hamilton described his victory at Monza as "phenomenal" as he won the Italian Grand Prix for the first time

September 9, 2012: Fernando Alonso said it was "an absolutely perfect Sunday" for his championship hopes after finishing third in the Italian Grand Prix

September 9, 2012: Read what the teams and drivers had to say after the Italian Grand Prix

September 9, 2012: Jerome d'Ambrosio is confident he can move forward from his 15th place grid position at the Italian Grand Prix, but said it would also be a bit of a voyage into the unknown

September 9, 2012: Jenson Button is expecting McLaren to face stiff competition from its rivals at the Italian Grand Prix, with Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel two of the drivers he is wary of

September 9, 2012: Davide Valsecchi won the GP2 sprint race at the Italian Grand Prix to further extend his lead in the drivers' championship with just two races remaining at the final round in Singapore