Monza, Italy - Rubens Barrichello on Sunday led a Brawn GP one-two when he won the Italian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Jenson Button. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took third place after McLaren-Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who was running third after starting from pole, spun on the last lap and crashed out.
Hamilton managed to hold onto his lead at the start, but Ferrari's Raikkonen, who won the last Grand Prix in Belgium two weeks ago, managed to move ahead of Force India driver Adrian Sutil.
The three then stayed ahead ahead until they came in for their first fuel stop, which allowed the Brawns of Barichello and Button to take over the first two places.
With both Barrichello and Button on a one-stop strategy, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Sutil desperately needed to make up ground on the Brawns when they were lighter with less fuel, but all three came out behind the two leaders after their second stop.
Sutil missed an opportunity to come out in fourth when he ran over one of his pit attendants. Although he lost less than a second it was enough just to keep him behind Raikkonen when they both came out.
Sutil then sat on the back of Raikkonen for the remainder of the race, but simply could not find an opportunity to overtake.
Upfront Hamilton was also closing in on Button, but threw it all away on the first lap when he spun and crashed out, allowing Raikkonen to take third place.
Sutil showed that Giancarlo Fisichello's second-place finish for Force India in Spa two weeks ago was no fluke as he took fourth place ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso.
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, Finland was sixth, while Germans Nick Heidfeld in a BWM-Sauber and Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull took the final points positions with seventh and eighth.
Barrichello's victory sees him close the gap to Button at the top of the championship standings to 14 points. Button, for whom second place was the first time he has finished on the podium since five races, now has 80 points, while the Brazilian has 66.
