Five Talking points of the Italian GP

Hulk stands tall for Sauber

Nico Rosberg in the Sauber had a great finish at the Italian GP

With the rumours of his candidature for a seat at Ferrari (after the expected exit of Felipe Massa) doing the rounds in the paddock at Monza, Nico Hulkenberg did his reputation no harm by qualifying sixth on Saturday and then taking an unexpected yet fully deserved fifth place for the Sauber-Ferrari.

Hulkenberg took everyone by surprise on Saturday as well as Race day as he kept the momentum going in the race, much to the delight of team principal Monisha Kaltenborn (the lady with Indian connection) and the Sauber team. He managed to keep himself clean on the first corner and managed to keep Nico Rosberg behind in the Mercedes; in the process giving himself and his team a much awaited top five finish and the best performance of the year yet.