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Teammate Kubica the fastest race driver.

FOM concludes deal with Spanish bank

Dutch businessman Michiel Mol is set to buy Midland today, ITV-F1.com understands.

Check out the first times from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Sebastian Vettel continues to make a name for himself after once again going fastest in a free practice session.

The German beat Robert Kubica and Alex Wurz to the top of the times in Monza.

The Formula 1 teams arrived at Monza with a lot on their collective minds. The engines that will be used this weekend are the ones that will be frozen for use in 2007 and 2008 and so many of the engine-makers had decided to take risks.

Italian GP - Practice 1 Results

Gascoyne and Midland

Italy GP: Friday Free 1 - Times

Sebastaian Vettel continued to impress in the first practice session of the Monza Grand Prix. Alexander Wurz, who will be promoted from test driver to race driver next year at Williams, set the pace early on but as the hour went by Vettel got faster and faster and ended up top of the timings with a 1.23.263.