It was a disappointing afternoon for the team as both Sebastian and Mark retired - and in points positions - before the intended 53 laps of the Italian Grand Prix.

On lap 48 Sebastian had to pull over with an alternator problem, which was similar to the one he suffered yesterday morning, while just two laps later, after pushing hard on worn tyres, Mark suffered a spin, flat-spotted his tyres and had to stop.This was the first time since the Korean race of 2010 that the team has left a grand prix without a point and, as Christian summed it up, this was "a hugely disappointing race."For Sebastian, who has won here twice, this Italian Grand Prix was not one to dwell on. He said: "We lost some points today; but we did the best we could - you could see that the pace was not as strong as the leaders. It had been a good race for us given the lack of pace. There are not so many long straights at the next couple of circuits so we can challenge there."Mark explained it was his pushing hard which cost him: "I had no rear tyres left and I was pushing reasonably hard - I kept pushing and staying on it - for the sake of a couple of points maybe I shouldn't have pushed as hard, but I was trying to stay on it. The rear tyres were completely finished so I dropped it out of the Ascari chicane. We do 330km/h round here, I couldn't see the track, so we decided to retire the car."The race was won by Lewis Hamilton who managed to leave the memories of a somewhat messy Belgian Grand Prix behind him to lead from pole to chequered flag. But behind him there was action and over-taking aplenty with the first retirement of the day being Jean-Eric Vergne whose Toro Rosso spun and lifted spectacularly but fortunately, apart from some pain in his back, he is fine. Monza was also cut short for Jenson Button and Nico Hulkenberg.The Ferraris were battling with first the front row McLarens, then each other and finally the very quick Sauber of Perez who finished second, in front of Alonso, who at least gave the tifosi some red to cheer on the podium, while Massa finished fourth.But, as this is 2012, there are still seven races to keep fighting on the driver and championship fronts. Time to dust ourselves down and push on to Singapore.