Colombian rookie Juan Pablo Montoya of the Williams-BMW team secured his first Formula One victory at the Italian Grand Prix today.
However there was no champagne for the 25-year-old who also wore a black armband in tribute to the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States.
Starting from pole position Montoya clocked 1hr 16min 58.493sec to come in 5.175sec ahead of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari, with German team-mate Ralf Schumacher at 17.335sec.
World champion Michael Schumacher was fourth in his Ferrari at 24.991sec following the 53-lap race.
Spain's Pedro de la Rosa picked up two much-needed points for Jaguar Racing with fifth place while Canadian Jacques Villeneuve was sixth in his British American Racing car.
Scotland’s David Coulthard however saw his hopes of being second in the world championship to Ferrari's Schumacher suffer a set-back as he retired when his McLaren-Mercedes engine failed.
Montoya, who had started on pole for the third time in four races, took advantage to claim the victory in his maiden season following his switch to from ChampCars in the United States where he won the title in 1999.
The race, which saw a fire marshal killed in a multiple pile-up at the first chicane last year, was largely devoid of any serious incidents.
Michael Schumacher, who had not wanted to race this weekend following the events in New York and Washington, had asked for the drivers to agree not to overtake each other in the first two chicanes.
But he could not reach unanimous agreement, with Villeneuve strongly opposed to the move, and a normal start was eventually decided on.
Jean Alesi finished in 8th for the Jordan team while Jarno Trulli crashed out on the first corner having been hit from behind by Jenson Button. Eddie Irvine also retired early.
AFP