Alonso wins, closes gap on Hamilton

Alonso, the two-time defending Formula One champion, beat Hamilton by more than six seconds at the 5.793-kilometer 3.6-mile Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Alonso completed 53 laps in 1 hour, 18 minutes, 37.806 sec.

Meanwhile, McLaren lashed out at Italian authorities Sunday 8212; hours before the Italian GP8212;after the Formula One team was notified that it was being investigated in a criminal inquiry into the Ferrari spy case.

8220;McLaren did receive some contact from the Italian authorities yesterday but was not charged with anything,8221; McLaren said in a statement.

8220;We strongly suspect that the nature and timing of this wholly unnecessary contact, just before the start of qualifying, was to disrupt our preparation for Thursday8217;s World Motor Sports Council hearing,8221; they added.