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Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix in style
Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday with a dominant drive that sent the Briton clear at the top of the Formula One world championship for the first time in a year.
Monza: Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday with a dominant drive that sent the Briton clear at the top of the Formula One world championship for the first time in a year.
The triple champion, who started the race from a record 69th career pole position, led Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas to a runaway one-two finish in front of the massed ranks of red-shirted Ferrari fans.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who had led the standings since he won the Australian season-opener in March, finished third and 36.3 seconds behind the winner.
Hamilton is now three points clear of the German, with seven races remaining.The 32-year-old, seeking his fourth world title, made a perfect start from his pole position to lead his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas home. Hamilton now leads four-time champion Sebastian Vettel by three points after the German finished third, 36.317 seconds adrift, in his Ferrari in front of a big home crowd on the weekend of the Italian team`s 70th anniversary celebrations.
Having won in Belgium last Sunday, Hamilton also became the first driver to score back-to-back victories this year. It was Mercedes` third one-two this season and the team`s 39th overall.
Force India's French rookie Esteban Ocon, chasing his first podium finish, grabbed second place off the line from 18-year-old Canadian Lance Stroll in the Williams but then faded and finished sixth.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen moved up to fourth initially, to cheers from the crowd, while compatriot Bottas dropped to fifth before swiftly regaining the place.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen clashed with Brazilian Felipe Massa's Williams in an incident that forced the Dutch teenager to pit with a puncture.
Vettel meanwhile had started sixth but began to move up through the field, cheered every time by the throng of 'tifosi' on the 70th anniversary of founder Enzo Ferrari's first car, before settling into the loneliness of third place.
