A poor getaway scuppered Lewis
Hamilton chances of winning Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia 2016 and
left the way clear for an untouchable Nico Rosberg to take victory and with it
cut his title deficit to his Mercedes team mate to just two points. Sebastian
Vettel consoled the tifosi with third place for Ferrari at their home race.
Hamilton fell to sixth by turn 1,
but clawed his way back up the order to finish 15 seconds adrift of Rosberg,
Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile followed Ferrari team mate Vettel home in fourth,
ahead of the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo. Valtteri Bottas was Williams lead
runner in sixth, split from team mate Felipe Massa by the Red Bull of Max
Verstappen and the Force India of Sergio Perez, whose team mate Nico Hulkenberg
completed the top ten.
Mercedes strategy of
single-stopping both cars, starting them on softs and finishing them on mediums
eventually paid out handsomely. Ferrari went for two-stoppers, running
supersoft- supersoft-soft and though Vettel was catching up bit by bit at the
end, it was never going to be enough to dislodge Hamilton as the Englishmen
trailed home second, 15s down on his team mate.
Rosberg seventh of the year was
perhaps his easiest since Baku, and brings him within two points of Hamilton
250 to 248. Mercedes remain well ahead in the constructor stake with 488
points, but Ferrari has edged closer to Red Bull with 279 to their 290.
Williams move back to fourth on 111, with Force India on 108.
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