Lewis Hamilton heads the 2017 driver’s
championship for the first time this season after he led Mercedes team mate
Valtteri Bottas to a dominant 1-2 finish in Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia
2017, humbling third-placed Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari on their home ground.
Daniel Ricciardo battled his way
through from 16th on the grid to take fourth place for Red Bull, ahead of the
second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, while Esteban Ocon won a race-long tussle
with the Williams of Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa to secure sixth for Force
India. Ocon’s team mate Sergio Perez was ninth and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen,
who dropped to the back in an early clash with Massa, recovered to complete the
top ten.
Hamilton dominated the race from
the start, with Bottas riding shotgun from the third lap. The Finn made a poor
start but redeemed himself by snatching back fourth place by passing
Raikkonen’s Ferrari round the outside of the Parabolica at the end of the opening
lap. As the Mercedes ran away and hid, Vettel had no answer for Ferrari and as
Hamilton led Bottas home by 4.4s, after a minor scare when he thought his car
lost power on the 43rd lap, the former points leader finished 36.3s behind him.
Hamilton now has 228 points to Vettel’s 225, with Bottas still in touch on 197.
Kevin Magnussen was a disgruntled
11th for Haas, pushed out of 10th as he and Verstappen collided in the second
chicane, and he had Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso less than a second behind him.
Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg likewise narrowly led Carlos Sainz’s sister car home
for 13th. Romain Grosjean suffered front wing damage on the opening lap and
trailed in 15th, ahead of final finisher Pascal Wehrlein who had a brush with
Sauer team mate Marcus Ericsson.
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