Italian GP: Race - Re-Cap & Results

ITALIAN GP - RACE - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton ended the Tifosi's hope of a Ferrari win as he soared to victory in Monza. This win  also gave Hamilton a points lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Championship standings. Team-mate, Bottas, was second on the podium and Vettel brought his Ferrari home in 3rd.

    Despite finishing in 3rd, Vettel got the whole crowd cheering and chanting in a huge cloud of red smoke while he was up on the podium. He even manned one of the TV cameras and filmed the crowd below. 

    Daniel Ricciardo finished in 4th, but Verstappen had a less than perfect race after colliding with Felipe Massa in the beginning of the race and ending up with a puncture from the clash. Verstappen ended up finishing in 10th and got the last championship point. He could at least breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn't another retirement.

    It was a clean race for the Force India duo. The two worked together on track and managed to avoid contact. Esteban Ocon, who had a better start, finished in 6th and brought 8 points home for the team. Perez also received points, finishing a bit further back in 9th.

    Jolyon Palmer was the first to retire a few laps after a tangle with McLaren's, Fernando Alonso. Palmer was given a 5-Second-Time-Penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during the tussle and then soon retired with a transmission issue. 

    Both McLaren drivers retired from the race as well. Vandoorne was first with electrical issues and then Alonso with a clutch problem. 

    The only other driver to retire was Marcus Ericsson, who suffered from suspension troubles. His team-mate, Wehrlein, finished 16th.

    Hulkenberg, the Toro Rosso duo, both Haas drivers and Raikkonen also finished the race, with only Raikkonen scoring points out of the 6 drivers.

RESULTS:

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 25 Points
2. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland / + 18 Points
3. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany / + 15 Points
4. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia / + 12 Points
5. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / + 10 Points
6. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France / + 8 Points
7. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada / + 6 Points
8. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil / + 4 Points
9. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico / + 2 Points
10. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands / + 1 Point
11. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
12. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
13. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany
14. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain
15. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France
16. Pascal Wehrlein / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

RETIRED - Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain / Clutch*
RETIRED - Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden / Suspension*
RETIRED - Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium / Electrical
RETIRED - Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain / Transmission

* - Notes Ericsson retired on lap 49 and Alonso on lap 50, but both qualified as finishing the race as they had completed over 90% of the race distance.

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