Formula one: Hamilton puts pressure on Rosberg with Italy win
Lewis Hamilton battled back from an agonisingly slow start to win the Italian
Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday and slash team mate Nico Rosberg's Formula One
championship lead to 22 points.
Rosberg finished second as dominant Mercedes celebrated their first one-two
since Austria in June and seventh in 13 races.With the sport taking a deep breath as the
championship rivals lined up together on the front row, two weeks after they had collided in
Belgium, the start provided an immediate sensation.
Hamilton had taken pole position for the first time since May but problems with
the car's start mode left him struggling to get away and fourth into the first corner as
Rosberg sped away untroubled.
It was the start of a thrilling chase, with the 2008 world champion fighting back
and retaking when Rosberg missed the first chicane as he had done earlier in the race.With
the German under pressure and driving straight on, slowing and weaving to get back on
track, Hamilton seized the lead in the decisive moment of the afternoon.The two crossed
the finish line 3.1 seconds apart, with Hamilton celebrating his first win since Britain in
July. It was his fifth of the season and 28th of his career, taking him ahead of triple
champion Jackie Stewart in the all-time lists.
"It was a difficult race," said Hamilton. "For whatever reason, at the start the
button didn't press which engages the launch sequence."For the formation lap it didn't
work and when I got to the grid and put it on again, again it didn't work. It was very strange.
I've never really had that happen before."
I tried to pull away as fast as possible and the RPM was all over the place.
Fortunately I managed to not lose too many places."Rosberg now has 238 points to
Hamilton's 216, with six races remaining after the end of the European part of the
season.Brazilian Felipe Massa finished third for Williams, his first podium appearance
since Spain last year with Ferrari, on Brazilian independence day and after the team had
announced he was staying for 2015. more >>
Lewis Hamilton battled back from an agonisingly slow start to win the Italian
Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday and slash team mate Nico Rosberg's Formula One
championship lead to 22 points.
Rosberg finished second as dominant Mercedes celebrated their first one-two
since Austria in June and seventh in 13 races.With the sport taking a deep breath as the
championship rivals lined up together on the front row, two weeks after they had collided in
Belgium, the start provided an immediate sensation.
Hamilton had taken pole position for the first time since May but problems with
the car's start mode left him struggling to get away and fourth into the first corner as
Rosberg sped away untroubled.
It was the start of a thrilling chase, with the 2008 world champion fighting back
and retaking when Rosberg missed the first chicane as he had done earlier in the race.With
the German under pressure and driving straight on, slowing and weaving to get back on
track, Hamilton seized the lead in the decisive moment of the afternoon.The two crossed
the finish line 3.1 seconds apart, with Hamilton celebrating his first win since Britain in
July. It was his fifth of the season and 28th of his career, taking him ahead of triple
champion Jackie Stewart in the all-time lists.
"It was a difficult race," said Hamilton. "For whatever reason, at the start the
button didn't press which engages the launch sequence."For the formation lap it didn't
work and when I got to the grid and put it on again, again it didn't work. It was very strange.
I've never really had that happen before."
I tried to pull away as fast as possible and the RPM was all over the place.
Fortunately I managed to not lose too many places."Rosberg now has 238 points to
Hamilton's 216, with six races remaining after the end of the European part of the
season.Brazilian Felipe Massa finished third for Williams, his first podium appearance
since Spain last year with Ferrari, on Brazilian independence day and after the team had
announced he was staying for 2015. more >>
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