Once again, a dominating race weekend for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race for his sixty-ninth pole position in Formula 1 beating Michael Schumacher's old record for all-time pole positions of sixty-eight poles in wet conditions.
In a sunny Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout with a race win in this seasons Italian Grand Prix for Hamilton's sixth race win of the season.
While, Hamilton's team-mate and Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its third one-two finish of the season, Bottas was four seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was thirty-six seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-three lap race.
With Lewis Hamilton's win at Monza and Sebastian Vettel only managing a third place finish, it now gives Lewis Hamilton the lead of the F1 drivers' championship by three points ahead of Vettel with seven races to go. While, Valtteri Bottas is third in the standings is still forty-one points behind Hamilton after his second place finish at Monza.
While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now gained from forty-four points to sixty-one points for Ferrari who are second in the Constructors' Standings with seven races to go.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole, race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished second)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 10 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
Max Verstappen - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished third)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fifth)
Force India - 8
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished ninth)
Esteban Ocon - 9 (finished sixth)
Williams - 8
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished eighth)
Lance Stroll - 9 (finished seventh)
McLaren - 7
Fernando Alonso - 6 (DNF, Gearbox)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 8 (DNF, Power unit)
Toro Rosso - 5
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 4 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Renault - 4
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 4 (DNF, Power unit)
Sauber - 4
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (DNF, Gearbox)
Pascal Wehrlein - 4 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Next stop Marina Bay Street Circuit in two weeks time for the Singapore Grand Prix.
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