Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton wins at Monza

Summary

Hamilton wins to take championship lead
Mercedes driver leads Ferrari's Vettel by three points
Bottas second, Vettel third, Ricciardo fourth from 16th on grid
First back-to-back winner in F1 this season
Next race in Singapore on 17 September

Live Reporting

Jamie Strickland

WOWpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
Bottas retakes Raikkonen into Parabolica and the two Finns go wheel-to-wheel through that long, long right hander leading on to the pit straight.
There was just millimetres between them and memories of past clashes between these two came to mind, but this time there was no contact.
P4 for Bottas. Brilliant driving.
Go! Go! Go!published at 13:03 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
Hamilton gets away well, behind him Ocon gets ahead of Stroll.
Behind the top three, it's a good start for Raikkonen as he gets ahead of Valtteri Bottas to run in fourth place.
Title leader Vettel remains in sixth place.
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Green flag waves. On come the five lights....
Team radiopublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
"Grip felt pretty poor..." says Lewis Hamilton...
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The last of the cars are coming through Parabolica now.
Just seconds to go.
GRID 11-20published at 13:02 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
11 Ericsson, 12 Wehrlein, 13 Verstappen, 14 Hulkenberg, 15 Sainz, 16 Ricciardo, 17 Palmer, 18 Vandoorne, 19 Alonso , 20 Grosjean
GRID 1-10published at 13:01 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
1 Hamilton, 2 Stroll, 3 Ocon, 4 Bottas, 5 Raikkonen, 6 Vettel, 7 Massa, 8 Kvyat, 9 Magnussen, 10 Perez
Away they gopublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
Formation lap begins.
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Most of the grid is starting with the supersoft Pirelli. Four cars buck the trend by starting on the soft: Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Jolyon Palmer and Fernando Alonso.
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Two minutes until the formation laps begins.
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Wooshpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
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Man what I wouldn't give to be about to blat down there in an F1 car.
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Get Involved - Is Hamilton an all-time great?published at 12:54 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
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Paul Wilson: His records assure him of that. Don't get many people in sport, breaking records and not being labelled an 'all time great'. What he deserves
Nick: Of course Hamilton is an F1 great. Yes he's been blessed with a dominant car for the last 4 years but so we're Senna and Schumacher
Harry Fox: You can't doubt what Hamilton has brought to the sport. A true superstar and will be remember as a legend, like him or not...
Image source, Rex Features
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BBC Radio 5 live
Red Bull's Max Verstappen speaking to Jennie Gow: "The grid is a little bit mixed up but we are the third best team so we are hoping to get back to fifth or sixth.
"We have to get past some people so I will be enjoying that."
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*innocent face*
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Can Hamilton break the pattern?published at 12:50 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
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Postpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Monza
Image source, Rex Features
Strategy? Almost certainly a one-stop. Monza has always been that way - it has a low-abrasion surface. And there is no indication it will be anything else. Tyre choice is free after a wet qualifying, but the fastest race is to start on the super-soft, run it to half distance or so, and then switch to the soft. Doing it the other way around is possible but a little slower.
Postpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 3 September 2017
BBC Radio 5 live
Three-time champion Sir Jackie Stewart, speaking to Jennie Gow: "No clouds at all - what a change from yesterday. It's going to be an interesting first corner.
On whether Hamilton is the best ever British driver: "I don't know, I think Jimmy Clark will have a thing or two to say anything about that!"