The driver of “Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg due to a good start won the first victory on the cult stage of Formula 1 in Italy.
The winner of qualification Lewis Hamilton unexpectedly failed the start of the race and dropped to fifth place – the leadership passed into the hands of Rosberg, behind which were located two pilots “Ferrari” and a representative of the Williams of Bottas.
Rosberg quickly created a comfortable gap from Vettel and Raikkonen and Hamilton after a few laps passed and Bottas climbed to fourth place. However, technically the reigning world champion was the second, because Ferrari has chosen the tactics of two pit stops, and the gap between Hamilton have
“Scuderia” was too small to count in the struggle with the “Mercedes”.
Long before the finish line in top 5, everything was crystal clear – Rosberg and Hamilton brought Mercedes another double, Vettel was on the podium for the home “Ferrari” the race, and Felipe Massa in his final race at Monza took ninth place and helped Williams return to the fourth line in the Cup of designers.
Grand Prix of Italy. Race results:
1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes AMG F1) – 53 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG F1) +15.070
3. Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) +20.990
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Scuderia Ferrari) +27.561
5. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing) +45.295
6. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) +51.015
7. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) +54.236
8. Sergio Perez (Force India) +1:03.711
9. Felipe Massa (Williams) +1:06.020
10. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) +1:18.423
11. Romain Grosjean (Haas) +1 lap
12. Jenson button (McLaren) +1 lap
13. Esteban Gutirrez (Haas) +1 lap
14. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) +1 lap
15. Carlos Sainz Jr (Scuderia Toro Rosso) +1 lap
16. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) +1 lap
17. Kevin Magnussen (Renault Sport F1) +1 lap
18. Esteban Windows (Manor) +2 laps
