Italian Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton wins to beat Kimi Raikkonen as Sebastian Vettel finishes fourth
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Your support makes all the difference.Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton renew their world championship battle in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, but it was the surprise package of Kimi Raikkonen who took pole position and will start today’s race from the front in an all-Ferrari front-row.
Vettel appeared stunned that his teammate was able to get the better of him on Saturday, but Ferrari did at least show that they continue to hold the advantage over Mercedes as Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas could only manage third and fourth respectively.
The Red Bull of Max Verstappen starts fifth but he was a second slower than Bottas in front of him, and his teammate Daniel Ricciardo starts from the back after taking a complete new power unit this weekend – along with the Sauber of Marcus Ericsson after his car was completely rebuilt on Friday night following his frightening crash in second practice.
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What time does it start?
The Italian Grand Prix starts at 2.10pm on Sunday 2 September.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12.30pm, with highlights on Channel 4 from 7.45pm.
Starting grid
1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1min 19.119secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:19.280
3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:19.294
4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:19.656
5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:20.615
6 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:20.936
7 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:21.041
8 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:21.099
9 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.350
10 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:21.627
11 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:21.669
12 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:21.732
13 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:22.568
14 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:21.888
15 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.889
16 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.934
17 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:22.085
18 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.048 + engine changes
19 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull No Time + engine changes
20 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault No Time + engine changes and 10-place grid penalty from Belgian GP
Lap 25: Renault did warn Red Bull about using the new C-spec engine - which they aren't using - because they couldn't confirm its reliability. Turns out they were right.
Lap 27: Nico Rosberg on the first-lap incident:
Lewis gave him all the room and Sebastian went deep and drove into him. I can't believe that, over and over he keeps making these mistakes and he's not going to become world champion like that, that's not how you beat Lewis Hamilton.
Lap 28: Verstappen pits from second to release Bottas, but he has Raikkonen right behind him and gets the message not to let him past. Mercedes are keeping Hamilton out in the hope that Raikkonen will lose time behind Bottas, although that's extremely hard to do at Monza.
Lap 29: Hamilton comes out a long way behind Raikkonen, 5.6s off the Ferrari, but Mercedes are clearly looking to use Bottas to change the race.
Lap 30: Verstappen is back up to fifth as he passes Ocon, who is yet to stop in the Force India. He's of course racing Bottas, who is yet to pit. Meanwhile Vettel pits again, so his soft tyres had no chance of reaching the end of the race.
Lap 31: It's been a frantic 31 laps that have flashed by inside an hour, so what's the state of play?
Bottas leads Raikkonen by under a second, but Bottas has just put in his personal best. Hamilton is catching quickly, and that five-second gap is already down to under two seconds. Verstappen is in fourth, with Ocon and Perez behind. However, all eyes are on Vettel who is charging through the field again and believes he can catch the Red Bull for fourth.
Lap 33: Raikkonen has his first look at Bottas but isn't close enough in the first chicane, and he thinks against it again in the second one. Bottas is also parking his car in the middle of the track that's making it extremely hard for Kimi to have a proper look, but now Hamilton is righ on them!
Lap 34: Hamilton is now looking at getting Raikkonen! He takes a look but also locks up his front left slightly. There's backmarkers in front of the lead trio too.
Lap 35: It's Stoffel Vandoorne in front of Bottas and he isn't getting out of the way just yet, but Bottas doesn't get the DRS from him as he's just out of range. No change through the turn one, and now Vandorrne gets out of the way. He made a bit of a mess of that did the McLaren driver.
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