The Briton had been cruising in the final stages of the race when, with a handful of laps remainning, he was suddenly told to increase the 19-second gap he had in hand over Vettel. "We need to pull a gap, don't ask questions, just execute," said his race engineer, who informed Hamilton that all would be explained after the chequered flag. The issue stemmed from tests on the grid, inside the five-minute-signal before the start, that had revealed that the left-rear tyre of Hamilton’s car and that of team-mate Rosberg had tyre pressures below the minimum starting pressures specified for the weekend. Hamilton’s tyre was 0.3psi below the specification, while Rosberg’s was 0.6 under the required mark.
However, after the investigation the team was found not to be at fault for the transgression with the stewards stating that "the pressure in the tyres concerned were at the minimum start pressure recommended by Pirelli when they were fitted to the car."
The stewards added that "the tyre warming blankets had been disconnected from their power source, as is normal procedure, and the tyres were significantly below the maximum permitted tyre blanket temperature at the time of the FIA’s measurement on the grid, and at significantly different temperatures from other cars measured on the grid."
Further, the Stewards are satisfied that the team followed the currently specified procedure, supervised by the Tyre Manufacturer, for the safe operation of the tyres.
Third place in the race went to Williams’ Felipe Massa who inherited the position less than two laps from the chequered flag when the engine in Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes failed. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen who stalled on the front row of the grid at the start and dropped to the back of the field recovered to finish in fifth place behind the second Williams of Valtteri Bottas.
Sergio Perez was sixth for Force India, while team-mate Nico Hulkenberg took seventh. Red Bull Racing’s put in a battling drive to climb from 19th place on the grid to take eighth place and the final points positions were occupied by Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson and the second Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat.
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX, MONZA
53 laps, 306.720km., Weather: Sunny.
CLASSIFIED:
P. DRIVER TEAM TIME
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1h18:00.688
2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari + 25.042
3. Felipe Massa Williams + 47.635
4. Valtteri Bottas Williams + 47.996
5. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari + 1:08.860
6. Sergio Perez Force India + 1:19.471
7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India + 1 lap
8. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull + 1 lap
9. Marcus Ericsson Sauber + 1 lap
10. Daniil Kvyat Red Bull + 1 lap
11. Carlos Sainz JR. Toro Rosso + 1 lap
12. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso + 1 lap
13. Felipe Nasr Sauber + 1 lap
14. Jenson Button McLaren + 1 lap
15. Will Stevens Manor + 2 laps
16. Roberto Merhi Manor + 2 laps
Fastest LAP: Lewis Hamilton - 1:26.672
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 51
Fernando Alonso McLaren 48
Romain Grosjean Lotus 2
Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1
After 12 races:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Lewis Hamilton 252 1. Mercedes AMG 451
2. Nico Rosberg 199 2. Ferrari 270
3. Sebastian Vettel 178 3. Williams 188
4. Felipe Massa 97 4. Red Bull 113
5. Kimi Raikkonen 92 5. Force India 63
6. Valtteri Bottas 91 6. Lotus 50
7. Daniil Kvyat 58 7. Toro Rosso 35
8. Daniel Ricciardo 55 8. Sauber 25
9. Romain Grosjean 38 9. McLaren 17
10. Sergio Perez 33
11. Nico Hulkenberg 30
12. Max Verstappen 26
13. Felipe Nasr 16
14. Pastor Maldonado 12
15. Fernando Alonso 11
16. Carlos Sainz JR. 9
17. Marcus Ericsson 9
18. Jenson Button 6
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