Rosberg finally gets to wins Monza F1; Hamilton comes in 2nd

Blame it on a slow start which ended the hopes of champion Lewis Hamilton of winning the F1 race in Monza, and it was his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg who finally grabbed the top spot at the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016 on September 4, 2016. With this win, Rosberg is two points away from the top slot on the driver’s table. Rosberg’s seventh win of the year brings him within two points of Hamilton, 250 to 248.

Rosberg who has had been unlucky in the past finally managed a sweet revenge as he claimed the No.1 podium finish, leaving Hamilton to the second position.

Hamilton has himself to blame as he started off with a lot of wheel spin which saw him being overtaken by Rosberg.

Former world champion and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel managed a third place. It was also heartening to see Force India team drivers coming in the first ten once again with Sergio Perez coming in 8^th and his team mate Nico Hulkenberg racing in tenth. The young driver of Red Bull Max Verstappen had to be content with the 7th position. 

RACE RESULTS

POS      NO       DRIVER                                    CAR    

1          6          Nico Rosberg                           MERCEDES     

2          44        Lewis Hamilton                       MERCEDES     

3          5          Sebastian Vettel                      FERRARI         

4          7          Kimi Räikkönen                       FERRARI         

5          3      Daniel Ricciardo                     RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER         

6          77        Valtteri Bottas                         WILLIAMS MERCEDES           

7          33      Max Verstappen                   RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER         

8          11        Sergio Perez                            FORCE INDIA MERCEDES       

9          19        Felipe Massa                           WILLIAMS MERCEDES           

10        27        Nico Hulkenberg                     FORCE INDIA MERCEDES       

11        8          Romain Grosjean                    HAAS FERRARI

12        22        Jenson Button                          MCLAREN HONDA     

13        21        Esteban Gutierrez                   HAAS FERRARI

14        14        Fernando Alonso                     MCLAREN HONDA     

15        55        Carlos Sainz                             TORO ROSSO FERRARI          

16        9          Marcus Ericsson                      SAUBER FERRARI       

17        20        Kevin Magnussen                    RENAULT        

18        31        Esteban Ocon                          MRT MERCEDES        

NC       26        Daniil Kvyat                             TORO ROSSO FERRARI          

NC       94        Pascal Wehrlein                      MRT MERCEDES        

NC       30        Jolyon Palmer                         RENAULT        

NC       12        Felipe Nasr                              AUBER FERRARI                     

According to a Formula One report, Mercedes’ strategy of single-stopping both cars - starting them on softs and finishing on mediums - eventually paid out handsomely. Ferrari went for two-stoppers, running supersoft-supersoft-soft, and though Vettel was catching up bit by bit at the end, it was never going to be enough to dislodge Hamilton as the Englishman trailed home second, 15s down on his team mate.

Mercedes remain well ahead in the constructor’s stakes with 488 points, but Ferrari have edged closer to Red Bull with 279 to their 290. Williams move back to fourth on 111, with Force India on 108.