News Details

Hamilton takes title lead after Italian GP win

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took the outright championship lead for the first time this season with a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix. A day after breaking the all-time record for pole positions, Hamilton was in total control at Monza, leading team-mate Valtteri Bottas to a one-two. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third and is three points behind Hamilton. It is a crucial milestone for Hamilton as F1 next heads to Singapore, where Ferrari are expected to dominate. The victory was Hamilton's sixth of the season - Vettel has only four - and it capped a perfect weekend for him. He scored a brilliant pole in treacherous wet conditions on Saturday - more than a second clear of the next...
Full Story »
7y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton hunting records and title lead

Lewis Hamilton will aim to establish a new outright record for career pole...
7y ago from SuperSport.com

Vettel risks losing championship lead

Sebastian Vettel has been on the podium at Ferrari's home Italian Grand...
7y ago from SuperSport.com

Italian GP: Hamilton leads crushing Mercedes 1-2 to...

Lewis Hamilton produced a dominant drive to win the Italian Grand Prix and...
7y ago from Motorsport.com

Hamilton leads a Mercedes 1-2 in Italian FP1, Grid...

Lewis Hamilton leading Mercedes one-two in Italian Grand Prix opening...
7y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo tops chaotic second Assen MotoGP...

Fabio Quartararo topped the timesheets for Yamaha after an extended...

Marc Marquez tops first Assen MotoGP practice despite...

Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in the first Assen MotoGP practice...

Reports: MV Agusta exploring options to return to...

Key figures on the board of historic manufacturer MV Agusta have...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Malukas’ recovery drive secures Foyt’s best team...

During Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America, David Malukas was the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Manchester United target blocking all offers as he...

Manchester United target Viktor Gyokeres is blocking offers from other...
43m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal given ‘less than 2% chance’ of signing...

Arsenal’s hopes of landing one of their top striker targets this summer...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta tells Arsenal to sign 21-year-old...

Mikel Arteta reportedly wants Arsenal to sign midfielder Marc Casado from...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Report names 7 wingers on Arsenal's list of transfer...

Arsenal reportedly have as many as seven big names on their list of winger...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.