Lewis Hamilton took the lead of the 2017 Formula 1 drivers’ championship with a commanding drive to win his fourth Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Title rival Sebastian Vettel failed to keep in touch with his title rival all weekend and was forced to settle for third place behind Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Daniel Ricciardo came from 16th on the grid to finish in fourth, just four seconds adrift of the podium. The Australian pulled a multitude of stunning moves to claim his 10th top-five finish of 2017.
Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was fifth with youngsters Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll and impressive sixth and seventh after starting from third and second position respectively.
Their more experienced team-mates Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez collided on the opening lap and went onto to finish directly behind Ocon and Stroll in eighth and ninth place.
Max Verstappen recovered to 10th after contact with Massa left him with a puncture.
The grand prix was full of brilliant recovery drives and breakout performances, find out if any of the 20 drivers collected a perfect score in our ratings:
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