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september 03, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Formula 1 - 2018 Italian Grand Prix - Sunday

Double podium for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport in Monza

  • Lewis scored his 68th career victory today - his sixth of the 2018 Formula One season and fifth at the Italian Grand Prix
  • Valtteri finished the race in P3 - his sixth podium of the 2018 season and 77th points finish in Formula One
  • Lewis claimed the fastest lap in Monza - his 40th fastest lap in Formula One
  • The 2018 Italian Grand Prix marked the 400th race for a Mercedes-AMG Safety Car in Formula One
  • Lewis (256 points) leads the Drivers' Championship by 33 points from Sebastian Vettel (226 points) with Valtteri (159 points) in P4
  • Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport (415 points) leads Ferrari (390 points) by 25 points in the Constructors' Championship
  • Owen Jones, Head of Performance at Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains, accepted the Constructors' trophy on behalf of the team
DriverChassis No.GridResultFastest Lap
Lewis HamiltonF1 W09 EQ Power+/05P3P11:22.497 (Lap 30)
Valtteri BottasF1 W09 EQ Power+/06P4P31:22.907 (Lap 39)


StrategyStartStop 1  
No.44SuperSoftSoft (Lap 28)  
No.77SuperSoftSoft (Lap 36)  



Lewis Hamilton 
That was one tough race, but a really enjoyable one - I'm very, very happy. This afternoon has shaken off to be one of the best. It's so close between Ferrari and us, this race was really down to who makes the least mistakes and who looks after their tyres the best. Valtteri did a great job extending his stint which enabled me to close up to Kimi. It was really great team work today, a great pit stop, great communication with the team. It was an intense first lap, we all got off to similar starts. When we went into Turn 4, I was a bit surprised that Sebastian chose the inside and did not go for the outside. That was my opportunity and I had to make sure that I was far enough alongside him. We touched for a brief moment and my car was slightly damaged afterwards, but fortunately I was able to continue and keep up with Kimi. Once I had closed the gap to Kimi on my second stint, I could see that his tyres were blistering, so I started to take care of my tyres and made sure that I didn't blister mine. When Valtteri then came in for his pit stop it was a bit harder to keep up with Kimi, but I knew that my tyres were in better shape. I had to push as hard as I could to close the gap, particularly through the Lesmos and Ascari. But this track is really just incredible, it's such a phenomenal circuit to drive with all it's high-speed corners and the fact that you can follow through the corners and the chicanes make it one of the best tracks in the world. It's always a real privilege to win in #italy. But we need to keep our heads down, work hard and make sure that we put up a good fight in Singapore. 

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