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"The Italian Grand Prix is always a special one for me in terms of the memories I have there - going right back to my early career. The karting championships used to race in Italy quite often and it's also where I met Nico - so that's where our rivalry really began.
Monza is such a historic circuit and to win there is a really special feeling. ".
— Lewis Hamilton
| Year | Finish | Grid | Tyre Strategy |
|---|
| Driver | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Great Britain | 227 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Germany | 199 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | 160 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Brazil | 82 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | 82 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | 79 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Russian | 57 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | 51 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | France | 38 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Netherlands | 26 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | 25 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | 24 |
| 13 | Felipe Nasr | Brazil | 16 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuela | 12 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | 11 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Spain | 9 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sweden | 7 |
| 18 | Jenson Button | Great Britain | 6 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Spain | 0 |
| 20 | Will Stevens | Great Britain | 0 |
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 426 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 242 |
| 3 | Williams | 161 |
| 4 | Red Bull | 108 |
| 5 | Lotus | 50 |
| 6 | Force India | 49 |
| 7 | Toro Rosso | 35 |
| 8 | Sauber | 23 |
| 9 | McLaren | 17 |
| 10 | Manor | 0 |
It took half a season for the car to come good. When it did, Hamilton was back at the front, winning easily in Hungary at Singapore. By the end of the year he had climbed up to a wholly creditable fifth in the championship behind the Brawn and Red Bull drivers.
