Vettel was initially elated after he crossed the line, shouting "yes!" We are supposed to be racing. In front of swathes of Ferrari flags, he drew alongside Raikkonen at 220mph on the main straight ­before diving to the left and masterfully making his pass round the outside of the Ferrari at the opening chicane. Yes? Sebastian has gone in too deep, collided with Lewis and spun him around, it was really not good," he told Sky Sports F1.It was another mistake from Vettel and another costly one. Raikkonen should have enough time to retake the lead when Hamilton pits here. Mercedes have a little catching up to do. Vettel recovered from last to finish fourth.Ferrari had been quicker than Mercedes all weekend at the ­“Temple of Speed”, yet it is ­Hamilton who departed the Italian team’s homeland last night having extended his title lead over Vettel from 17 to 30 points with just seven races remaining.“Given the sheer pressure that we are under, I will definitely ­consider this win to be right up there in my career,” said Hamilton, who was subjected to loud boos on the podium. Ferrari have traditionally been the quicker starters this season. Verstappen hit him under braking. He goes to the outside and takes the lead! But that is far from a foregone conclusion. A circuit with real heart and soul. It often is. The tifosi fell silent.“I didn’t want to walk away from here leaving something on the ­table,” Hamilton, 33, said. Lewis Hamilton won the last four Italian Grand Prix and would be determined to make it five in a row and etch his name into the history books alongside Michael Schumacher.Ferrari recorded 19 wins at its home Grand Prix. Farina secured the world championship once, while Ascari won the championship gold twice in as many years. His team say they cannot see any damage. He drove well to get back to fourth in the end but what looked like a superb weekend for them yesterday but it turned out to be an awful one, all in all. Vettel now up to 11th. I think you saw what happened there, I think we had the pace. "But then he didn't leave any room. W elcome to our live updates for the 2018 Italian Grand Prix from the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, a little way north-east of Milan.

Pete Bonnington, his race engineer is a happy man. "Formation all the way home, just so we can show our Italian colleagues," Bottas is told on the radio. "I know I'm losing time to Vettel but I really don't care," the Dutchman says on the radio. It is proving the difference.The gap between Raikkonen and Hamilton lingered at one second, before the Ferrari driver pulled in for new tyres on lap 20. Is this going to disadvantage Hamilton here?He slides into his box, puts on the soft tyres and comes out in fourth. Bottas really close to Verstappen but well defending from the Dutchman. Read our community guidelines in full Vandoorne still hasn't let them past, but does so through curva grande on the next lap. I think their [the fans'] support has been incredible. Verstappen pits and comes out in sixth, between the Force Indias. Can their team give them something to cheer about? Told to relax by his Red Bull team, he replied: “No! He also had this to say after the race.

It didn't feel right, the balance. Raikkonen now approaching the backmarkers (Magnussen) which means Hamilton will be doing so soon as well.

""I think it was 100 per cent Sebastian's fault. "Disappointing but nothing I could do," Raikkonen says. Now that’s what we’re talking about, boys! Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates Bottas could come into play here for Vettel. "For what?! Nothing on the radar weather wise apart from a few light spots. They have won a total of one in that period. “Hamilton gave him all the room. It could have been a good race but it wasn't. He’s not ­going to become world champion if he keeps doing these things.”Indeed, it marked Vettel’s fifth big error of the season, while Hamilton has largely failed to put a foot wrong. He is followed by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Nelson Piquet who hold four wins each. "Unfortunately, I was the one that spun around, which was a bit ironic. Let's hope it's more like the latter, eh?I don’t think I could have gone any quicker. They're doing a great job at killing racing, honestly," is what he said.

Fifth isn't so bad, though and he moves well ahead of his team-mate (well, by 12 points). Banter.

They’re doing a great job at killing racing.”"I didn't want to try something silly so I left a gap, and Lewis saw a little space around the outside of me," Vettel said. But what will he risk for victory?Raikkonen now within DRS range of Bottas and Hamilton within four seconds of Raikkonen which the Briton describes as "a big gap". We just need that little bit more.Can Bottas - who was well off the pace of his team-mate - get in amongst it as well? Raikkonen says it's raining a bit at the back of the circuit...Raikkonen sets the fastest sector time in S2 and S3. Strategists at Mercedes scratching their heads now.