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Lewis Hamilton wins the Italian Formula One Grand Prix
“It was a difficult race,” said Hamilton. “For whatever reason, at the start the button didn’t press which engages the launch sequence. “For the formation lap it didn’t work and when I got to the grid and put it on again, again it didn’t work. It was very strange. I’ve never really had that happen before.”
In a sport full of conspiracy theorists, Rosberg and team bosses ridiculed a suggestion that he might have been ordered to cede place to Hamilton as a result of what happened in Spa. “I’ve heard about that, but what would be the reason for me to do something like that deliberately? There is no possible reason,” he said, explaining that he had missed the chicane to avoid locking up and ‘flat-spotting’ a tire – which would have forced an extra pitstop and a lot of lost time.
Rosberg, blamed by his own team for the second lap Spa collision that led to Hamilton’s retirement from that race, was booed for the second grand prix in a row.
Source: Reuters
