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F1: Cuenta regresiva para el inicio de la pretemporada
Hamilton triumphs, Mercedes dominate Monza
Deutsche Welle -- Lewis Hamilton has won the Italian Grand Prix, despite a difficult start at F1's fastest track. Championship rival and teammate Nico Rosberg finished second, while Mercedes motors nearly monopolized the points.
Mercedes-powered drivers Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa locked out Monza's podium on Sunday, with Mercedes-engined cars claiming seven of the ten points-paying positions in Italy.
Formel 1 Grand Prix Italien in Monza
Lewis Hamilton's race win in Italy did not go according to script. The 2008 champion got away poorly from pole position and reached turn 1 in just fourth position. His teammate Nico Rosberg pinched the lead and held it for more than half the race, but lost out to Hamilton with a mistake of his own just after half distance.
"Nice work Lewis, get in there, pal!" Hamilton's race engineer said over the in-car radio after he crossed the line. "Beautifully recovered, mate. Beautifully recovered."
Key first chicane
After a few early laps negotiating his way past Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen - passing Massa with gusto around the outside in the first chicane - Hamilton re-established the Mercedes 1-2 and set about chasing down his teammate. The pair held station until around half-distance, following their sole pit stops of the race. Hamilton closed the gap after the stops, soon prompting Nico Rosberg to out-brake himself and run wide into the first turn on lap 29.
Hamilton then took the lead as Rosberg weaved through the run-off area. The Silver Arrows held station to the end, despite Hamilton nearly outbraking himself into the first chicane in the closing laps.
Former Ferrari driver and Tifosi favorite Felipe Massa, now driving for Williams, rounded out one of the season's most popular podiums.
"Thank you guys, very good, very good result - I'm so happy," Massa said over team radio, before addressing the massed fans in Italian from the podium itself.
Seven Mercedes motors in top 10
Valtterri Bottas' start in the other Williams was even worse than Hamilton's; he plummeted from third on the grid to 11th off the line. However, after a combative fight back through the field, Bottas recovered to fourth position, ahead of the Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel. Ricciardo passed Vettel late in the race to again best his four-time World Champion teammate.
Sergio Perez, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen and Kevin Magnussen rounded out the points-paying places, with Raikkonen at least salvaging some pride for Ferrari in ninth position. Fernando Alonso retired while running in the points - picking the worst possible moment for his first mechanical retirement in more than four years.
Hamilton's win pulled him to within 22 points of Rosberg in the overall drivers' standings with six races left in the Formula One season. Mercedes extended their overwhelming lead in front of Red Bull for the constructors' title. The next race is the Singapore Grand Prix on September 21.
Hamilton powers to Monza pole, Rosberg shares front row
Deutsche Welle -- Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from the front, after beating teammate Nico Rosberg to pole position in Monza. At the season's fastest track, the Renault-engined Red Bulls struggled in qualifying.
Lewis Hamilton mastered Monza's fast, flowing curves to set the benchmark in Italy on Saturday, claiming pole position with a 1:24.109. His teammate Nico Rosberg was roughly a quarter of a second adrift, slower in all three sectors of the lap, but still logged an impressive time considering that he was not able to take part in Saturday morning's practice session.
"I feel excited for tomorrow," Hamilton said after claiming pole. "I'm very proud of my guys on my side of the garage. They have been through the difficult times with me. They've done a remarkable job bouncing back, so we've done this as a team and it's great to have another 1-2 for the team."
Having collided at the last race in Belgium, helping Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo to the win, the uneasy Mercedes colleagues will again start side-by-side on Sunday. The long straight run off the line into Monza's narrow first chicane, typically among the more tense starts on the calendar, could again prove a flashpoint.
The championship rivals looked uneasy together after the session, not exchanging a handshake and both saying that the front-row lockout was "good for the team." Rosberg spoke in German about the unique challenges of Monza, the fastest circuit on the calendar, and his satisfaction to see Mercedes dominant on Ferrari's turf. He also described second spot as a good position for the race.
"In the race anything can happen and we need to work towards the race and get a good strategy," the championship leader said.
Mercedes motors monster Monza
The six fastest qualifiers on Saturday were all powered by the Brixworth-built Mercedes engines. Williams emerged as a clear second power in qualifying: Finn Valtterri Bottas was the only non-Mercedes driver who appeared party to the fight for pole position, qualifying third ahead of his teammate Felipe Massa.
Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button of McLaren - again powered by Stuttgart's three-pointed star - locked out the third row.
Montezemulo faces music
Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel were the best of the non-Mercedes-powered bunch, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez in ninth and tenth on the grid. Alonso's teammate Kimi Raikkonen had a disappointing day with Ferrari, qualifying just 12th at the Scuderia's home race.
Prior to the session, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo stressed that he would be sticking with the team, which has already fired team principal Stefano Domenicali and engine boss Luca Marmorini this season. "In March, I told the shareholders and especially the people at Ferrari, who I'm very close to, that I would be available for another three years," Montezemulo - linked to the top job at struggling Italian airline Alitalia - told reporters ahead of Saturday's session. "If there is anything new, I myself would be the first to say so."
Montezemulo sought to deflect direct questions about the Alitalia rumors with wit: "Alitalia? I hope to use it tomorrow afternoon."
Germans Nico Hülkenberg and Adrian Sutil had disappointing days; they will share the seventh row, starting 13th and 14th.
Including Monza, seven races remain in the 2014 Formula One season. Rosberg leads Hamilton by 29 points, with Daniel Ricciardo still well adrift in third. However, after Mercedes infighting helped Ricciardo to back-to-back victories, Mercedes will be keen to convert grid positions into points on Sunday.
