A poor performance in Saturday's qualifying session was followed by an equally lacklustre Italian Grand Prix, thereby allowing Lewis Hamilton to take the championship lead for the first time this season. What should have been a huge celebration for the Italian team, which used the event to mark the 70th anniversary of its founding, was in many ways an embarrassment, with Mercedes scoring a 1-2 with such ease both drivers were able to turn their power down early in the race, Sebastian Vettel finishing 36 second behind and under pressure from Daniel Ricciardo in an underpowered Red Bull that started 16th. Indeed, if Max Verstappen hadn't suffered an early tangle necessitating an extra pit...
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