Nico Rosberg cuts Lewis Hamilton’s lead

Germany’s Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix for dominant Mercedes yesterday to cut team mate Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One world championship lead to two points with seven races left.

Triple world champion Hamilton, who had been on pole position as favourite to take his 50th career victory and third in a row at Monza, finished second after a slow start gifted Rosberg the race.

Rosberg’s first victory at the historic circuit outside Milan was his seventh of the season, one more than Hamilton, and 21st of his career as well as second in a row after Belgium last weekend.