Lewis Hamilton took a firmer grip on the world championship destiny with a stupendous drive that will be talked of – hissed about – at the home of Italian motorsport for ever.
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Starting in pole, Vettel was out almost instantly due to a start-line crash that also eliminated Max Verstappen and teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
Lewis Hamilton’s victory at the British Grand Prix earlier this month saw the Mercedes driver move to within one point of Vettel, but that gap is now up to 14 ahead of the summer break.
Vettel was on course for a top-three finish, but the German suffered a puncture with two laps to go, and a seventh-place finish means that he will take only a slender one-point advantage into the Hungarian Grand Prix.