Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have finished fifth rather than sixth in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, which in itself was a respectable return given the contentious five-place grid penalty he carried over from Zandvoort.
Hamilton started 10th and had to make his way past the Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda on the opening lap – with a move the Japanese driver complained was excessively forceful – then Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin and Gabriel Bortoleto’s Sauber to reach sixth place behind Mercedes’ George Russell on the seventh lap.
