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2023 Formula One World Championship
2023 Italian Grand Prix
Round 1
Monza Circuit
Monza, Italy
Sunday, 3 September 2023
Lewis Hamilton will be keen to make history by becoming the first driver to win the
Italian Grand Prix six times.
Most recent race
The British racing driver failed to secure a podium spot at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix on August 27 as he finished sixth.
Hamilton started on the 13th grid and he managed to pass several cars before securing a sixth spot finish which earned him eight points.
Formula One title ambitions
The seven-time Formula One world champion is placed fourth on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 156 points with nine races left.
Hamilton is 183 points behind the Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT driver Max Verstappen who is the run away leader.
Why Hamilton could win the 2023 Italian GP
The Formula One legend tends to bring his A game whenever he competes in the Italian Grand Prix having won the race a joint-record five times.
Hamilton will be determined to boost his slip hopes of winning the 2023 Formula One world title by clinching this weekend's race.
What did he say?
"I feel like today was redemption, in the sense of it was terrible yesterday," Hamilton said after the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix.
"We managed to dial the car in a bit better today and overtook a bunch of people. I think today I had the pace. I was on pace with Max in the race, we were just out of position.
"To start 13th, I was dead last at one point, to get back up to sixth, yeah, happy with that."
2022 Italian Grand Prix results
Winner: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Runner-Up: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Third-Place: George Russell - Mercedes
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