Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates his victory in the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza.

Mercedes were investigated on the grounds the tyres were below the minimum permitted pressure.

However the stewards allowed Hamilton to keep his victory after ruling Mercedes had followed safe operating procedures.

Breaking – stewards decide to take no further action regarding Mercedes tyre pressures during #ItalianGP. #F1 pic.twitter.com/WQ8JDtt3Xx

— Formula 1 (@F1) September 6, 2015

Hamilton when faced with claims of below minimum start pressure recommended by Pirelli stated that it was not his job. “I don’t know what to say about it, it’s not my job,” said the Briton, He added; “Today I’ve been so happy with how the car has been in the race. “Formula One is about running to the bare minimum. For whatever reason today, 0.3psi – if that’s what it was – 0.3psi… It makes no difference to the car, particularly on one tyre. I’m sure Pirelli could prove it. That’s not the reason we won.”

HAMILTON: “F1 is about running to the maximum. That’s what we do. We won today because we were quickest” #ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/bG71Yxl6d8 — Formula 1 (@F1) September 6, 2015

Unbelievable weekend here in #Monza! Thank you to the team for making sure the car is amazing! #TeamLH #ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/n1xLMVPcQI

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) September 6, 2015

Hamilton finished over 25 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, with Felipe Massa completing the podium for Williams.

Mercedes teammate and championship challenger Nico Rosberg was forced to retire when his engine blew with two laps to go as he challenged Vettel for second place.

The win means Hamilton now leads with a 53-points advantage in the drivers’ world championship with seven rounds of the 19-race championship remaining.

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Meanwhile Williams’ Valtteri Bottas finished fourth and Kimi Raikkonen fifth after a strong recovery drive.

Force India‘s B-spec car continued to impress with Sergio Perez finishing sixth at Monza, one place clear of team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.

It moved the Silverstone-based team back ahead of Lotus into fifth place in the constructors’ championship, after Lotus’s race lasted just a couple of laps.

Red Bull‘s Daniel Ricciardo recovered from starting 19th after a 25-place grid penalty for changing engine elements to finish eighth with team-mate Daniil Kvyat 10th.

Sauber‘s Marcus Ericsson scored points for the third successive race to finish ninth.

Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado both suffered contact at Turn 1, with Grosjean pulling off track and Maldonado recovering to the pits and parking the car in the garage.

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Hamilton lost the lead off the line after being bypassed by Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas at the start after an early safety car stage but overturned matters against the Williams’ during the first round of pit stops.

The Briton also went on to survive late rain at the end of the race while teammate and championship rival Nico Rosberg bounced back from fourth to second place.

Lewis Hamilton shares a moment with the assembled masses at Silverstone

Germany’s Sebastian Vettel finished third for Ferrari, behind Rosberg, with Williams driver Felipe Massa missing out a place on the podium after leading for the first 20 laps following a blazing start.

Hamilton who previously won at Silverstone in 2008 and 2014 recorded his 38th career victory extending his lead to 17 points over team-mate Rosberg who had won three of the past four races.

The estimated 140,000 fans enjoyed what is regarded as the best race of the year so far with Hamilton becoming the third Briton, after Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell, to win three times at home

Hamilton acknowledged how Mercedes’ bad starts had “made the race for the fans” and, thanked the fans, he said:

“Thank you for coming out today and making my whole weekend, I really wanted to do it for you guys. I couldn’t have done it without you. I’m so elated. You can’t imagine how happy I am. I was tearing up on the last lap.”

Only 13 cars finished, with Sauber‘s Brazilian Felipe Nasr retiring before the start when his car was stuck in sixth gear on the track as he headed for the grid.

A virtual safety car also came into play on lap 34 when the Toro Rosso of Spaniard Carlos Sainz stopped on the runoff and had to be removed with a tractor.

Valtteri Bottas finished fifth, ahead of Red Bull’s Russian Daniil Kvyat, while Ferrari‘s Kimi Raikkonen was eighth and sandwiched between the Force Indias of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez in seventh and ninth.

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