Lewis Hamilton broke the hearts of the Tifosi by beating both Ferrari's to take victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.The Briton survived contact with Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap before using a tyre advantage in the final 10 laps to pass Kimi Raikkonen in a race-long duel between the pair.At the start, it was Raikkonen who led into the first chicane, holding off a challenge from Vettel and Hamilton.The Mercedes driver then looked to attack his championship rival in the second chicane around the outside but, refusing to back down, the German would make contact causing him to spin and damaging his Ferrari.A safety car would be called following contact between Brendon Hartley, Stoffel Vandoorne and Marcus Ericsson on the run to the first corner, leaving the Toro Rosso out of the race and debris along the main straight.

Vettel pitted for a new front wing and Soft compound tyres, as he attempted to go to the end of the race on a single set of tyres after falling to the back 

At the restart, Raikkonen misjudged where to pick up the pace and allowed Hamilton to get a great slipstream and make a move for the lead into the first chicane.

The Finn would hit right back though, sweeping past the Mercedes into the following chicane.

As the race settled, Vettel began the long climb back through the field, shadowing Daniel Ricciardo, who had started 19th, before nailing the Red Bull into the first chicane.

A series of other moves on the midfield teams soon saw him back inside the points but tyre wear would become a major problem as he suffered from blisters on his left-rear.

The pit-stop phase began with both Mercedes and Ferrari crews entering the pit-lane with Raikkonen pitting from the lead, but, doing the opposite, Hamilton would stay out as he hoped to have better pace on his used tyres.

Ricciardo's race would end in a smokey retirement, briefly raising the prospect of a second safety car or VSC which could have turned the race in the world champion's favour but the marshals were able to clear safely.

Mercedes then had another ace up their sleeve though as they told Valtteri Bottas to hold up Raikkonen on his fresher tyres.

Hamilton would pit, falling a few seconds behind, but quickly closed right up on the Ferrari.

At the same time, Vettel was forced to pit for a second time, dropping him down the order.

Back as a head-to-head duel, Raikkonen had enough ground exiting Parabolica to keep Hamilton at bay into the first chicane but he too would suffer severe blistering on the Soft tyres like his teammate.

After losing time playing the team game, Bottas set about re-catching Verstappen, who he had been sat behind for much of the race, after his own pit-stop.

After several near-misses to make a pass into the first chicane, the pair would make contact with the Dutchman picking up a five-second penalty for moving across the track and causing the collision.

Finally, the race-defining moment came as Hamilton stayed close enough out of Parabolica to use DRS and pass Raikkonen around the outside into the first chicane for the lead, quickly pulling away from the Ferrari.

That was because Raikkonen's tyres had become critical with vibrations as the 2007 world champion rapidly lost pace.

Irate over his penalty, Verstappen continued to fight Bottas and would stay ahead to finish third on the road but would drop back to fifth.

That's because Vettel used his Supersoft tyres to move back into fifth and close to within five seconds to move up to fourth, limiting the damage.

In the midfield, Romain Grosjean held off the two Force Indias to claim sixth as Sergio Perez led teammate Esteban Ocon with all three covered by 2.3 seconds.

Carlos Sainz took ninth for Renault with Lance Stroll completing the points for Williams.

A full look at the results can be seen below with Fernando Alonso the third of three retirements with a mechanical problem.

On the run of play, Sunday's win was a steal for Hamilton and Mercedes and that wasn't lost on the team as they celebrated beating the Scuderia on their home turf for the second straight year.

The result also means that the 33-year-old holds a 30-point lead in the standings over Vettel heading to the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay in two weeks time.