Monza News
The Mercedes driver was more than a second quicker than Red Bull`s Max Verstappen, the second fastest in a much-delayed session that ended more than three and a half hours after it started.
World championship leader Sebastian Vettel was third quickest for Ferrari, one-tenth of a second adrift, as the two leading teams closed up at the top ahead of the Italian outfit`s annual home event.
The Italian Grand Prix was first held at Monza in 1921 and is the oldest race on the calendar.
Williams are back in fourth with 111 points, three more than Force India.
It was the first time in seven years that the race was not won by the driver starting from pole position.
Hamilton will be bidding on Sunday to register a hat-trick of Italian wins with his 50th career victory to enlarge his nine points lead in the title race ahead of Rosberg.
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