Lewis Hamilton is hoping his Italian Grand Prix victory has provided him with a launchpad to again reel in Nico Rosberg – but is wary of Mercedes’ technical gremlins returning to haunt him.

Hamilton put behind him the furore of his feud with Rosberg two weeks previously in Belgium to take a much-needed chequered flag at Monza on Sunday.

With six championship races remaining and 175 points up for grabs, Hamilton now trails Rosberg by 22 points, which may appear a slender margin but he knows there can be no room for error or further issues.

Already this season Hamilton has suffered from a cylinder failure in the opening race in Australia, brake failures in Canada and Germany and a fuel leak that caused a fire in Hungary.

Even in Italy it was not plain sailing as he sat out most of second practice with an electrical issue, and then off the line his launch was hampered by another technical problem, whilst Rosberg has had gearbox issues at Silverstone and in final practice on Saturday.

“I’d like to think this win is a platform, but I have no idea what’s going to happen from here,” said Hamilton.

“Over the weekend I had quite a few problems, missed almost a whole session in practice, then in qualifying in Q2 the car wouldn’t start again, but fortunately it did.

“As for the start sequence (at the beginning of the race), it could have been a lot worse. That was the best it could ever be considering I didn’t have the launch.”

Asked as to whether the power balance had again shifted in the wake of his win, Hamilton replied: “Potentially, maybe. Time will tell. But these problems just keep popping up.

“Paddy (Lowe, executive technical director) said ‘It’s just so unlucky, with all the engines it just keeps happening to yours’.

“Hopefully, we’ll rectify them. Right now, I’m just looking ahead, head down, and I see no reason why I can’t be as fast moving forwards.”