Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg faced the media at Thursday's press conference ahead of this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. The Mercedes team-mates, and rivals for the Formula One title, were selected by the FIA in the wake of their controversial crash at the Belgium Grand Prix. Rosberg has since been fined a six-figure sum by Mercedes for his role in the incident which resulted in Hamilton retiring from the race. Read what they had to say about the incident in Spa, and on moving forward, below... VIDEO Scroll down to watch Lewis Hamilton preview the Italian Grand Prix Facing the media: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg answered questions from the assembled press in Monza
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Hamilton and Rosberg selected for Italian Grand Prix press conference
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Mercedes rivals faced questions from media following Spa crash
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Rosberg has apologised to Hamilton, the team and F1 fans since the incident
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German fined six-figure sum by Mercedes but leads world championship
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Fernando Alonso also featured in press conference ahead of Monza race
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