Lewis Hamilton is highly motivated for his first Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari despite receiving a “hardcore” grid penalty for this Sunday's race.

The seven-time world champion received a five-place grid penalty, which he will serve at Monza, after stewards at the Dutch Grand Prix ruled he had failed to slow sufficiently for double-waved yellow flags on his reconnaissance laps before last week's race.

Hamilton is yet to finish on the podium in 15 races for Ferrari, and he will not start any higher than sixth in his first home grand prix with the Scuderia.

It was a tough race for Ferrari last weekend in the Netherlands as both Hamilton and Charles Leclerc failed to finish, with the latter involved in a collision with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.

Despite his penalty and difficult competition from his rivals, Hamilton believes he can achieve a strong finish at Monza.

“I don't know how the other drivers felt about the decisions from the last race, but when I landed back home and saw I got this penalty, I was really shocked, to be honest,” said Hamilton.

“To get the penalty and get penalty points was pretty hardcore, but I learned from it and there is no point whinging about it, I'll move forwards.

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“It's going to be challenging this weekend. Qualifying is already so close between us all.

“So just getting into Q3 is tough, getting in the top five is very, very tough and, on top of that, to be set back five places is not great when you're going into your first Monza GP with Ferrari.

“But it gives me more to fight for, and I'm very motivated to make up those places, regardless.

“When I leave the garage [on Friday], it's going to be incredibly special coming into this circuit and it just really reflects on when I was a kid watching Michael [Schumacher] winning here, and now I get to have that opportunity, that experience of being on the receiving end of the Tifosi.

“I want to give absolutely everything this weekend to get the best result for them because the passion and the support they've given me and this team is like nothing I've ever seen.”