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MONZA, Italy -- Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes starts are his main concern before Singapore after losing a shot at victory at the Italian Grand Prix due to a poor getaway off the line.Hamiltons dominant weekend fell apart at lights out, with a slow start from pole position relegating him to seventh at the end of the first lap. Although he eventually battled back to finish second, the poor start cost him what had looked like a good shot at victory.The reigning world champion struggled to explain what went wrong immediately after the race, suggesting it was an inconsistent clutch, but was able to give a more accurate description in his evening media session, which came after his debrief.Im told it wasnt a driver error, but it wasnt anyones error, Hamilton said. Youve seen it with Nico in Hockenheim and its bitten me quite a lot this year. I was told the procedure was just as I was supposed to do it but unfortunately we had an over-delivery of torque and the wheels were just spinning from the get-go.Asked if further improvements need to be made, Hamilton said: Of course, we never stop improving and learning. Today we would have learnt again but this year has been a harder year for us with the clutch. Its not a quick fix, not something we can change for the next race. We have made improvements and have made more consistent starts but we are still caught out by the random variation that we have from one weekend to another.We do practice starts all weekend and they are varying a little bit and then, every now and then, we get a random variation on the grid. Youve seen it with Nico and youve seen it with me, quite a few times, so we will continue to work on it. I assure you that on Tuesday thats all we will be talking about because everything else we are doing really well. I will be trying to give as much information to help the last seven races. We are not struggling with pole positions, its just getting off the line.In his own media session, team boss Toto Wolff disagreed that driver error played no part in the start but refused to single out anyone for blame.The reason we changed the rules last year was to give more responsbility to the driver and make it more variable. But its just what happens, you have good starts and bad starts, and I think our system has improved a lot. But obviously today machine and driver got it wrong.What we can see is that it is a procedural thing so I dont want to blame anybody. Neither Lewis, nor the engineers, nor the systems. I think we have to properly address that topic because it cost him a race and I think we all need to stick the heads together to avoid that for him and the team.When it was put to Wolff that surely someone must have been to blame as something went wrong during the procedure, he replied: No, completely wrong. We are never blaming anybody. This team, I would never believe anyone is to blame, not the driver, not the engineer, nobody.When you start to blame this is when it goes downhill because people will try to protect their arse and make sure they have a conservative system in place rather than putting the best development on the car. So nobody is to blame. In this particular case I think its a combination of many things, partly because we changed rules last year and why I dont want to go there. Discount Swell Bottles . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Swell Bottle Wood Collection . 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DENVER -- Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons didnt need another 300-yard performance from Julio Jones to decipher Denvers dazzling defense and wreck Paxton Lynchs first NFL start with a 23-16 win over Broncos on Sunday.Using a steady dose of I-formation runs and short passes that put Denvers linebackers in coverage, the Falcons (4-1) handed the Super Bowl champs their first loss since Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh and left the Minnesota Vikings (5-0) as the NFLs last unbeaten team.The Broncos (4-1) were on their heels having to respect the play-action because Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman were so effective running the ball, combining for 119 yards and a 4.4-yard average.A week after setting a franchise record with 503 yards passing in a runaway win over Super Bowl 50s other participant, the Carolina Panthers, Ryan threw for 267 yards Sunday and only two of those (covering 29 yards) went to Jones.Last week, Jones became just the sixth 300-yard receiver in NFL annals, not that Denvers No Fly Zone defense was impressed. They dismissed that performance as a bad day by the Panthers, and they stifled Jones all afternoon.Not that it mattered.Coleman, who played despite having sickle cell trait, which can sometimes be exacerbated at altitude, showed off his breakaway speed by catching four passes for 132 yards to go with his 31 yards on six carries.Ryans rather modest total included a 31-yard touchdown toss to Coleman following Ricardo Allens interception at the Denver 42 in the third quarter that made it 20-3.That sequence sent some flustered fans streaming for the exits as the Falcons finished off the Broncos, who hadnt lost at home since Dec. 13 against Oakland.The Broncos dont have much time to digest the loss. They play at San Diego on Thursday night, and their hope is that Trevor Siemians bruised left shoulder is healed by then.Lynch, the 26th overall pick out of Memphis last April, got the starting nod because Siemians bruised A.C. joint in his non-throwing shoulder was still bothering him a week after he was flung to the turf in Tampa.dddddddddddd.It was Lynch who showed he wasnt ready Sunday, however.He completed 23 of 35 passes for 223 yards with a late TD to Demaryius Thomas and an interception. He was sacked a half-dozen times, including 3 1/2 times by outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who burned right tackle Ty Sambrailo on three of those takedowns.Lynchs footwork was a mess and his overthrows and misfires ruined any chance the Broncos had of capitalizing on the leagues 30th ranked defense, including the NFLs next-to-last pass defense and a patchwork linebacker corps .Unlike Siemian, Peyton Manning and Brock Osweiler, all of whom did enough to allow Denvers stout defense to secure the win during an NFL-best nine-game winning streak, Lynch couldnt avoid mistakes that doomed his team to defeat. He constantly held onto the ball too long and too often didnt make decisions or moves fast enough.PROTECTION PROBLEMS: It didnt help Denver that right tackle Donald Stephenson (calf) was deactivated for a third straight week. Ty Sambrailo was repeatedly burned by Beasley before the Broncos moved right guard Michael Schofield over and inserted Darrion Weems.GROUNDED GROUND GAME: The Broncos ground game has ground to a near standstill ever since Stephenson and tight end Virgil Green pulled calf muscles in Week 2. After averaging 141 yards and 4.7 yards a carry in their first two games, the Broncos nosedived to 70 yards and 2.5 yards a carry in next two games. Green and Stephenson were surprise holdouts Sunday and the Broncos gained just 84 yards on two dozen handoffs.MILLER TIME: Even in defeat, Von Miller got to the quarterback. He recorded a sack and now has 6 1/2 on the season.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '