The German looked in total control of the race in the opening laps as he led away from pole position, after Bottas passed Raikkonen into the first corner.īut Mercedes employed clever thinking to force Ferrari into an agonising choice between hanging on with fading, fragile tyres or sacrificing the lead for a stop for fresher rubber and attacking. "These tyres were done, done, in the last 10 laps," Vettel told his team over the radio.īottas had closed five seconds in five laps and was right on Vettel's tail as they entered the final lap - but a half-hearted move into the first corner was not enough and Vettel was able to hang on.
Vettel whooped in delight after crossing the line, his glee at winning a race he arguably should have lost clear. Hamilton produced an overtake that will go down in folklore - passing three cars into one corner Vettel's amazing save Vettel now has a 17-point lead over Hamilton after two of 21 races this season. Lewis Hamilton recovered to third place after starting ninth, including one stunning moment when he passed three cars in effectively one move early in the race. In a dramatic, strategic and unpredictable race, a Ferrari mechanic was injured when he was run over by Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at a pit stop.
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