Toto Wolff has explained that Mercedes decided not to pit Lewis Hamilton under the safety car, as it believed track position would be enough to keep them in place. Hamilton was passed by both Red Bulls and Kimi Raikkonen in the latter stages of the race.

Raikkonen pitted for fresh mediums before the deployment of the safety car, but ten laps later than Hamilton. After the call was made to bring out the safety car when the two Toro Rosso’s collided, Red Bull brought both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen into the pit lane for new soft tyres.

Ricciardo went on to win the race, while Verstappen was left to rue a number of mistakes which cost him a shot at victory.

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