They fell asleep at the start both Ferraris, which he took advantage of Bottas and whizzed past both red race cars. He ran well from the start as well Max Verstappen, which was already in line with Charles Leclerc, but the latter did not relent and a collision was inevitable. Monacan was able to continue and hold the city, but the tax he paid was a broken front wing. The Dutchman ended up in the sand but was able to continue at the start of the column.
Some scrap parts with Leclerc's in Verstappn's the car also hit Hamilton's Mercedes, making him British left without a rearview mirror. Despite the fact that the commissioners initially announced that they would not launch an investigation against the two racers involved in the collision, a few laps later decided to check to see if the blame is on Leclerc’s side. At the same time, they said they were investigating a possible premature start Sebastian Vettl, but the latter did not receive a fine, despite the fact that his car was moving before the red lights went out. The German doesn't care did not trigger a sensor response, which records too fast starts.
In the fifteenth lap he had to finish the race due to an extremely unstable race car and brake problems. Max Verstappen, which was otherwise promised a very good ranking, as long as there was no collision with Leclerc. He was also disappointed with the outcome Christian horner: “Max would have earned the podium today, but he had to finish early, though not through his own fault. We called him to the pits because the car was very unstable and could be further damaged by the end of the race. ”
Before that, he had to go to the pits to change the front as well Charles Leclerc, which also fell behind the ladder, and after a series of stops, the tactics of individual teams and racers also crystallized more. Meanwhile, both silver racers had quite a few comments on team tactics, most notably Hamilton, who complained several times over his position in the race. On the other hand, Bottas also nervously asked his engineers if Hamilton intended to get into the pits a second time or not. Both The Mercedes otherwise remained on a soft mix of tires and two-stop tactics, while Vettel opted for medium-hard tires.
Valtteri Bottas he controlled the race without any problems in the last part, but we had the opportunity to look extremely interesting in the last five laps a duel between Sebastian Vettl and Lewis Hamilton, where the racer of the reds, despite significantly more worn tires, managed to repel all the attacks of the almost six-time world champion without any major problems, but he was not too satisfied with the outcome.
He may be comforted by the fact that he is Mercedes has already won the constructors' title at Suzuki.
He drove a very good race behind the leaders Carlos Sainz, who took advantage of the collision between Leclerc and Verstappn and Alex Albon ranked fifth, Charles Leclerc he climbed to sixth place, and in points they finished more Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, Sergio Perez, who otherwise ended up in the fence in the last lap and Nico Hulkenberg. They experienced disappointment again at Alfa Romeo in Haas, which is slowly approaching them as well Williams.
