RACE REPORT
Bottas sustained a puncture. He too pitted and rejoined at the back of the
order, but his race was barically over from that point.
The first stint saw Hamilton begin to build a gap to Ricciardo and by the
time the leaders had for the time first cycled through the pits for new tyres, the
defending champion had carved out a five-second advantage to the Red Bull man.
While the bulk of the top 10 shed starting supersofts for soft compound tyres in
the opening stops, Rosberg, in third, chose a different strategy. The German took
on medium tyres and settled in to play a longer game.
Verstappen, meanwhile, was on a march. The Dutchman passed Raikkonen