After a chaotic race, Carlos Sainz gets his first success in career! Perez e Hamilton complete the podium, while an unfortunate Leclerc closes fourth. Verstappen limits the damage with a seventh place ahead of a good Schumacher who conquers his first points.
Ready go and the Chaos more total. Verstappen passes Sainz and, while Hamilton puts himself in front of Leclerc and Perez, a pop clamorous involves seven pilots. Russell is touched by gasly and in turn affects Alfa Romeo's Zhou and it capsizes. Behind them, Hag tampon Albon which in turn involves Or with.
Ocon and Tsunoda manage to bring their cars back to the pits, Russell gets out on his own legs, while Albon and Zhou are taken to the medical Center for investigations. Moreover, in the general confusion, few have noticed some protesters on the track: Leclerc and Vettel signaled their presence.
The race restarts with the initial starting grid. This time Sainz shows muscles and keeps Verstappen behind, while Leclerc and Perez damage their own wings front in a contact. The Mexican is back to the pits, while the Monegasque manages to continue without wasting too much time.
On the tenth lap Verstappen takes advantage of a off the track of Sainz in the S of Maggot's and Beckett's to take the lead. After two laps, however, Sainz takes back the lead: once puncture caused by debris from an Alpha Tauri forces Verstappen to a forced pit stop and makes him rejoin sixth position.
Even after the pit stop, the reigning world champion complains that something is wrong with his RB18. Meanwhile, while the two Ferraris battle for the first position, Hamilton approaches ringing a tour fast after another.
Both Redheads they stop at box and Sainz stays ahead of Leclerc, while Hamilton takes first place and tries to stretch ahead of the belay. On lap 31 Sainz lets Leclerc passwhich thus moves to second position.
After Hamilton also pitted and dropped out behind the Ferraris, the training camp di Or with on lap 40 he brings out the safety car. Leclerc teacher on used white tires, while Sainz and the number 44 they opt for a train of new reds. Take advantage of it too Perez, which thus overrides Norris for fourth position.
At the start, Ferrari asks a Sainz to leave 10 cars of space between him and Leclerc in order to allow him to bring his hard tires up to temperature. The Madrid native, however, is not there: passes his companion and runs away, while the Monegasque struggles to keep a revenant behind him Perez and Hamilton, being passed by the Mexican.
While Sainz and Perez make a vacuum, Hamilton e Leclerc they establish an extraordinary duel: the Englishman passes the Monegasque in turn 8 before being passed again on the outside at Copse. In the end, however, it makes it The Hammer and Leclerc has to contend with Alonso and Norris.
After a race filled with twists, Carlos Sainz make sure the first triumph of his career in front of an attacker Perez (climbed from the bottom of the grid to second place) and an extraordinary one Hamilton (which marks the quick ride at the last round).
Leclerc manages to close in fourth position, followed by Alonso e Norris. Verstappen manages to limit the damage and ends the race in seventh position, losing only 6 points on Leclerc. Hag in the ninth square divides the two Haas's Schumacher (eighth) e Magnussen (tenth).
Thus, after a year and a half, Mick manages to get his first championship points after fighting wheel to wheel with none other than Max Verstappen. Bittersweet ranking for Ferrari: Sainz finally manages to overtake Russell in the world championship, while Leclerc sees second place further away.
