He went from ahead of his title rival to behind him, and carrying massive damage and scrapping to even get in the points. He overtook Mick Schumacher into 10th on lap 14, in a move that threatened more drama when the cars touched.įor Verstappen, it was nothing short of a nightmare. Like Hamilton, Verstappen was also seeking to fight his way from the back. That led Esteban Ocon stunningly leading the race, with Vettel second ahead of Latifi. Only race leader Lewis Hamilton started on intermediate tyres suited to driving in damp conditions - but it was evidently the wrong decision, as Hamilton immediately pitted after one lap and sending him straight to the back of the pack in 14th. Raikkonen was handed a 10-second time penalty. But in the pit-lane scramble, Nikita Mazepin was shunted by Kimi Raikkonen, causing damage to Mazepin’s Haas which soon forced him to retire. The rain stopped during the time the race was stopped, with almost every driver choosing to immediately change to slick or dry tyres. Williams driver Latifi, for one, had never been positioned so high in a F1 race - and things would soon get better after the restart as he moved up to third.
Carlos Sainz went from 15th to fourth, Yuki Tsunoda 16th to fifth, Nicholas Latifi from 18th to sixth, George Russell up nine places to eighth, and Mick Schumacher 20th to 10th. It led to a host of back-markers surging up the order and creating a chaotic leaderboard.
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