Christian Horner and his team gambled on their tyre strategy and it paid off handsomely. Carloz Sainz is second for Ferrari, the world champion Max Verstappen third for Red Bull. Leclerc has a few choice words for his Ferrari team on the radio: “We cannot do that. 6 min remaining: Perez, Sainz, Verstappen and Leclerc are all bunched up at the front! This is great racing … Sainz is pushing for the win, Verstappen is pushing for a Red Bull one-two. Perez of Red Bull leads Sainz of Ferrari by less than a second. Verstappen is 1.3sec down Sainz … Leclerc is another 1.1sec back as they start to run into a few back markers. 31 min remaining: Sainz, in second, trails Perez by a second.

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