RACE REPORT
As the first round of pit stop began, triggered by leader Hamilton who took
on soft tyres, Verstappen flew up the order and by the time Rosberg made his
stop for soft tyres the Dutchman was in P2 behind Hamilton.
Lapping around half a second off the pace of the race leading Mercedes,
Verstappen began to hold up Rosberg, resulting in the German starting lap 17
2.8 seconds adrift of his team-mate. Behind the top three Raikkonen now held
fourth ahead of Ricciardo, Vettel, the Force Indias of Hulkenberg and Sergio
Perez, Williams’ Felipe Massa and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso.