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As he had done to the Finn when taking his maiden win in Spain, however,
Verstappen defended expertly, gapping the Finn in the final sector to eradicate the
influence of DRS and the making his car as wide as possible through the opening
corners to keep the Ferrari man at bay until the flag.
With Raikkonen sixth, seventh place went to Fernando Alonso, who took the
place at the start by passing Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz. The six points earned
by Alonso will be welcomed by McLaren but it might have neen more had eigthon-the-grid Jenson Button not suffered a loss of hydraulic pressure early on. He