And the champ, Max Verstappen: “It was a good race, all about tyre management. Charles Leclerc: “I was 110% from the first lap to the last lap. Lap 57/58: Two laps to go and Leclerc exactly 2secs ahead of Perez. Lap 56/58: “You’re going to be on him on the last lap,” Red Bull tell Perez. Lap 55/58: Perez takes a second off the gap in the course of a lap. Lap 46/58: “Are we going to catch Leclerc?” asks Perez. Lap 34/58: Perez pits and comes out between Hamilton and Norris in P6. Lap 33/58: Leclerc is inching towards Perez in second, the gap now whittled down to 1.7secs. Lap 24/52: Leclerc pits from the lead and comes out in third.

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