Race report Lewis Hamilton successfully retained the lead position on the start, while his teammate Valtteri Bottas gradually dropped to sixth place over the first two laps while reporting problems with his car. Carlos Sainz pulled away quickly to take Valtteri Bottas off the start claiming second. The McLaren driver went on to pull a gap to the cars behind. During lap six the left-rear brake on Sebastian Vettel's
SF1000 overheated to the point that the brake assembly caught fire before disintegrating and flying off the car at the start of lap seven. This caused Vettel to miss a couple of corners (in the process he smashed through the polystyrene chicane direction indicator boxes at the first chicane) before limping to the pits to retire. On lap 19, Kevin Magnussen's
Haas suffered a power unit failure and his car stranded to the side of the pit lane entrance. At the end of the next lap, Pierre Gasly elected to make his pitstop. The
safety car was deployed shortly afterwards and the pit lane was closed to allow marshals to safely remove the stranded Haas from the track. Both Hamilton and Antonio Giovinazzi made a pit stop shortly after the safety car had been deployed despite the pit lane being closed. They were both given 10-second stop-and-go penalties for this infraction (Hamilton was given two penalty points on his
FIA Super Licence as a result). When the pit lane was re-opened two laps later, most of the field entered to make their pit stop. This allowed Gasly to move into third place behind Hamilton and
Lance Stroll, the only driver who did not stop. Hamilton held on to the lead ahead of Stroll and Gasly. Charles Leclerc crashed heavily after the restart in the Parabolica corner as the car lost its rear end, entered the gravel trap and collided with the barrier, significantly damaging the tyre barriers and his car in the process. Leclerc experienced some pain in his back following the incident, but a medical examination showed he did not have any injuries. The safety car was deployed initially, but the
red flags were brought out shortly afterwards to suspend the race to allow repairs to be made to the tyre barriers. The win also made
Honda the first engine manufacturer to win with two different teams in the sport's V6 turbo-hybrid era. The result marked the first time that
Ferrari,
Mercedes and
Red Bull all failed to score a podium finish since the
2012 Hungarian Grand Prix. It was also the first time since Räikkönen won the
2013 Australian Grand Prix driving for
Lotus F1 that the race winner did not drive for Ferrari, Mercedes or Red Bull. The race contributed to discussions over potential future changes to Formula One race weekend formats. As
Claire and
Frank Williams ceased their involvement with the Williams team after this Grand Prix, tributes were paid to the pair from around the paddock by drivers, including from
George Russell and
Nicholas Latifi, the Williams drivers, as they crossed the line.
Race classification ; Notes • – Includes one point for fastest lap. ==Championship standings after the race==