an all Renault powered omprehensively turning powered brigade which e in the the first three
n 24 hours earlier, and g start. he opened d to control the race come under extreme the penultimate stint,
to his impressive race ed to defend effectively
until the final stops. A slick pit stop by the Red Bull crew and keeping a cool head under duress he edged out around a three second lead which he managed to retain until he crossed the line for his 21st career F1 victory. Relieved would aptly describe Vettel’s post race
demeanour as he gave account of his afternoon at the office: “I think it was an incredible race, extremely tough. We had a good start, I was able to pull away immediately which turned out to be a big advantage because we always had to go on a used set of tyres as we used nearly all of them in qualifying. Kimi was very quick, so was Romain.”