Vettel wins Monaco GP over Raikkonen for Ferrari 1-2

Vettel perfect in Monaco

Sebastian Vettel hounded Kimi Raikkonen until Raikkonen pitted for tires then, except for a full course caution that closed up the field, pulled away at will to win the Monaco GP over his Ferrari teammate Raikkonen.

Daniel Ricciardo brought the Red Bull home in third over Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes and the second Red Bull of Max Verstappen.

Carlos Sainz Jr. was 6th for Toro Rosso ahead of the 2nd Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.

Jenson Button tried to sneak under Pascal Wehrlein as the cars turned right along the harbor and tipped the Sauber up against the Armco and pinned Wehrlein in the car until the crews could right the car. That brought out a full course yellow and Vettel's 12-second lead was wiped out.

[adinserter name="GOOGLE AD"]As the safety car emerged, Button got as far as the chicane before suspension damage forced him to halt his one-race comeback. Sauber’s Grand Prix then turned into a double DNF before racing had even resumed, when Marcus Ericsson nosed his car slowly into the barriers at Ste Devote.

When racing did resume on Lap 67, McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne made the same mistake on the restart, ending what had looked like a strong chance of his and the team’s first points of the year.

But it did not matter as Vettel pulled away again when the green flew and won with ease.

The victory in Sunday’s race boosted Vettel's title advantage to 25 points over Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who finished a distant seventh.

It was Ferrari’s first win in the Principality since 2001.

How Ferrari won it

This was the Scuderia’s 227th world championship win, the 44th of Seb’s career and his sixth with Ferrari. Vettel now leads the championship on 129 points, while Kimi is fourth on 67. This was the 82nd one-two finish in the Scuderia’s history.

As always in Monaco, a few minutes before the start, the grid is jammed with people, their hearts also filled with all sorts of feelings of expectation, emotion, concerns – “check the rim, seems the driver brushed the barrier…" before it was time for the grid to form up with an all-Ferrari front row. So much is at stake in the few seconds it takes to get off the grid and run down to the braking zone at Ste. Devote. However, when you have both your cars on the front row, you in fact have the most normal of starts.

Raikkonen could not touch Vettel once Vettel took the lead

Kimi got away well from pole on the right side of the track, pulling Seb along behind him, who was fighting off the Mercedes. The two SF70Hs soon pulled out a bit of a lead over Bottas, Verstappen and Ricciardo. However, the hot conditions made it difficult to follow another car too closely as there was a risk of overheating. Seb was running around 1’14" behind Kimi at this point, but the Reds began to up the pace, lapping in the low 1m 17s.

The basic strategy was quite straightforward: just one tire stop shortly before half distance, switching from the Ultra to the Supersoft: therefore it was best to try and build up a small lead right away. A sixth of the way through, there was just a little more than two seconds splitting the Ferraris, while Bottas was dropping back. Things livened up on lap 15 with Sebastian posting a fastest lap of 1’16"197.

Next time round, Hulkenberg’s Renault began smoking at the back in the run down to Mirabeau. The engineers started planning for a safety car scenario, but only yellow flags were required. In our garage, the calm tones of Diego Ioverno ran through the various scenarios and as Bottas had slowed less than the Ferraris under yellow, he was now 5 seconds off Seb, who in turn had closed on Kimi.

By lap 26, the backmarkers were already on the agenda and Kimi lost time getting by Button and Wehrlein who were scrapping between themselves. Seb also got past but Bottas had made up 4 seconds and therefore the two Ferrari men responded immediately. On lap 32 Verstappen’s Red Bull kicked off the run of pit stops and next time round it was Bottas’ turn. Immediately Ferrari moved to protect its position and, as planned, brought Kimi in first for his stop.

Seb thus found himself leading from Ricciardo who was pushing very hard, trading fastest sector times with Seb. Vettel’s best lap, a 1’15"587, gave a good idea of the Ferrari’s potential. Ricciardo pitted at half-distance and Seb continued to push in anticipation of his stop at the end of lap 39. Would that be enough to get him ahead of Kimi? Yes, the move worked.

In Monaco, it usually takes some major incident for things to change at the front. Seb continued to push, while Kimi held off Ricciardo. And then came that major incident: with just 18 laps to go, Wehrlein was hit by Button and his Sauber was tipped on its side against the barrier at Portier. The Safety Car came out and the gaps were wiped out, including the leader’s 12 seconds over Raikkonen. Seb asked about Pascal over the radio and was told he was okay. The Safety Car stayed out for a long time, coming in with 12 laps to go. The race was on again with the two Ferrari’s getting away well. Behind them there were some battles and Vandoorne went off at Ste. Devote. That was just about it in terms of excitement, with only the small matter of the best moment of all still to come as the cars took the checkered flag.

QUOTES

Mercedes GP

Valtteri Bottas (4th): "Missing out on a first Monaco podium is painful. It's been a long week and we've worked so hard, so it's disappointing to miss out. I was stuck in the traffic while Daniel (Ricciardo) was running in free air and ultimately, that cost me a place on the podium. It's been a really tough weekend for us and we've just been missing pace. Ferrari were very strong this weekend and for whatever reason, their car seems easier to operate, so we have work to do. We have to learn from this, but there's a long year ahead. Hopefully this will be our worst weekend this season. Canada should be a different story."

Lewis Hamilton (7th): "I'm really, really happy that I was able to fight back to seventh. The strategists said P10 was probably the maximum today, so it feels great to have beaten that target. To score six points, considering where I was on the grid after a disastrous day on Saturday is a good recovery. Today it was impossible to overtake and I tried everything to get past Carlos [Sainz] at the end! I'm just grateful to have ended up in P7. I went on the radio at the end there to make sure the team know that this battle isn't over. We'll be sure to push those red cars hard next time out in Canada. We've got a real fight on our hands, but there are still 14 races to go."

James Allison, Technical Director: "Both drivers did their utmost today to gather as many valuable points as possible for the championship ahead. But it is clear that this weekend we didn't give them the equipment necessary to do better. This has been a tough week for us and we now need to go back to the factory and make sure we do everything in our power to ensure it remains our weakest result of the year – and that we can return to form in Canada."

Toto Wolff: "Ferrari dominated the race today and first of all we must congratulate them for that performance. But our job is to analyze what happened to us this weekend and then to understand it. Today was a day of damage limitation and the drivers did that as well as they possibly could have done. Valtteri drove a controlled and consistent race. He was unfortunate to lose P3 at the pit stops but, with two cars, Red Bull had the chance to pincer him and they made that work. We successfully covered Verstappen but then Riccardo was able to unleash some lap times that we just couldn't match. As for Lewis, he did a great job to take every opportunity that came his way and climb to P7, which was the maximum of our expectations for him today. There were also glimpses of competitive lap times during the later part of the race on the super soft tire. But the reality is that we were in and out of the working window of the tires this weekend and that made our performance too inconsistent overall. We have limited the damage and need to work hard to understand our weakness and come back much stronger in Montreal in two weeks' time."

Red Bull-Tag Heuer

Daniel Ricciardo (3rd): "I'm much happier today. I can't obviously complain how it worked out and I have to thank the team. It was cool to show some pace today and we had that clear track. I didn't think the tires had that much more but I just got into that rhythm, was able to punch out some good times. I knew the pace was right, my engineer was encouraging me on the radio saying: "Pace is really good. Keep going, keep going!" That was certainly motivating and my thanks to the homies. After the safety car it was pretty unexpected when I touched the wall as I didn't brake late or anything, I felt I was quite cautious, but then when I turned I thought the car isn't turning, I then hit the wall and thought I damaged the front wing or something but in the end it was okay. I'm just happy to be back on the podium to be honest. That was definitely the icing on the cake and is a reward for myself and the team."

Max Verstappen (5th): "It is very disappointing after such a clean weekend where everything has gone really well to then feel I lost out on a podium, but I guess that is racing. I tried everything I could to get close to Bottas, you can say we stopped too early or should have gone longer but that is always easy to think after the race. Even after the safety car, I was on fresh, softer rubber but with the wide cars and dirty air you can't make a move and I had no real chance of overtaking here. I think I did 77 laps in traffic today, that isn't much fun and I couldn't push but at least we finished the race which is the biggest positive from the day."

Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "A very strong drive by Daniel Ricciardo in the grand prix, after feeling slightly frustrated yesterday things went his way today, getting on to the podium in third place. But what really made the race for him were his laps in free air around the pit stop. We'd elected to try for the undercut on (Valtteri) Bottas with Max and we were within a whisper of achieving that, which Valtteri covered. And that in turn gave Daniel free air which he used to great effect, and that was where he obtained the podium finish. Even after surviving a brush with the wall at the re-start after the safety car, he achieved everything possible today. To get both cars to the finish and a podium on merit is a very satisfactory result here in Monaco. The cars took another step forward here in Monaco and we thank the team at ExxonMobil for bringing an engine oil upgrade here for us, another incremental gain in performance, and we now look forward to Montreal. Our congratulations are with Ferrari on winning this grand prix again after 16 years."

Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel (1st): "It's an incredible day. In the laps before my pit-stop I was surprised by my own pace because earlier on Kimi and I were both struggling with the rear tires. Those laps I did today were comparatively better than the ones I did in qualifying yesterday. It was impossible for me to predict how fast I could go today. At one point I thought a second, maybe half a second, but then it turned out it was more than that, which was obviously crucial to grant me first place out of the box. It was fantastic to be in the lead and win the race. There was a lot of adrenaline during those laps but in general I could control the race. It sure helps to be the leading car, without any traffic, so that you get better into the rhythm. Once I had new tires, again I was able to control the position. We had the chance this weekend to finish first and second and that's what the team did. It's great to see what we were able to do. Today the team gained a lot of points. It's been a while since Ferrari won here so it's a great day. I really enjoyed driving for the team. It is great to work together, we try to push each other and the best thing is to see that the team keeps growing."

Kimi Raikkonen (2nd): "To finish first and second is what we wanted, a very good result for the whole team. Obviously right now I'm not very happy, because second place is not what I was looking for, but that's how it goes. When you have done most of the hard work and you finish second it's not bad, but we expected a bit more. When I came out after the pit stop I got stuck behind lapped cars and that was not ideal, but this was out of my control. At the next track in Canada the layout is completely different from here: it's hard to predict what will happen, but let's see."

Maurizio Arrivabene, Team Principal: "Today's one-two is a great result for the entire team, on a track that highlights the qualities of the car and the person driving it. Both our drivers performed like champions. Starting from pole, Kimi led the race up until his pit stop, which took place on the planned lap. Seb stayed out for a few more laps to cover Ricciardo. Vettel's times were exceptional on Ultrasofts that had done a lot of laps, which confirms the quality of the Pirelli product. As for Kimi, unfortunately he lost a bit too much time behind a backmarker. The most important aspect of today is that all the hard work carried out by the guys at the track was rewarded, as was the fact that our car was so well conceived back in Maranello. Now, it's already time for us to think of the forthcoming Grand Prix in Canada."

Mattia Binotto: "Today's result was built on the front row we secured yesterday in qualifying. It shows that the SF70H was well suited to all the conditions we encountered over the weekend at a circuit that requires maximum aerodynamic downforce. But in fact, we can claim that, so far, our car has behaved very well on all types of track. Now we look ahead, one step at a time, aware of the importance of upcoming developments."

Sergio Marchionne, Ferrari Chairman: "Something we've been waiting for a long time has finally come to pass, a race which will be part of our history. Not only a victory, but a one-two finish at a Grand Prix with a tradition as glorious as Monaco, where Ferrari last won with another one-two, delivered on that occasion by Schumacher and Barrichello. Today it was a really exciting race where we saw the real Scuderia. My compliments to the drivers and, once again, the whole team, both those at the track and the individuals that work so hard each and every day back in Maranello on a car that is finally giving our tifosi the satisfaction they deserve."

Force India-Mercedes

Esteban Ocon (12th): "It has been a difficult day and a tough weekend overall. Things just didn't work out for us in the race, which is a shame because we had strong pace and should have finished in the points. I was fighting with Felipe [Massa] in the early part of the race and we managed to undercut him during the pit stops, but then I picked up a puncture – probably from debris – and had to make an extra pit stop. That really compromised my race. So there was some bad luck, but I want to focus on the positives. The car felt good in clean air and the team made all the right decisions. We were just missing the luck today."

Sergio Perez (13th): "It's disappointing to come away from here with no points. Our race was compromised on the first lap, when I made contact with Sainz and damaged my front wing. We had to stop early and ended up in traffic, and it was always going to be difficult to recover to the points. We had a lot of pace in the car, but overtaking is always a challenge, even when you are much faster than the cars in front. After the Safety Car, with the field bunched up, I was on fresh tires and all the cars ahead were struggling. I had a big opportunity to make up a few positions, but in Monaco there is no way to overtake without taking risks. I wasn't any more aggressive than when I passed Palmer, Vandoorne or Stroll earlier in the race, but with Daniil [Kvyat] he didn't give me enough space and we touched. It wasn't a big hit but it was enough to ruin both our races. Even though I missed out on points, I am proud of my race because I gave everything I could. I feel really sorry for my team because we deserved more from this weekend and our string of good results is over, but we can take a lot of positives from today and build on them for the rest of the season."

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "A day of unrealized potential on both sides of the garage. Sergio's contact with Sainz on lap one proved very costly with the early pit stop to change the nose. For Esteban, it was always going to be difficult to battle through from P15 on the grid, but the race was coming to us until he picked up a puncture. It cost Esteban a handful of points and that was a real shame. So it was one of those days when things didn't go our way – as can often be the case in Monaco. We will dust ourselves down and look to come back strongly in Montreal in two weeks' time."

Williams-Mercedes

Felipe Massa (9th): "I'm happy with the result and scoring points today. We had brake issues from the start and I had to manage them from the very first lap. I've never had to do that before in my career! At the end, I could see Perez trying to pass me on his fresh tires and I thought 'stay here and just try to get some points', which is exactly what happened. My experience as a driver definitely helped me to get points today, so I'm very happy."

Lance Stroll (14th): "I was driving OK but then we had an issue at the end so we had to stop. Unfortunately, these things happen, especially at Monaco. There were several incidents, which meant that the tires lost temperature and it was really hard to get that back. But the next race is my home event and I'm feeling positive going into that. It's going to be very special to go home and to know that our car can be strong there."

Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: "It was always going to be a difficult race starting from 14th and 17th. We planned to deploy our strategy tactically and take advantage of safety cars if there was an opportunity to make up positions. As is usually the case in Monaco, it was an eventful race in the end. Felipe was able to benefit from this as he managed to secure two points for the team. Lance drove a solid race but, unfortunately, we had to retire him on lap 72 due to a problem with his left front brake system, which appears to have been caused by debris being picked up that blocked the cooling system. Overall, we're happy to have collected some points, but our car wasn't quick enough today. We'll learn from this to ensure we come back stronger next time."

McLaren-Honda

Stoffel Vandoorne (DNF, Accident): "It's a shame we haven't come away with any points this weekend. I think we'd all hoped to get a little bit more out of the weekend. Towards the end of the race, I knew it would be difficult at the restart. It's always difficult to heat up the Supersofts, and we knew we wouldn't be able to cover Sergio [Perez] and Felipe [Massa], who'd switched to the Option behind the Safety Car. That wasn't an option for us – when you're in the top 10, you've got to keep your position. It was hard to get the tires and brakes up to temperature, and I just had nowhere to go at Turn One, unfortunately. So, this isn't the result we wanted this weekend, but there are still positives to take away from Monaco: we may still be lacking overall performance, but we've made some useful steps forward this weekend. There's still a lot of work to do – but I remain optimistic."

Jenson Button (DNF, Damage): "Today was a disappointing day and one where we couldn't make any progress. The race was made very difficult from lap one, and then obviously the incident happened with Pascal [Wehrlein]. His tires were completely gone from lap one – I know because I had the same set of tires on from the start of the race after I pitted just after the start. I had a lot more traction coming out of the previous corner, because when these tires go on the marbles they have no grip. I thought I was a long way up the inside and then I looked across and saw that he hadn't seen me, so I tried to back out, but obviously it was too late by then. You do struggle to see in these cars, but you don't think in that moment that the guy's not going to see me when you go up the inside. I gave it a go and thought it was a fair enough judgment, but it didn't work out. You never like seeing a car tip over because you don't know if his head's going to hit anything, but the most important thing is that Pascal is okay – I spoke to him and he's a bit shaken of course but the best thing is he walked out okay. Today was a bit frustrating, but, as a racing driver, it's difficult to just drive around at the back and not get to have a go. I had a go, and thought it was a fair enough judgement, but it didn't work out. I'm sorry to the team for even more damage this weekend. I enjoyed some laps today too, but obviously I never want to damage that car, and it's not something I do very often. Yesterday was awesome – I loved it – and I'll take away lots of good memories. I hope Fernando has a good safe race this afternoon and we're all looking forward to it."

Eric Boullier, Racing Director: "Sometimes you visit the Monte-Carlo casino and hit the jackpot; other times you walk away empty-handed. For us, this was just one of those unfortunate days when the luck didn't go our way. We always knew that Jenson would start the race on the back-foot, but it was unfortunate that our attempts to run him in clean air came to nothing after Sauber attempted the very same strategy. It was cruel luck for Jenson that, despite the unsafe release of Wehrlein's car, the penalty did nothing to tip the odds in Jenson's favor. The collision was just one of those things, but I'm pleased that both drivers were able to walk away. With our focus now turned solely towards Stoffel, we looked set for a decent result. He'd been running on the fringes of the top 10 for the whole race, and his pace on the Option was very promising. Following a switch to the Prime, he still looked set for a points finish, but, on cold tires and with cold brakes, he understeered into the tire wall at Turn One when the race restarted after the Safety Car. Still, there are positives: I think it's fair to say that Stoffel has really taken a step forward this weekend, both in terms of his driving and his confidence level with the car; and Jenson showed us all that he is still a great champion and a fantastic ambassador for the sport of Formula 1. Finally, to Fernando and our friends and colleagues racing at the Indy 500, I say bonne chance."

Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda: "Today's race ended in disappointment, missing out on a potential first point of the season for the team. Although Stoffel had to start from 12th, we knew he was competitive this weekend. In fact, he moved up to 10th after his pit-stop with his brilliant performance and a good strategy from the team. I think the performance he showed today was very encouraging and therefore it's regrettable that he had to end the race having such an unfortunate accident and no points to his name. Jenson's race also had potential, but at Monaco it is notoriously difficult to overtake and he was unable to really push. The accident he had was disappointing; however, he brought great enthusiasm and a cheerful personality with him this weekend, and I think all the members of the team enjoyed racing with him. Next up is Montreal, but of course even before then we will be glued to our TV screens to watch Fernando's Indy 500 challenge."

Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault

Sainz Jr. gets 6th

Carlos Sainz (6th): "What a result, what a perfect weekend! We need to enjoy this moment, because it's not usual to achieve a faultless Grand Prix on the streets of Monaco – and this time we did! We put in good laps in practice, in yesterday's qualifying session and, in today's race, we were able to keep a World Champion in a faster car behind and finish P6 – it definitely feels so good! We've also been quicker than the rest of the midfield throughout the whole weekend and I'd like to thank the whole team for this, they gave me a very good car to drive! I really enjoyed today's race – now it's time to celebrate this well-deserved result with the team before starting to think about the Canadian GP, which is up next!"

Daniil Kvyat (15th): "How annoying! Unfortunately, Perez just drove into me, trying a very desperate move, and he ruined our race. It's even more frustrating because I was feeling good in the car, it was just getting better and better and until that moment I was fighting for points, running in P9. It's been a challenging weekend, but it could've ended up with a positive outcome if the crash hadn't happened – every time we were in free air we were very competitive! Let's hope we have a better end to the race next time out in Canada."

Franz Tost, Team Principal: "We had a very competitive package from the very start of the race weekend here in Monaco and our drivers have been showing a very good pace since Thursday. On Saturday, Carlos did a very strong qualifying, finishing in P6. Daniil, on the other hand, was a bit unlucky because of the yellow flag caused by Vandoorne's crash – this happened during Daniil's fastest lap and therefore he had to slow down and qualified only P11. In the end, he started the race from P9 because both McLarens got a penalty. Unfortunately, his start was not the best, losing two positions to Hulkenberg and Magnussen. Later on, he had a competitive race and whenever he was in free air he did very competitive lap times. Unfortunately, his race was over because of a crash with Perez, which was, in my opinion, the Force India driver's fault because you cannot overtake in that part of the track. Regarding Carlos, he did a fantastic job. He had a great start, defended his position well and performed a very competitive race. He resisted well against the pressure from Hamilton, without making any mistakes, and he definitely deserves this sixth place finish! The team is still in fifth position in the Constructors' Championship by scoring another eight points here – we have now a total of 29 and are nine ahead of Williams. This is very positive and I'd like to thank everyone – the engineers for setting the cars up well and the mechanics for more fast and precise pit-stops! We will now focus our attention to the next race in Canada… Let's see what we are capable of there."

Haas-Ferrari

Romain Grosjean (8th): "It's the first time we've had two cars in the top-10, so that's really good, especially in Monaco. It was a tough race. We didn't have the pace to stay with the first few guys. Unfortunately, nothing was happening at the front, it was all behind me. Every time a car retired it was behind me. Lewis (Hamilton) had some free air, and then managed to jump us at the pit stop. It's great to have the two cars in the points. We managed to stay out of trouble and I drove as fast as I could. There's a lot more we need to analyze and understand, but we're growing as a team."

Kevin Magnussen (10th): "Personally, I had a very disappointing race. I had a puncture, but to still finish in the points with both cars is a really good job from the team. They really deserve this. I'm happy we got it. Even though it's just one point, it could've been a lot more. I feel like I've had the most unlucky season of my life, but at least today we got both cars in the points and I'm proud of the team for that. It's Monaco, and a lot of things can happen. There's no reason to give up, you still push, and that's what I did. I kept pushing."

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal: "A first time with two cars in the points is something we wanted to achieve this year. We achieved it in race six. We wanted it before then, but race six is not too bad. Like I said after qualifying, everybody did a good job. We fell out of the points and we got back in after the puncture, so I think we can be pretty happy and content with what we did here. Everybody executed. We never lost our cool. We always stayed on top of it. We got unlucky, but then we got lucky again at the end, so we're fine. We're maturing. It takes time to mature and I think, now, we see some results. There will still be ups and downs, but we're always making steps. Sometimes you don't see them because we're not in the points, so nobody realizes, but the team has not just made a magic step today. We've made improvements over the last six months."

Renault

Jolyon Palmer (11th): "I'm happy with the race, the pace was pretty good and there were no mistakes. I enjoyed it; to hustle the car around Monaco for 78 laps was great and the tires were hanging on, so you could really push the whole way through, which was stellar. It's pretty hard to overtake here, so eleventh from P16 was it, and just one second away from getting the first point of the year! It felt much better than P11 and we can take this momentum to Canada."

Nico Hulkenberg (DNF, Gearbox): "I think a few points were possible today. We were comfortable in P10 and there was definitely potential to make some places. The thing about Monaco is you have to stay in the game and I think ninth or even eighth was possible had we been able to do that. It was pretty sudden. I saw smoke coming out from the back of the car and the team told me to stop the car; diagnosis, gearbox failure. As a driver it's disappointing but it certainly doesn't detract from our potential. We'll bounce back in Montreal."

Cyril Abiteboul, Managing Director: "Generally speaking it was a disappointing weekend at the end of this Monaco Grand Prix where we really wanted to continue our strong run of progression in the Championship. The team did a lot of work on Friday that allowed us to address a challenging situation after Thursday practice and to assure two respectable positons on the grid. Our analysis showed there was a risk with Nico's gearbox, but we chose to keep it in the car to avoid a penalty if we made a change. To score points at our current level, you have to take risks. That is motor racing and today it didn't pay off. It is frustrating because Nico had good pace. Joylon drove a good race and made no mistakes, which is good for his confidence. Now this confidence should see him qualify better in order to be in a position to score points on Sunday."

Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson (DNF, Accident): "It has been a very tough weekend from the start to the end. With the pace we have had this weekend, the race was decent from my side. Unfortunately, I then had some issues with the brakes overheating behind the safety car. I tried to bring the brake temperature down, but at the same time I had to keep the tires in the right working window. The combination of overheating brakes and cold tires made me struggle a lot to stop the car, so I could not avoid sliding into the barriers."

Pascal Wehrlein (DNF, Accident): "I am feeling okay after the accident. I could get out of the car by myself and went for the usual medical examination. As my head touched the barriers, it will be decided within the coming days if I need another medical investigation, also because of the previous thoracic vertebra injury. I am very upset as this is a result of an unnecessary overtaking maneuver, bearing in mind that Jenson and I were both on a similar strategy with the pit stop in the first lap, far off from points; an annoying incident which should not have happened."

Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "A very disappointing weekend. Since the practice sessions we had difficulties getting the tires to work and were not able to technically resolve the issues. If the pace is not there, no strategy can help. Nevertheless, we are glad that nothing serious happened to Pascal. For Marcus it is also a pity that he was not able to finish the race."

Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	78	1:44:44.340
2	7	Kimi Raikkonen	FERRARI	78	+3.145s
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	78	+3.745s
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	78	+5.517s
5	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	78	+6.199s
6	55	Carlos Sainz	TORO ROSSO	78	+12.038s
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	78	+15.801s
8	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	78	+18.150s
9	19	Felipe Massa	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	78	+19.445s
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	78	+21.443s
11	30	Jolyon Palmer	RENAULT	78	+22.737s
12	31	Esteban Ocon	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	78	+23.725s
13	11	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	78	+39.089s
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	TORO ROSSO	71	DNF
15	18	Lance Stroll	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	71	DNF
NC	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	MCLAREN HONDA	66	DNF
NC	9	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	63	DNF
NC	22	Jenson Button	MCLAREN HONDA	57	DNF
NC	94	Pascal Wehrlein	SAUBER FERRARI	57	DNF
NC	27	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	15	DNF