With a slightly mixed up grid, Massa led the field away at the start. Bottas and Rosberg battled through the first few corners, with the former maintaining his position despite the Mercedes driver’s best efforts to overtake. Hamilton stormed up to fifth place, before displacing Alonso. The first pit stops changed the order around at the front. Mercedes used the undercut to get Rosberg ahead of both Bottas and Massa, while Hamilton was a net third – as they were all stuck behind Force India’s Sergio Perez. The Mexican dropped down the order on lap 27 as the leaders made their way past. Hamilton kicked off the second round of stops on lap 35 and was fitted with a fresh set of soft...
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