Even as he was recording his 77th pole position on Saturday afternoon, there were few who thought that the British driver would maintain that position 24 hours later. But a nervy display from Ferrari on Sunday allowed Hamilton to fairly cruise to his 67th win, sharing the podium with chief rival Sebastian Vettel and team mate Kimi Raikkonen.
The Mercedes had looked to be a hard car to drive during all of Friday and Saturday’s practice running, with both Hamilton and Bottas spinning at the Turn 6 chicane in FP3. But come Sunday, the four-time champion appeared to have the W09 exactly where he wanted it, as he controlled the race to extend his lead over Sebastian Vettel in the drivers’ standings to 24 points. It had looked set to be a Mercedes one-two with six laps left to go. But Vettel used DRS to sweep past Valtteri Bottas into Turn 1. When the Finn tried to fight back into Turn 2, he locked up and clipped Vettel. The German continued, pulling Raikkonen through with him, as Bottas dropped to fourth with a damaged front wing. Three laps later, Bottas hit Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull as the Australian tried to make a move into Turn 1 to mark a messy end of the race for the Finn, who ended up in fifth – a position he retained even with the 10-second time penalty he received post-race for his role in the incident. Ricciardo, on the other hand, will have been delighted to finish fourth, having started the race down in P12. Pierre Gasly drove a great Grand Prix to finish in sixth for Toro Rosso, comfortably leading home Kevin Magnussen in the Haas, while Fernando Alonso gave McLaren something to smile about, coming home P8. The Renault of Carlos Sainz and the Haas of Romain Grosjean rounded out the top 10.| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 213 pts |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 189 pts |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 146 pts |
| 4 | Valterri Bottas | Mercedes | 132 pts |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 118 pts |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 105 pts |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 52 pts |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 45 pts |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Haas | 44 pts |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 30 pts |
