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Red Bull ran him on an inverted strategy starting on the hards and switching to the mediums and delayed his final pit stop as late as possible.

Hamilton started on hards and ran longer before switching to mediums, which meant his tyres were faster than Leclerc's at the time.

Nearly all the drivers stopped for tyres, and Russell, Leclerc and Norris came out on three different compounds - Russell on softs, Leclerc on hards and Norris on mediums.

Hamilton made an early stop to change his soft tyres for hards on lap 17, and feared he might not make it to the end of the race.

Norris’ soft tyres degraded quickly and Verstappen’s hards stayed in good shape, hence the Dutchman was able to chase down Norris and pass him.