At the start, Leclerc appeared to gain well against Verstappen before the polesitter swung left and made sure of the lead into Turn 1, where Leclerc saw off Sergio Perez's attentions and that allowed Daniel Ricciardo to slip ahead into third as they raced away.
Lando Norris never got that far as he was taken out on Turn 1's outside line – the McLaren an innocent victim of a chain of events involving Hamilton braking very late on the inside and hitting Fernando Alonso, who was also close to Lance Stroll and they collided, which put the lead Aston into Norris.
