Sebastian Vettel was top of the pile once more, taking a convincing win from pole position. He lost places off the line but fought back with a great overtaking move to zip away into the lead. His dominance left others fighting for position - particularly Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher who kept on finding themselves locking horns. There were plenty of retirements, particularly after a first corner pile-up had reverberations through the field.

Note: Daniel Ricciardo didn't get off the grid successfully, but was able to get going again. He was many laps down, but kept on going for the mileage and experience. By the end of the race, he did cross the finish line but had not completed enough laps to be classified.