Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco.

[7] Renault and Haas chose radical tyre allocation strategies, with both teams avoiding the supersoft compound entirely.

However the race changed when a virtual safety car was deployed to remove Jenson Button's McLaren which had had an engine failure.

Vettel pitted and lost out to Hamilton, Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene admitted later that the decision was "wrong".

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel with Valtteri Bottas in the Williams claiming the final podium spot, Championship leader Rosberg could only manage 5th after suffering from a slow puncture and being forced to make an extra stop.