[1] Heading into the race Lewis Hamilton held a 7-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas in the Drivers' Championship.

[4] On 20 May, less than a week before the race, three-time world champion Niki Lauda died at the age of 70, after a long period of ill health.

In the second qualifying session, Pierre Gasly impeded Romain Grosjean, and was later given a three-place grid penalty.

[7][9][10] Before the race started, there was a moment of silence to pay respects to Lauda, with the majority of personnel and fans wearing red caps.

Leclerc had made it up to 12th by lap eight, but touched the inside wall at turn 17 during an overtake attempt on Nico Hülkenberg, sending his Ferrari into a spin.

Over the course of the next lap, Leclerc fell to last place as his tyre ripped apart and caused significant damage to the car's floor, spreading debris around the track.

Bottas was brought into the pits again on the following lap for a switch from medium to hard-compound tyres and for the team to check for damage, emerging in fourth place behind Vettel.

On the same lap, Antonio Giovinazzi attempted an overtake on Robert Kubica at turn 17, making contact and sending the Williams into a spin.

Verstappen was unable to get close enough for an overtake on the subsequent laps, and Hamilton crossed the finish line to take victory.

Completing the top ten were Gasly (who set the fastest lap of the race), Sainz, Kvyat, Albon, Ricciardo and Grosjean (who was penalized from 9th), both Toro Rosso cars finishing in the points for the first time since the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix, and their best finish since the 2015 United States Grand Prix.