"Lewis started pole and had a good start and controlled the race but there was not much happening," he said. "Starting from fourth was damage limitation for me but it was not too bad."
While Mercedes look favourites for a seventh consecutive constructors' title, Ferrari endured a farcical race after a difficult opener last week. They brought upgrades which made little difference to their qualifying performance and lost the chance to test them in race conditions when Leclerc ran into Vettel early on."I had the inside and I wasn't expecting Charles to try something," Vettel told Sky Sports. "We should avoid situations like this but not much I could do."
Leclerc started 14th from a three-place grid penalty in qualifying and admitted blame. "I am disappointed in myself," he said on Twitter. "Seb hasn't got any faults today.Alex Albon took fourth in the second Red Bull and Lando Norris was fifth for McLaren after dashing past Racing Point drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll on the final straight.
Daniel Ricciardo , Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat completed the scoring while Kimi Raikkonen , Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean , Antonio Giovinazzi , Pierre Gasly , George Russell and Nicholas Latifi were out of the points.
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