Red Bull also beaten by McLaren in the pit lane

Verstappen's first and only pit stop took over eleven seconds, making it by far the slowest Red Bull pit stop of the season. With Sergio Perez's pit stop the Austrian team had their act together a lot better. Red Bull's pit crew conceded just nine-hundredths of a second to McLaren's fastest time.

That the team of Verstappen and Perez will win the classification is now a certainty. The closest competitors Mercedes and Williams are miles behind and with eight Grands Prix to go. Both formations also scored fewer points than Red Bull this weekend.