Verstappen led the race from start to finish for his second win of the season, while he also closed the gap on the leader, Charles Leclerc.

It was a one-two for Red Bull with Verstappen's teammate, Sergio Perez, who claimed second.

Leclerc was en route to a podium finish and with just laps to go he was pushing Perez, but a mistake saw him spinning off, which resulted in him having to pit for new tyres and a nose wing.

This allowed Norris (Mclaren) to move into third, where he sat for the remainder of the race to complete the podium.

George Russell (Mercedes) held off a fierce challenge by the former Mercedes driver, Valterri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), to cross the finish in fourth.

Verstappen said the team's hard work paid off.

“It’s always tough to achieve something like that,” said Max Verstappen.

“Already yesterday and the day before, we were on it and it was looking like a strong weekend. Today, you never know with the weather how competitive you will be… but as a team we did everything well and I think one-two is very well deserved.

“The start was very important, but afterwards, judging the conditions and when to swap to the slick tyres and on the out lap on slick tyres, not to make mistakes.

“In the lead, you have to always dictate the pace, and it’s always a bit more difficult initially but everything was well managed.”

The next stop for Formula 1 will be 8 May with the Miami Grand Prix.

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