lewis hamilton won the race, his 90th career win. valtteri bottas came in second and alex albon finished third; his first career podium. by finishing in ninth place, kimi räikkönen scored his first points of the season. a poor restart after the second red flag meant george russell slipped from ninth to 12th and last. he eventually finished 11th leaving him out of the points. twelve drivers were warned by the fia for their part in the accident at the restart on lap 6. writing for the bbc, former gp2 series champion jolyon palmer praised the circuit, saying that it "defied all the [hermann] tilke design theories and yet provided a great spectacle in the traditional sense."