at the , ferrari were the favorites to win with their superior straight line speed. vettel took pole position while leclerc managed third behind hamilton. during the race, vettel and hamilton dueled with vettel managing to stay ahead of hamilton. however, on lap 48 vettel went off the track and rejoined dangerously in front of hamilton, which resulting in vettel being given a penalty for rejoining the track dangerously. as a result, ferrari missed out on their first victory of the season due to vettel's penalty, although ferrari subsequently announced that they would appeal.