The motion was all behind the 2 leaders, as Piastri from fifth on the grid and Leclerc from ninth sought to make up floor.
Each did so by operating lengthy to their pit stops.
Piastri, who was fifth behind Hamilton and Russell within the opening laps, stopped after them on lap 38 and got here again to cross each across the outdoors of Flip Seven, Hamilton on lap 40 and Russell 5 laps later.
His podium end prolonged McLaren’s lead over Purple Bull within the constructors’ championship to 42 factors.
Hamilton then suffered the identical destiny by the hands of Leclerc, who stopped on lap 36 and handed him on lap 49.
The Briton had began on the delicate tyre, hoping he may be capable to leap Verstappen in the beginning. However the Dutchman held him off as Hamilton attacked on the first nook, and the Purple Bull quickly started to drag away.
Hamilton made an early cease to vary his delicate tyres for hards on lap 17, and feared he won’t make it to the top of the race. He did, however his aged tyres meant he may do nothing to carry again Piastri and Leclerc.
Russell, beginning on the medium tyres like all the opposite drivers within the prime 10 bar Hamilton, ran to lap 27 earlier than stopping.
His tyres had been 9 laps older than Leclerc’s when the Ferrari caught him, however the higher traction of the Mercedes saved him, and Leclerc couldn’t get shut sufficient to cross.
Ricciardo’s quickest lap not solely helped out Verstappen within the championship, however could have been a final hurrah for the favored eight-time winner.
There’s hypothesis that Ricciardo could be dropped in favour of Purple Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson earlier than the following race, the USA Grand Prix, in Austin, Texas, from 18-20 October.