Antonelli lost the lead at the start as the Ferrari drivers both made their expected fast starts and Hamilton took the lead from third on the grid and Leclerc moved into third ahead of Russell, and narrowly missed out on passing Antonelli for second through the long complex of corners that starts the lap.
Antonelli reclaimed the lead down the back straight on lap two, while Russell took a little longer to move into second place, passing Leclerc on lap three and Hamilton on lap four.
The two Mercedes ran together at the front until a safety car was triggered by the retirement of Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin, which stopped in the run-off area at Turn Two.
Russell’s chances of victory unravelled in the next few laps. The four leading cars all stopped for fresh tyres together but while Antonelli retained the lead, Russell lost positions to the Alpine of Franco Colapinto and Esteban Ocon’s Haas, who had not stopped.
Russell then had a sticky restart. His tyres were too cold, and he had a series of snaps through the final corners before the restart and the first corners of the lap and he lost positions to both Hamilton and Leclerc.
Russell soon cleared Ocon and Colapinto but he was stuck behind the Ferraris for a further 14 laps.
By the time Russell was past and into second place on lap 29, Antonelli was nearly seven seconds ahead.
Russell pushed on trying to close the gap, but his own fastest lap was answered by one from Antonelli, underlining that the 19-year-old had an answer for everything Russell could throw at him.
There was a minor scare for Antonelli when he had a heavy lock-up at the end of the back straight with three laps to go but he kept things under control to lead Russell home by 5.5 seconds.
