It wasn't only the mechanics that were forced to work through the break, for the stewards were forced to investigate a number of incidents.

In the incident involving Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll, the Mexican attempted to overtake the Aston Martin on the inside into Turn 16 and both cars made contact.

The stewards determined that Perez initiated the overtaking attempt in a legitimate way, but then locked up his front-right wheel therefore was not able to rotate the car anymore.

The stewards determined that the Mexican was predominantly at fault, but also took into account the weather conditions and acknowledged the difficulties of controlling the car on the brakes in such circumstances.

As for Stroll, the stewards determined that the Canadian took a reasonable line into the corner and therefore was not at fault.

Therefore, a far as Perez was concerned, a 5s time penalty was deemed appropriate and would have been applied in-race if that had been possible. However, as the Mexican was not classified and 5s time penalties regularly do not convert into grid drops, no penalty was applied.

Oliver Bearman was summoned as he exceeded the 1:52.00 time limit between the Safety Car lines, a breach of Article B1.8.5 of the FIA F1 Regulations and Article 12.2.1.i of the FIA International Sporting Code.

The stewards thoroughly reviewed Marshalling/Positioning data, timing data and on-board cameras and the Haas driver stayed at or above speeds necessary to stay below 1:52.0 around the vast majority of the circuit.

However, the stewards determined that the Briton took appropriate action to not impede other drivers, and slowed down significantly to allow another driver to pass while giving this driver a clear
track.

The stewards therefore determined that Bearman did not drive "unnecessarily slowly", and that he was above the maximum time because he took appropriate steps, and therefore took no further action.

Arvid Lindblad was alleged to have driven in the wrong direction at Turn 5 following a spin, a breach of Article 12.2.1.h of the FIA International Sporting Code.

The RB driver 41 spun after the exit of Turn 5 and was facing towards oncoming cars. He drove in the wrong direction for approximately 100 metres back to Turn 5 and used the run-off area to turn around.

Lindblad told the stewards that he could not perform a flick turn from the position in which his car was stopped after the spin. Because he was facing the wrong way, he drove back a short distance against oncoming traffic but staying to the edge of the track and away from the racing line. After he was sure the last car had passed, he attempted a flick turn but the car would not rotate.

The Briton explained that, knowing that the last car had passed and it would present no danger for him to continue, he drove back to turn 5 where he knew there would be space to turn.

Having regard to the difficult position he found himself in, where his car was originally prone and then unable to turn, and given further that there was no oncoming traffic, the stewards determined that what occurred was not in these circumstances unsafe and therefore took no further action.

When preparing for the re-start at the end of a Safety Car period, Alex Albon collided with the rear of Gabriel Bortoleto, and Valtteri Bottas collided with the rear of the Williams.

Albon said that he had no opportunity to avoid colliding with the rear of the Audi after Bortoleto braked hard to avoid a collision with the cars in front.

In the stewards' assessment both collisions were a consequence of a concertina created by cars ahead travelling at inconsistent speeds in the preparation for the re-start.

As Albon and Bottas were towards the back of the pack of slow moving cars, the chain reaction effect on them was more pronounced.

Nonetheless, the stewards determined that like the collision between Bottas and Albon, the collision between the Thai driver and Bortoleto could have been avoided had the Williams driver recognised the risk of a concertina ahead and left more space when following the Brazilian, particularly having regard to the damp conditions.

Had Albon not retired from the Sprint as a consequence of the collision, the stewards would have imposed a 5s time penalty rather than the usual 10s penalty taking into account that, in part at least, a number of cars ahead in the queue had contributed by slowing at inconsistent rates. A 5s time penalty would not have been converted into a grid penalty and therefore the stewards opted not to apply a penalty in this case.

Like the collision between Albon and Bortoleto, the collision between Bottas and the Williams could have been avoided had the Cadillac driver recognised the risk of the concertina ahead and left more space when following.

Like Albon, had Bottas not retired from the Sprint as a consequence of the collision, the stewards would have imposed a 5s time penalty rather than the usual 10s. However, again, a time penalty would not have been converted into a grid penalty and therefore the stewards determined not to apply a penalty in this case also.