 On lap 40 , Ericsson started to slow on track and eventually retired . One lap later , Hamilton moved into second ahead of Ricciardo on the main straight . Lap 42 saw first Sainz and then Verstappen overtake Palmer 's Renault , who fell back to eleventh . Another lap later , Ricciardo changed tyres and came out fifth behind Massa , taking fourth three laps later . At the front , Hamilton and Vettel slowly closed on Rosberg , with the gap between the two also coming down . Vettel came onto the back of Hamilton with five laps remaining , chasing him closely for several laps before making a mistake in the second to last corner of lap 55 , losing his chances at second place . 
