▁race , ▁al beit ▁in ▁last ▁position , ▁but ▁the ▁race ▁was ▁unfortunately ▁over ▁for ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic ▁before ▁Tom áš ▁En ge ▁was ▁even ▁able ▁to ▁complete ▁a ▁lap . ▁The ▁incident ▁saw ▁the ▁safety ▁car ▁deployed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁allow ▁mar sh alls ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁Czech ▁car ▁from ▁a ▁potentially ▁dangerous ▁position , ▁forcing ▁the ▁cars ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁order ▁until ▁it ▁left ▁pulled ▁into ▁the ▁p its ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁lap ▁ 3 . ▁As ▁the ▁race ▁restart ed , ▁France ▁held ▁its ▁lead ▁over ▁Portugal , ▁Brazil , ▁Ireland ▁and ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁with ▁Switzerland ▁in ▁sixth ▁spot ▁after ▁losing ▁three ▁positions ▁off ▁the ▁line . ▁Further ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁there ▁was ▁again ▁trouble ▁at ▁turn ▁ 2 ▁from ▁the ▁restart , ▁with ▁both ▁ 1 1 th - pla ced ▁Germany ▁and ▁ 1 2 th - pla ced ▁Mexico ▁lock ing ▁their ▁bra kes ▁and ▁spin ning ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁race . ▁T occ ac elo ▁in ▁the ▁Italian ▁car ▁somehow ▁managed ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁cha os , ▁dro pping ▁just ▁one ▁position ▁to ▁ 1 1 th ▁as ▁Australia ▁moved ▁into ▁a ▁point sc oring ▁position . ▁The ▁safety ▁car ▁was ▁again ▁deployed ▁while ▁the ▁cars ▁were ▁recovered , ▁protect ing ▁France ' s ▁lead ▁for ▁a ▁further ▁ 3 ▁la ps . ▁ ▁The ▁racing ▁restart ed ▁on ▁lap ▁ 8 , ▁with ▁The ▁Netherlands ▁( 7 th ) ▁and ▁Switzerland ▁( 6 th ) ▁locked ▁in ▁a ▁fasc in ating ▁battle