Even during the Bridgestone versus Michellin era, cars backed off to save their tyres, and Schumacher too was a master of holding everyone back while saving his tyres to prevent an extra stop. … started out as a thrilling strategic race, but it turned out to be a rather action-packed contest instead with two full course cautions for Massa's strange crash and the Grosjean-Ricciardo incident, coupled with a red flag for a rather unusual reason following yet another incident.