Complex sentence: During the race, both Mercedes cars suffered poorer starts compared to both Ferrari cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen but Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton using different tyre strategy to fend off Vettel in third place, completed a 1--2 finish.
Split into simpler sentences: During the race, both Mercedes cars suffered poorer starts compared to both Ferrari cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen. However, Mercedes took the opportunity to use different tyre strategy to fend off Vettel in third place, completed a 1--2 finish.