Overview
- Max Verstappen started from the pit lane after Red Bull fitted a new engine and overhauled set-up outside parc fermé, then charged to third despite an early puncture.
- Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli earned a career-best second place, holding off Verstappen in the closing laps.
- Oscar Piastri was given a 10-second penalty for causing a restart collision with Antonelli that ended Charles Leclerc’s race, and he finished fifth behind George Russell.
- Post-race standings: Lando Norris 390 points, Oscar Piastri 366, Max Verstappen 341, with Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi remaining.
- Ferrari failed to score as Leclerc retired and Lewis Hamilton later stopped with damage, allowing Red Bull to overtake Ferrari for third in the constructors’ standings.