Overview
- FIA stewards gave Oliver Bearman a 10-second sprint penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage over Andrea Kimi Antonelli, dropping him from eighth to 15th.
- No superlicence points were added under the Driving Standards Guidelines, keeping Bearman on 10 points and averting an immediate race ban, with his first points not expiring until after the Mexico City round.
- In the grand prix, Bearman was forced across the grass and spun while attempting to pass Yuki Tsunoda at Turn 15, yet the incident was not investigated by the stewards.
- Bearman called Tsunoda’s defending dangerous and reactionary and said he moved under braking, while Tsunoda maintained he did nothing wrong and described the outcome as unfortunate.
- Bearman finished ninth to Tsunoda’s seventh and said Haas’s new upgrade, fitted to both cars after an FP1 trial, was encouraging despite making the car more sensitive.