Overview

• The Formula 3 feature race was cancelled after heavy rain and forecasts now project a 70% chance of rain at the start of the Grand Prix.
• Lando Norris clinched pole by 0.085 seconds over teammate Oscar Piastri, giving McLaren a front-row lockout.
• Piastri leads Norris by nine points in the drivers’ championship entering the wet main event.
• Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Antonelli and Carlos Sainz will start from the pit lane after taking on new power units and other components.
• McLaren principal Andrea Stella instructed both drivers to minimise first-lap incidents in response to treacherous track conditions.