Overview
- Sebastien Buemi was awarded pole and three championship points after Taylor Barnard exceeded track limits at Turn 16 in the duel final.
- Barnard starts second with Edoardo Mortara third and Mitch Evans fourth, while Oliver Rowland lines up eighth and Maximilian Günther ninth.
- Porsche-powered entries qualified below expectations, with Nico Müller best in fifth, Jake Dennis seventh, and works driver Pascal Wehrlein only eleventh.
- Lucas di Grassi drops three grid spots for causing a collision in São Paulo, Jean‑Eric Vergne and Felipe Drugovich take three-place penalties for Full Course Yellow violations, and Pepe Marti starts at the back with an additional 10‑second stop‑and‑go after component changes.
- Porsche is running a pre-planned silver livery as it pays tribute to former racer Hans Herrmann, who died at 97.