Overview
- Bortoleto retired on lap one after contact with Stroll at Bico de Pato sent the Sauber into the wall.
- The touch came as Stroll moved left toward the corner while Bortoleto tried the outside, which Bortoleto said clipped his front tyre.
- Colapinto, observing from close behind, accused Stroll of not checking his mirrors and of leaving no room.
- Starting from the back after a sprint crash kept him out of qualifying, Bortoleto described the clash as hard racing and said Stroll is usually fair.
- Bortoleto said he had already passed Lewis Hamilton and Colapinto earlier in the lap, and no steward penalties were reported in the coverage.