Overview
- The FIA decision document tallied 55 grid-place penalties for multiple power-unit element changes, with 10-place penalties per part and 5 for the exhaust.
- Because the components were changed without permission and the car ran a different-spec rear wing and altered suspension under parc fermé, regulations required a pit-lane start under Article 42.3(d).
- After qualifying 19th in wet conditions, Red Bull accepted the penalties as a pragmatic move given the limited net loss in starting position.
- Tsunoda started from the pit lane and finished classified 12th following the post-race disqualifications of both McLaren drivers.
- Red Bull said a tyre-pressure error caused his Q1 exit, and an early stop on lap one prevented him from capitalising on a subsequent Virtual Safety Car.