Overview
- Nico Hülkenberg was promoted to ninth when five‑second penalties for Lance Stroll and Oliver Bearman for repeated position changes on a straight altered the final order.
- The reshuffle secured two late points for Sauber, sealing ninth in the Constructors' Championship with 70 points and leaving the team short of Haas.
- From 18th on the grid, Hülkenberg started on softs, pitted early for hards, and fought to 11th on track before the post-race changes.
- The recovery came after a qualifying exit he called “miserable,” criticizing Sauber’s late-run timing and traffic management.
- Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto qualified seventh by a whisker off sixth but finished 11th, as attention shifts to the Audi transition and Hülkenberg marked his 250th Grand Prix.