Overview

• Heavy standing water delayed qualifying by 40 minutes, leading the FIA to cancel knockout rounds and run only group-stage sessions
• Jake Dennis’s launch failure on the opening lap triggered an early safety car that reshuffled the field
• Evans leveraged the Pit Boost format and early Attack Mode activations to build a lead of more than five seconds by lap 11
• On lap 29, a safety car restart was followed by Rowland’s spin at Turn 6 after contact, which damaged his car and forced him to retire
• Pascal Wehrlein’s second-place finish and fastest lap narrowed Rowland’s championship cushion to 50 points with three races remaining