Overview
- Kimi Antonelli finished second, with Max Verstappen third after a late pass on George Russell, while both Ferrari cars failed to finish.
- Power‑unit and setup changes sent Verstappen and Esteban Ocon to pit‑lane starts, which moved Franco Colapinto up to 16th on the grid.
- Early drama featured Gabriel Bortoleto's crash and a chain collision that eliminated Charles Leclerc, with Oscar Piastri penalized 10 seconds for causing the contact.
- Lewis Hamilton clipped Colapinto's Alpine, lost his front wing and pitted before retiring, and the stewards issued Hamilton a five‑second penalty for the incident.
- Colapinto finished 15th, set the fastest lap of the race and was officially confirmed by Alpine as a 2026 Formula 1 race driver.