Overview
- Starting third, Emanuele Olivieri swept around Sebastian Wheldon at Mandarin and controlled the restart to win by 5.687 seconds.
- Early crashes at Lisboa and Moorish removed polesitter Wheldon, Kean Nakamura Berta, Thomas Bearman and Tiago Rodrigues, prompting a safety car.
- Jules Roussel grabbed second by 0.094 seconds over Rintaro Sato at the finish, with Rayan Caretti rising from 15th on the grid to take fourth.
- Fionn McLaughlin, who set no practice laps, charged to second before late contact at Melco caused damage that left him classified one lap down.
- Stewards are investigating restart positioning by Sato and Ary Bansal, and the main race is scheduled for 09:15 local time on Sunday.