Overview
- Oscar Piastri set a 1:40.510 in SQ3 to claim sprint pole by nearly half a second.
- Max Verstappen qualified second with Lando Norris third and Charles Leclerc fourth.
- Lewis Hamilton spun in SQ1 and will start 18th; George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli will line up 13th and 20th.
- Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman secured fifth and seventh for Haas on the sprint grid.
- Late-session track evolution enabled Pierre Gasly, Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto to reach SQ3.