Overview
- The win lifts Kimi Antonelli to 100 points in the drivers’ standings, with George Russell on 80 and Charles Leclerc on 63.
- He won by 3.2 seconds after a messy start, wheel-to-wheel fights with Leclerc and Lando Norris, and a key pit stop that put him back in front.
- Lionel Messi attended with his wife, visited the Mercedes garage, sat in Antonelli’s car, and later congratulated him in the paddock.
- Race organizers moved the start forward by three hours because forecasts called for thunderstorms.
- F1 heads to Canada in two weeks with Antonelli holding a 20-point lead and Mercedes showing early-season strength.