Overview
- Kimi Antonelli converted pole into victory on Sunday to claim his fifth win in six races and left him 68 points clear of team-mate George Russell in the drivers’ standings.
- Antonelli took a decisive late qualifying lap to snatch pole, beating Max Verstappen by 0.043 seconds in a dramatic Q3 session where Charles Leclerc clipped the wall.
- Max Verstappen suffered a power-unit problem at the start, retired to the pits after the opening lap, and did not contest the planned duel for the lead.
- Race control stopped the Grand Prix after Lance Stroll and Charles Leclerc crashed at the final corner where the asphalt had broken up, producing a near-40-minute red-flag pause and an eight-lap standing restart.
- Multiple penalties and steward inquiries changed finishing positions on Sunday, including George Russell’s speeding and procedural penalties and pending investigations into other drivers, and organisers now face safety and circuit-repair questions over the surface failure.