Championship standings before the race

Following the previous round in Hungary, Kimi Antonelli led the Drivers' Championship with 219 points, 50 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second and 59 ahead of his teammate George Russell in third. Mercedes, with 379 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, which were second and third with 307 and 220 points, respectively.^[6]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list, with the exception of Isack Hadjar at Red Bull, who injured his wrist leading into the weekend. He was replaced by Liam Lawson, marking his first appearance with Red Bull since the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix. Red Bull reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda, who last raced at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a Red Bull driver, replaced Lawson at Racing Bulls, marking his first appearance for Racing Bulls since swapping seats with Lawson after the first two rounds of 2025.^[7][8]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli selected its C2, C3, and C4 compounds—the middle three in its range—for the event, designating them as hard, medium, and soft, respectively.^[9]

Sprint qualifying report

The 12-minute SQ1 segment was contested on mandatory medium tyres. Kimi Antonelli and George Russell (Mercedes) set the opening timed laps, but Antonelli carried too much speed into the penultimate corner on his first flying lap, lost the rear of his car and travelled through the gravel before returning to the pits. Although Mercedes initially reported that no damage was visible,^[10] Antonelli later revealed that the excursion had left holes in the floor and caused a substantial loss of downforce; the Mercedes mechanics repaired the floor sufficiently for him to continue, and he recovered to finish the segment in eighth place.^[11] Russell established the early benchmark before Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) and Lando Norris (McLaren) successively moved to the top. Leclerc ultimately finished the segment fastest, ahead of Norris, Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Hamilton and Russell.^[12] Liam Lawson (Red Bull), who had returned to the team in place of the injured Isack Hadjar, took sixth ahead of teammate Max Verstappen.^[13][14] At the other end of the order, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) locked his brakes at turn 1 and ran wide, while a malfunction of his car's straight-line mode contributed to him finishing last despite receiving a tow from a Cadillac. Late improvements by Esteban Ocon (Haas) and Alexander Albon (Williams) displaced their respective teammates Oliver Bearman (Haas) and Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams), who were eliminated in 17th and 18th, respectively. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), the Cadillac drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez, and Alonso were also eliminated.^[15][16]

SQ2 was again contested on medium tyres. Norris initially moved to the top before Piastri produced the fastest lap of the segment. Leclerc and Hamilton subsequently improved, but neither Ferrari nor the Mercedes drivers could displace Piastri. Ferrari and Mercedes returned to the pits after completing their runs, whereas McLaren remained on track and ended the segment first and second, with Leclerc third ahead of Russell, Hamilton and Antonelli.^[12][16] Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Verstappen, Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) secured the remaining four places in SQ3. Bortoleto's final improvement lifted him into the top ten and displaced Lawson into the elimination zone. Lawson finished 11th after failing to make the same improvement as the other drivers as track conditions evolved, narrowly ahead of Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls), who had taken Lawson's regular seat for the weekend.^[10][14] Franco Colapinto (Alpine), Nico Hülkenberg (Audi), Ocon and Albon completed the group eliminated before SQ3.^[16]

The final eight-minute SQ3 segment was run on soft tyres and became a one-lap shootout, with all ten drivers remaining in their garages until the closing four minutes. Norris was the first to complete a representative lap and took provisional sprint pole. Antonelli was unable to improve on Norris's effort, but Russell moved ahead. Leclerc subsequently qualified third ahead of Piastri, leaving the four fastest drivers separated by less than one tenth of a second.^[17] Antonelli finished fifth, with the earlier floor damage continuing to affect his car. Verstappen qualified sixth, while Hamilton encountered oversteer at turn 1 and difficulty rotating his Ferrari through turn 9 on his way to seventh.^[18] Gasly headed the midfield runners in eighth, followed by Bortoleto and Lindblad.^[13][16] Russell had finished fifth in SQ1 and fourth in SQ2 without leading either segment, but secured his third sprint pole position in five attempts during the season.^[13]

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.278	1:12.235	1:11.567	1
2	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.071	1:12.189	1:11.608	2
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.011	1:12.190	1:11.622	3
4	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.126	1:12.026	1:11.666	4
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.668	1:12.511	1:11.794	5
6	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:13.585	1:12.771	1:12.094	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.151	1:12.445	1:12.191	7
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:13.977	1:12.720	1:12.578	8
9	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:13.730	1:12.786	1:12.583	9
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:14.057	1:12.785	1:12.737	10
11	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:13.420	1:13.136	N/A	11
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:14.490	1:13.145	N/A	12
13	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:14.618	1:13.439	N/A	13
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:14.284	1:13.616	N/A	14
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.503	1:13.893	N/A	15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:14.596	1:14.294	N/A	16
17	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.728	N/A	N/A	17
18	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:14.738	N/A	N/A	PLa
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:15.391	N/A	N/A	18
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:15.472	N/A	N/A	19
21	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:15.545	N/A	N/A	20
22	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:16.014	N/A	N/A	PLb
107% time: 1:18.121
Sources:[16][19]

Notes

• ^a – Carlos Sainz Jr. qualified 18th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[19][20]
• ^b – Fernando Alonso qualified 22nd, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[19][21]

Sprint report

George Russell (Mercedes) started from pole position, with Lando Norris (McLaren) alongside him and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) on the second row. Before the start, Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) were required to begin from the pit lane after their teams made set up changes under parc fermé conditions.^[19][22] A technical problem on Sergio Pérez's (Cadillac) car emerged before the formation lap, prompting the team to return it to the pit lane and leaving his grid position vacant. The sprint began in dry but overcast conditions, with most drivers using the medium compound tyres; Leclerc and Oliver Bearman (Haas) were the only drivers to select the soft compound.^[22][23][24]

Russell retained the lead at the start and resisted Norris's initial challenge. Behind them, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) swept around Piastri through the opening corners to take fourth place, the only change of position among the top ten on the opening lap, while Leclerc remained close behind Norris and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) followed Piastri in sixth. Further back, Franco Colapinto (Alpine) passed Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) for twelfth, while Pérez joined the sprint from the pit lane three laps after the rest of the field.^[22][24][25] Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) encountered a power unit problem during the early stages and returned to the pits; although he later rejoined the track, he completed too few laps to be classified.^[26][22][27]

Norris remained within range of Russell during the opening phase, as the leader conserved his tyres through the high-speed corners. Mercedes then instructed Russell that he could increase his pace around the tenth lap, after which he opened a more secure advantage. Norris began to struggle with rear grip and came under sustained pressure from Leclerc, whose soft tyres continued to perform without the anticipated loss of pace, while Antonelli remained close behind the Ferrari.^[23][24][27] The order also remained closely contested further back: Piastri held off Verstappen for fifth, with Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) following the Red Bull, while Pierre Gasly (Alpine) defended the final points-paying position from Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi). Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) stayed ahead of Liam Lawson (Red Bull) in the contest for tenth.^[22][24] Despite several cars running within overtaking range, the narrow circuit and the similar pace of the leading group limited changes of position.^[24][27]

On lap 18, Leclerc attacked Norris on the inside into the first corner and completed the only on-track overtake among the top ten after the opening lap. Leclerc pulled away once ahead, while Russell increased his pace sufficiently to retain control of the sprint.^[23][24][25] Norris then came under pressure from Antonelli, who attempted to challenge into the first corner on the final lap but was unable to complete a pass. Piastri similarly resisted Verstappen for fifth, while Hamilton remained seventh and Gasly secured the final point in eighth.^[22][23][24] Rain began to fall as Russell took the chequered flag, giving him his third sprint victory of the season, ahead of Leclerc and Norris. Antonelli finished fourth and extended his championship lead over Hamilton to 53 points, while Russell reduced his deficit to his teammate to 56 points.^[26][22][23]

Sprint classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	24	30:25.318	1	8
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	24	+1.360	3	7
3	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	24	+5.196	2	6
4	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	24	+5.581	5	5
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	24	+10.185	4	4
6	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	24	+10.529	6	3
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	24	+12.188	7	2
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	24	+42.510	8	1
9	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	24	+44.437	9
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	24	+44.971	10
11	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	24	+47.471	11
12	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	24	+54.466	13
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	24	+56.483	12
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	24	+1:06.098	15
15	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	24	+1:06.588	17
16	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	24	+1:14.632	16
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	24	+1:14.650	18
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	24	+1:15.284	PL
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	23	+1 lap	19
20	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	23	+1 lap	PL
21	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	21	+3 laps	PLa
NCb	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	7	+17 laps	14
Sources:[19][26]

Notes

• ^a – Sergio Pérez started the sprint from the pit lane due to a technical issue. His place on the grid was left vacant.^[26]
• ^b – Nico Hülkenberg was not classified as he did not complete 90% of the sprint distance.^[26]

Qualifying report

Q1 began on a dry track, with all drivers using the soft-compound tyre. Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) led the field out of the pit lane, before Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) set the early pace. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) then moved to the top, only to be displaced in turn by Lando Norris (McLaren) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren). George Russell (Mercedes) initially split the McLarens, while Hamilton briefly went through the gravel after locking up at turn 1. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) recovered from an error on his first attempt to move clear of the elimination zone, and Piastri ultimately headed Hamilton and Norris, with less than a tenth of a second covering the leading three. Alexander Albon (Williams) secured the final place in Q2 by little more than two hundredths of a second over Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams), who was eliminated alongside Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll (both Aston Martin), Oliver Bearman (Haas), and Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez (both Cadillac).^{[28][29][30][31]}

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) led the field out at the start of Q2 and briefly set the pace before Russell established the first representative benchmark. McLaren then assumed control as the track evolved, with Norris narrowly beating Piastri to finish the segment fastest. Bortoleto's improvement into the top ten increased the pressure on the Red Bull drivers, and, with the leading 13 cars covered by approximately one second, every remaining driver completed a second run. Verstappen improved to third, ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Russell and Hamilton, while Liam Lawson (Red Bull) advanced in eighth. Bortoleto and Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) retained the final two places in Q3. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) was the fastest driver eliminated, missing Lindblad's time by less than a tenth of a second; he was followed by Tsunoda, Hülkenberg, Franco Colapinto (Alpine), Esteban Ocon (Haas) and Albon.^{[28][29][30][32]}

The threat of rain influenced the timing of the Q3 runs. Norris held provisional pole by more than a tenth of a second after the opening attempts, with Russell separating the McLaren drivers and Piastri in third; Leclerc was fourth ahead of Antonelli, Verstappen and Lawson, while Hamilton was eighth. As the first drops began to fall, the drivers returned to the circuit earlier than usual for their final attempts. Antonelli briefly took provisional pole, but Norris immediately surpassed him; Russell then improved to second, just over a tenth of a second behind Norris, with Antonelli third and Piastri fourth. Only four hundredths of a second separated Russell, Antonelli and Piastri. Ferrari's drivers were the last of the leading contenders to complete their laps, but neither challenged for pole; Hamilton moved ahead of Leclerc to form an all-Ferrari third row. Verstappen and Lawson occupied the fourth row, while Bortoleto and Lindblad completed the top ten. Norris's result was his second consecutive pole position and the 18th Grand Prix pole of his career.^{[28][29][32][33]}

Qualifying classification

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				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.695	1:11.628	1:11.163	1
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:12.924	1:11.959	1:11.265	2
3	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.022	1:11.915	1:11.296	3
4	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.610	1:11.641	1:11.305	4
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:12.673	1:11.970	1:11.494	5
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.064	1:11.910	1:11.558	6
7	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:13.290	1:11.874	1:11.618	7
8	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:13.392	1:12.301	1:11.733	8
9	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:13.142	1:12.433	1:12.079	9
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:13.074	1:12.525	1:12.185	10
11	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:13.115	1:12.616	N/A	11
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:13.085	1:12.627	N/A	12
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:13.188	1:12.797	N/A	13
14	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:13.322	1:12.800	N/A	14
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:13.544	1:13.137	N/A	15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:13.552	1:13.182	N/A	16
17	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:13.574	N/A	N/A	17
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:13.650	N/A	N/A	18
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:13.818	N/A	N/A	19
20	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:13.826	N/A	N/A	20
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:14.371	N/A	N/A	21
22	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:14.600	N/A	N/A	PLa
107% time: 1:17.692
Sources:[34][35]

Notes

• ^a – Sergio Pérez qualified 22nd, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[35][36]

Race report

Heavy rain fell at Zandvoort during the hour preceding the race, leaving parts of the circuit damp and making the choice between slick and intermediate tyres uncertain. The rain had stopped by the time the pit lane opened, however, and the field ultimately elected to start on slicks. Pole-sitter Lando Norris (McLaren) was joined on the front row by George Russell (Mercedes), with Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) on the second row. Sergio Pérez (Cadillac) was required to start from the pit lane after suspension set-up changes were made to his car under parc fermé conditions. Norris, Russell, Antonelli and Piastri selected the medium compound for the original start, as did Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Franco Colapinto (Alpine) and Esteban Ocon (Haas); most of the remaining drivers chose soft tyres, while the two Cadillacs started on hards. Owing to the conditions, the formation lap was conducted behind the safety car, before the cars assembled for a standing start.^[37][38]

Norris retained the lead at the start, while Antonelli accelerated past Russell to take second place. Behind them, Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) overtook Piastri for fourth, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) ran alongside Liam Lawson (Red Bull) through the opening sequence of corners. At the end of the first lap, Verstappen lost control on the damp inside edge of the banked final corner after applying the throttle while part of his car remained on the painted line. His car struck the outside barrier heavily and rebounded towards the circuit, but the rest of the field avoided it and Verstappen was uninjured. The accident brought an immediate end to his home race and prompted a red flag. On the same lap, Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) spun through a full rotation while trying to avoid the slowing cars, falling to eighteenth place, while Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) took evasive action to avoid contact. Verstappen subsequently accepted responsibility for the accident, with Red Bull finding no mechanical failure on the car.^[39][40]

The order was restored to that recorded at the end of the opening lap, and the stoppage allowed the teams to reconsider their tyre selections. Norris changed to soft tyres, while Mercedes retained mediums on both cars and Piastri switched to the hard compound. Oliver Bearman (Haas) suffered a power-unit problem while travelling to the grid and stopped between turns 10 and 11, necessitating an additional formation lap and ending his race after only two completed laps. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) and Colapinto, meanwhile, were investigated for overtaking under double yellow flags following Verstappen's accident; each was subsequently given a drive-through penalty. The race resumed with a standing start on lap five. Antonelli made the better launch and passed Norris on the inside into Tarzan corner to take the lead, while Piastri overtook Russell at turn 7 for third. Russell fell to fourth ahead of Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), with Lawson seventh as the sole remaining Red Bull.^[41][37]

Antonelli initially moved beyond one second clear of Norris, preventing the McLaren driver from using Overtake Mode, while Piastri remained close enough to keep the leading pair within sight. Russell, who reported balance problems, headed a closely grouped train containing Leclerc and Hamilton, neither Ferrari being able to attempt a pass without compromising its exit from the circuit's slow and banked corners. Further back, Lawson consolidated seventh place, ahead of Gasly, Hülkenberg and Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls), while Lindblad and Colapinto served their drive-through penalties and dropped towards the rear. Norris gradually reduced Antonelli's advantage, although the Mercedes continued to be more stable through the faster sections and Antonelli repeatedly rebuilt a margin through the final sector.^[37][38]

Piastri was the first of the leading drivers to make a scheduled pit stop, coming in on lap 17 despite having restarted on hard tyres. A slow service left him vulnerable to Russell, who changed from mediums to hards on the following lap and emerged ahead of the McLaren after rejoining behind Gasly and Hülkenberg. Russell subsequently passed both midfield cars. Antonelli and Norris stopped together on lap 22 and both took hard tyres; Mercedes retained the lead despite neither stop being especially quick. Leclerc pitted for mediums at the same stage, whereas Hamilton extended his stint and temporarily moved into first place. He remained on track until lap 26, when he changed to hard tyres and emerged in sixth with clear air in which to close on the cars ahead. Once the first cycle was complete, Antonelli again led Norris, followed by Russell, Piastri, Leclerc and Hamilton.^[42][37]

The pit stops brought several cars into a compressed midfield group headed by Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams). Lindblad, Hülkenberg, Gasly and Tsunoda ran in close succession behind him, and Hülkenberg made several passes in rapid succession to work his way back towards the points after starting thirteenth. Tsunoda also overtook Gasly as the Alpine driver struggled for traction. At the front, Norris had moved back to within a second of Antonelli by lap 30, although a moment of oversteer briefly interrupted his progress. Leclerc simultaneously closed on Piastri and passed him around the outside of the banked turn 3 on lap 34; Hamilton followed by overtaking the McLaren into turn 1 on the next lap. At half distance, Antonelli led Norris and Russell, with Leclerc, Hamilton and Piastri completing the top six; Lawson, Hülkenberg, Tsunoda and Gasly occupied the remaining points-paying positions.^[43][41][42]

Mercedes initiated the second round of stops shortly after lap 40, bringing Antonelli in for another set of hard tyres and pitting Russell soon afterwards. Hamilton had by then caught Leclerc and asked Ferrari to reverse their order, but no exchange was made. Leclerc initially continued past the pit entry after being called in and stopped on the following lap, losing further time during the service; Hamilton expressed frustration over the radio as he remained behind his teammate in the effective order. Piastri also made a slow stop and rejoined sixth. Norris instead extended his middle stint until lap 48, seven laps longer than Antonelli, before taking fresher hard tyres. Although he emerged approximately five seconds behind the Mercedes, the offset in tyre life allowed him to close quickly. Hamilton, whose own final stop had not yet been made, inherited the on-track lead, with Antonelli and Norris immediately behind him.^[44][37]

By lap 52, Norris was directly behind Antonelli, whose rear tyres were beginning to lose grip. Antonelli nevertheless remained close enough to Hamilton to use Overtake Mode and attempted to pass the Ferrari into turn 1 on lap 54. He moved towards the inside, leaving Norris the cleaner outside line; Norris braked later and swept around the outside of Antonelli to take second place. Later in the same lap, Hamilton ran wide at turn 10, allowing Norris to draw alongside and pass him through the following corner sequence for the net lead as well as first place on the road. Antonelli overtook Hamilton soon afterwards, but Norris had already begun to establish a margin at the front. The two manoeuvres completed within one lap proved decisive, converting the tyre advantage created by McLaren's extended second stint into control of the race.^[45][42][40]

Ocon stopped beside the circuit in the opening sector shortly afterwards, causing a virtual safety car. Antonelli and Hamilton used the neutralisation to fit soft tyres, while Norris and Russell stayed out on their existing hards. The virtual safety car ended before Norris could make a stop without losing the lead, leaving him several seconds ahead of Russell at the restart and Antonelli a similar distance behind his teammate. The newer soft tyres enabled Antonelli to close rapidly, and Mercedes instructed Russell to yield second place on lap 65 so that Antonelli could pursue Norris. Russell initially questioned the instruction because of the risk that Hamilton might also catch him, but complied; after the race, he accepted that the swap had been justified by Antonelli's tyre advantage. Antonelli reduced Norris's lead during the first laps after the exchange, but his soft tyres then began to fade and Norris again pulled clear.^[46][44][37]

A collision between the two Williams drivers late in the race left debris at turn 5 and caused a second virtual safety-car period on lap 70. Sainz was subsequently given a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision with Alexander Albon, who retired but was classified seventeenth. The interruption effectively ended Antonelli's opportunity to challenge for victory. Norris controlled the final restart and won by more than eleven seconds from Antonelli, with Russell resisting late pressure from Hamilton to complete the podium; Leclerc finished close behind in fifth and Piastri was sixth. Lawson crossed the line seventh and retained the position despite receiving a ten-second penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags. Hülkenberg finished eighth, while Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) used a long one-stop strategy to rise from eighteenth on the grid to ninth, ahead of Gasly. Tsunoda, Lindblad and Bortoleto were the next three finishers. Colapinto also received a ten-second penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags, in addition to his earlier drive-through, but neither his nor Lawson's final position changed. Pérez and Sainz completed the classified finishers, while Albon, Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac), Ocon, Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Bearman and Verstappen did not reach the finish.^{[47][37][43][41]}

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	72	2:04:44.859	1	25
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	72	+11.536	3	18
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	72	+15.906	2	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	72	+16.755	5	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	72	+17.258	6	10
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+32.332	4	8
7	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	72	+1:19.915a	8	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	71	+1 lap	13	4
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	71	+1 lap	18	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	71	+1 lap	11	1
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	71	+1 lap	12
12	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	71	+1 lap	10
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	71	+1 lap	9
14	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	70	+2 lapsb	14
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	70	+2 laps	PL
16	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	70	+2 lapsc	17
17d	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	66	Collision damage	16
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	61	Hydraulics	21
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	52	Engine	15
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	45	Handling	19
Ret	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	2	Engine	20
Ret	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	0	Accident	7
Sources:[35][47][49]

Notes

• ^a – Liam Lawson received a ten-second time penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[47][50]
• ^b – Franco Colapinto received a ten-second time penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[47][51]
• ^c – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Alexander Albon. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[47][52]
• ^d – Alexander Albon was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.^[47]