Result and the lead
George Russell (Mercedes) won the 51-lap race from 1st on the grid, in a winning time of 1h 38m 2.143s. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) finished 2nd, 0.196s behind the winner. Russell was the only driver recorded in the lead, and the lead never changed hands on track. He was in front from lap 1 to lap 51.
After lap 1 Russell led from Oscar Piastri (McLaren), who had started 3rd, with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 3rd after starting 2nd. Russell also set the fastest lap of the race, 1:44.916 on lap 49, on soft tyres.
Safety cars and the order behind the leader
Safety car period 1 was deployed on lap 31 and withdrawn on lap 35. Russell, Verstappen, Isack Hadjar (Red Bull), Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) and Piastri (McLaren) made recorded pit stops on lap 31, as did Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls). Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) stopped on lap 32.
Around that period the top 4 went from Russell, Piastri, Verstappen and Hadjar after lap 30 to Russell, Verstappen, Piastri and Hadjar after lap 36. Verstappen moved ahead of Piastri across the period, and held 2nd to the flag.
Safety car period 2 was deployed on lap 36 and withdrawn on lap 38. Lawson made a recorded stop on lap 36. The top 4 after lap 39 were Russell, Verstappen, Piastri and Hadjar.
Tyres and strategy
Russell and Verstappen made 1 stop on lap 31, running medium and then soft tyres. Hadjar also stopped on lap 31, but ran soft and then medium. Hadjar finished 3rd, 10.704s behind the winner.
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) stopped on lap 30 on medium and then soft tyres. He gained 11 places, from 16th on the grid to 5th at the flag, the largest gain of any finisher. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) stopped on lap 30, running medium and then soft tyres, and gained 8 places, from 15th to 7th. Carlos Sainz (Williams) made 2 stops, on laps 20 and 30, and finished 10th after starting 14th following a 5-place grid drop.
Gains, losses and retirements
Verstappen started 8th and finished 2nd, while Hadjar started 4th and finished 3rd. Hulkenberg gained 7 places, from 18th on the grid to 11th at the flag.
Piastri lost 10 places, from 3rd on the grid to 13th at the flag, the largest loss of any finisher. He had run 2nd after lap 1 and was 3rd after lap 36 and after lap 39.
15 of the 22 starters were classified as finishers. The 7 who did not finish were Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac, 49 laps completed), Franco Colapinto (Alpine, 36 laps), Pierre Gasly (Alpine, 35 laps), Lando Norris (McLaren, 35 laps), Alex Albon (Williams, 29 laps), Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin, 20 laps) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin, 7 laps). The race was dry, with air temperature from 26°C to 27°C and track temperature from 39°C to 48°C.
Written by Pitbrain's AI from the official timing data and checked automatically against it. Key numbers are taken directly from the timing data.