Result and the lead
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) won the race from 1st on the grid, in a winning time of 1h 35m 16.650s. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) finished 2nd, 13.078s behind the winner. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) finished 3rd, 17.485s behind the winner. Antonelli was in the lead at the end of 49 laps, covering laps 1 to 24 and laps 32 to 56.
The stops that moved the lead
Antonelli held 1st after lap 1, with Verstappen 2nd and Leclerc 3rd after starting 4th. Verstappen made his stop 1 on lap 13 and Leclerc made his on lap 15, on the soft tyres they started on. Antonelli pitted on lap 24 and used medium then hard tyres. Verstappen was leading after lap 25, taking over from Antonelli. He was in the lead at the end of 7 laps, from lap 25 to lap 31.
Verstappen pitted again on lap 31, and Antonelli was leading after lap 32. Verstappen's tyres ran soft then medium across his 2 stops. Antonelli made 1 stop in total. Leclerc made 2 stops, on lap 15 and lap 39, and finished on hard tyres after soft and medium. Leclerc set the fastest lap of the race, 1:37.976 on lap 42, on hard tyres.
Others in the top positions
Lando Norris (McLaren) gained 3 places, from 8th on the grid to 5th at the flag. He made 1 stop, on lap 16, from medium to hard tyres. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) made 1 stop on lap 15, from medium to hard tyres. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) lost 3 places, from 3rd on the grid to 6th at the flag. He made 1 stop on lap 25, from soft to hard. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) made 2 stops, on lap 14 and lap 38. George Russell (Mercedes) made 1 stop on lap 22.
Across the 10 top finishers with a reliable stop record, 7 made 1 stop and 3 made 2 stops.
Movement through the field
Grid penalties applied before the start. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) took an 8-place drop and started 21st. He gained 8 places to 13th at the flag, the largest gain of any finisher. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) started 22nd after a 4-place drop and gained 7 places to 15th.
Esteban Ocon (Haas) gained 3 places on lap 1, from 15th on the grid to 12th. Alex Albon (Williams) gained 3 places, from 17th to 14th. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) lost 5 places, from 11th to 16th. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) also lost 5 places on lap 1, from 12th to 17th. He finished 16th, 4 places down on his grid slot, the largest loss of any finisher.
19 of the 22 starters were classified as finishers. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) completed 48 laps, Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 35 laps and Oliver Bearman (Haas) 24 laps without finishing. The race was dry, with air temperature from 27°C to 28°C and track temperature from 34°C to 39°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.