Norris capitalises on chaotic race and wins ahead of Piastri and Hamilton!

Charles Leclerc did not take part in the short 19-lap race because the Monegasque crashed his Ferrari on the way to the grid.

Piastri, ahead of the race start, complained about ‘terrible’ visibility and reported ‘a river’ in Turn 10.

The complexity of the conditions were evidenced by Max Verstappen going straight on in Turn 17. Shortly afterward the race was red flagged due to the heavily deteriorated conditions.

It was a standard standing start, as Antonelli lined up in P1 ahead of McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, with Max Verstappen behind in P4.

Piastri got off the line better than Antonelli, got the inside line and them bumped the young Italian driver off the track who fell three places in the order to P4.

Piastri was able to stretch his legs and eek out a 1.7s lead ahead of teammate Lando Norris, as Max Verstappen fell off the pace with both McLaren drivers ahead of him by 3.7s.

Liam Lawson then reported his visor was broken and that he couldn’t see anything. As he reported those issues, Race Control announced they had noted the incident at the start between Piastri and Antonelli, only to dismiss it shortly after as ‘no further investigation’ required.

In the final 9 laps of the race, drivers started to report that conditions were slowly closing up to slick tyres. Ferrari was the first to pull the trigger with Lewis Hamilton.

Ahead, Antonelli was defending from teammate George Russell, who after a complicated moment at Turn 9, reached out to the Mercedes pitwall to say he had more pace than his rookie teammate.

In the last 7 laps Norris’ tyre management had paid off, as he closed up on teammate Piastri

On lap 13 Verstappen pitted. As he exited his box, Antonelli and the Dutchman came into contact causing front wing damage on the RB21’s wing.

Piastri then pitted for slick tyres on the following lap, responding to Hamilton and Verstappen’s pitstops.Max Verstappen was then given a 10 second time penalty after his collision with Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the pitlane. The Dutchman himself knew Red Bull had been wrong. "Guys, come on!", was Verstappen's response after he was let go in the path of Antonelli, who could not stop in his pit box due to Verstappen's unsafe release.

Fernando Alonso was bumped off the track by Isack Hadjar, at Turn 12, spinning the Spanish driver around and launching him into the wall.

Lando Norris was yet to make his pitstop, benefitting from the timing of the Safety Car