Kimi Antonelli continued to star this weekend, finishing out the top three with a final flying lap that was 0.067 seconds off Verstappen’s best. The Mercedes driver put together a clean, all-green lap around the track, enough to push him ahead of Oscar Piastri in fourth.

Lewis Hamilton downplayed his prospects of advancing from a P7 grid position in the upcoming sprint race, responding "not really" to inquiries on his potential for progression from that starting slot.