Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc both started strongly but could not hold up until the end of the race, finishing fourth and sixth respectively.

[8] Yuki Tsunoda, Alexander Albon, Sebastian Vettel, Pierre Gasly and Latifi were eliminated.

Russell, competing for Mercedes, took his maiden pole position of his Formula One career,[12] he had previously twice qualified second.

[15] Russell's teammate, Lewis Hamilton, had a DRS issue, coting his time and resulting in him qualifying seventh,[16] eight-tenths from pole.

Following the session Verstappen, Pérez and Gasly were critical of the stewards' handling of track limit violations.

[17][18] Williams were fined €1,000 after they were found to have used a set of soft tyres in Q1 on the car of Albon which the team had already electronically returned—which is illegal under the sporting regulations.

[23] Contact between Lance Stroll and Alexander Albon meant the latter had to pit to replace a damaged front wing.

[24] Kevin Magnussen was forced to pit after he was shown the black and orange flag, due to damage to the right side of his front wing.

With the help of DRS, Max Verstappen made his way through the grid, overtaking his teammate, both Alpine cars and Lando Norris, before pitting and undercutting Lewis Hamilton.

[28] Neither driver received damage and both carried on whilst Ricciardo was given a five-second time penalty for causing the collision.

[29] Valtteri Bottas had a power unit issue on lap 66, leading to his retirement and the second VSC of the race.

[30] As the VSC ended, the rain replaced the light drizzle that had been present throughout the race and DRS was disabled on the last lap; all drivers managed to reach the finish without changing onto wet weather tyres.

[36] Ferrari was criticised by media for their decision to place the hard tyres onto Leclerc's car, despite the obvious pace loss shown by the Alpine drivers earlier in the race.

[38] Mattia Binotto defended his team, attributing the finishing position to the lack of pace rather than the tyres.