Ferrari revealed an upgrade package for their SF-23, switching from an in-wash solution to a down-wash, similar to Red Bull Racing's RB19.

Joining Bottas in the gravel was Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Alexander Albon at the final corner and turn 5, respectively.

Nico Hülkenberg topped the session, but his lap time was soon deleted due to a track limits infringement.

An incident involving Lewis Hamilton and George Russell made contact on the main straight, with the former suffering from significant front-wing damage.

[13] Russell was investigated for impeding, before being cleared,[15] and joined Pérez, Zhou Guanyu, and the AlphaTauris of Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda in being eliminated.

Gasly was set to enjoy a fourth-position finish, until two separate three-place penalties for impeding other drivers dropped him to tenth,[16] with teammate Esteban Ocon in seventh.

[26][27] Zhou Guanyu and Nico Hülkenberg swapped their softs for hards on lap 9 with the Alfa driver overtaking the Haas.

Carlos Sainz Jr. came in on lap 16 for mediums, prompting a confused response from the Ferrari driver; meanwhile Leclerc put on softs.

[26][27] By lap 50, Sainz, Alonso, Russell, Hamilton and Pérez all swapped their compounds while Verstappen was shown a black and white flag due to three track limits violations.

Yuki Tsunoda was given a five-second penalty for forcing Zhou off track, dropping him out of the points from ninth position.

Verstappen would take the fastest lap and win the race ahead of Hamilton and Russell, earning him his third career grand slam.