Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing initially finished third, but was later penalised for a virtual safety car infringement, ending up fourth.

[16] The only free practice session was held on 1 November 2024, at 11:30 local time (UTC−3),[1] and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of George Russell of Mercedes and Oliver Bearman of Haas.

Sprint polesitter Oscar Piastri led the majority of the race, but ceded position to Lando Norris to allow his teammate to maximise his points for his championship fight.

[27] The qualifying session had five separate red flags, due to the crashes of Franco Colapinto, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso, and Alexander Albon.

On the formation lap, Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll spun, made contact with the wall, and then beached his car in a gravel trap, meaning he did not start the race.

Polesitter Lando Norris, Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda, and George Russell misinterpreted this message from race control and erroneously left the grid to perform an additional formation lap.

After starting from the seventeenth grid slot, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing recovered eleven places by lap 12, up to sixth.

[38] Hülkenberg's incident triggered a virtual safety car on lap 28, and Russell and Norris pitted in response, allowing Esteban Ocon, Verstappen, and Pierre Gasly to move ahead.

On lap 30, Norris passed Russell for the effective lead of the race as both drivers slowly approached turn 4, and the safety car was deployed shortly after.

At this point, only five drivers had put on the full wet tyres, with Yuki Tsunoda setting the best times among the field in sixth place.

On lap 32, still under the safety car period, Franco Colapinto crashed his Williams heavily between turns 13 and 14, bringing out the red flag and delaying the session further.

As a result, Ocon, Verstappen, and Gasly were able to change tyres during the red flag period, effectively jumping Norris and Russell.

[40] After the restart, Ocon retained the lead and pulled a small margin over Verstappen, until Carlos Sainz Jr. crashed on lap 39 bringing out the safety car.