Then there was perhaps THE storyline: Oscar Piastri’s ten-second penalty for a Safety Car infringement, coming after the McLaren driver braked heavily near the end of a Safety Car period. Piastri was running up front and leading the field to the restart, but after serving the penalty he came out behind Norris, and had to settle for second.

Anthony Davidson says it was "obvious" Oscar Piastri's braking on previous laps was "nowhere as bad" as the lap that caught Max Verstappen.