Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen had secured his second consecutive Drivers' Championship at the previous round, the Japanese Grand Prix. He led by 113 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, second, and Charles Leclerc, third, by 114. Red Bull Racing team led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 165 points and Mercedes by 232 points.^[4] Red Bull Racing could have secured their fifth World Constructors' Championship, and first since 2013, if Ferrari would not outscore them by 19 points.^[5]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[6] Four drivers made their Formula One practice debuts in the first practice session: Logan Sargeant in place of Nicholas Latifi at Williams, Robert Shwartzman in place of Charles Leclerc at Ferrari, Théo Pourchaire in place of Valtteri Bottas at Alfa Romeo, and Álex Palou in place of Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren.^{[7][8][9][10]} Antonio Giovinazzi drove for Haas in the same session in place of Kevin Magnussen.^[11]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.^[12]

Qualifying classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:35.297	1:35.590	1:34.356	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.795	1:35.246	1:34.421	121
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:35.864	1:35.294	1:34.448	2
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:36.163	1:35.864	1:34.645	92
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.148	1:35.732	1:34.947	3
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:36.195	1:35.692	1:34.988	4
7	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:36.860	1:36.032	1:35.598	5
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.465	1:36.341	1:35.690	6
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:36.446	1:35.988	1:35.876	142
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:36.746	1:36.321	1:36.319	7
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:36.932	1:36.368	N/A	8
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:36.695	1:36.398	N/A	10
13	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:36.577	1:36.740	N/A	11
14	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:36.656	1:36.970	N/A	182
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:36.808	1:37.147	N/A	193
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:36.949	N/A	N/A	13
17	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.046	N/A	N/A	15
18	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:37.068	N/A	N/A	PL4
19	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:37.111	N/A	N/A	16
20	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.244	N/A	N/A	17
107% time: 1:41.968
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• ^1 – Charles Leclerc received a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.^[15]
• ^2 – Sergio Pérez, Zhou Guanyu and Fernando Alonso received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding their quota of power unit elements.^[16][15] Zhou gained a position following Yuki Tsunoda's penalty.^[14]
• ^3 – Yuki Tsunoda received a five-place grid penalty for a new gearbox driveline.^[14]
• ^4 – Esteban Ocon qualified 17th, but he was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. The new power unit elements were changed while the car was under parc fermé without the permission of the technical delegate. He was therefore required to start the race from the pit lane.^[14]

Race classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	56	1:42:11.687	2	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+5.023	3	18
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+7.501	12	15
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	56	+8.293	9	12
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	56	+44.815	4	111
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+53.785	6	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	56	+55.078	14	6
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	56	+1:05.354	10	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1:05.834	13	2
10	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	56	+1:10.919	19	1
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	56	+1:12.875	PL
12	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	56	+1:16.164	18
13	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1:20.0752	8
14	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	56	+1:21.7633	11
15	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1:24.4904	16
16	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1:30.487	15
17	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1:43.5885	17
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	21	Collision	5
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	16	Spun off	7
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1	Collision damage	1
Fastest lap: George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:38.788 (lap 56)
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• ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.^[18]
• ^2 – Alexander Albon finished 13th, but he received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[17]
• ^3 – Pierre Gasly finished 11th, but he received a ten-second time penalty for failing to serve a penalty following a safety car infringement.^[17]
• ^4 – Mick Schumacher received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[17]
• ^5 – Nicholas Latifi received a five-second time penalty for forcing Mick Schumacher off the track. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^{[17][failed verification]}