Norris banished the memories of previous poor starts from the front of the grid to slot ahead of Verstappen at Turn 1 and control the opening laps, before romping clear and spending most of the encounter in a league of his own \u2013 a couple of brushes with the wall aside.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With no answer to Norris\u2019 raw pace, Verstappen had to settle for a distant second position while Oscar Piastri\u2019s rise from fifth to third \u2013 and a lowly points finish for Sergio Perez \u2013 means McLaren move further ahead of Red Bull in the constructors\u2019 standings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Piastri stayed out longer than anyone else in the first stint and charged his way past Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell with fresher tyres, something Charles Leclerc \u2013 as another late stopper \u2013 tried to repeat across the closing laps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Leclerc overtook Hamilton with relative ease but could not quite do the same to Russell before the chequered flag dropped, leaving the Ferrari man in a Silver Arrows sandwich \u2013 teammate Carlos Sainz recovering from his qualifying crash to take seventh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fernando Alonso added some more points to Aston Martin\u2019s tally in eighth, with Nico Hulkenberg giving Haas something to celebrate in ninth, as the aforementioned Perez \u2013 having been knocked out in the second qualifying phase \u2013 completed the top 10 places.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Franco Colapinto added to his impressive drives in Italy and Azerbaijan en route to P11, just a couple of seconds away from Perez and a points reward, followed by the lead RB and Alpine cars of Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon, and the second Aston Martin machine of Lance Stroll.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kick Sauber drivers Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas crossed the line in 15th and 16th respectively, taking advantage of a difficult race for Pierre Gasly in the other Alpine and a three-stop affair for RB\u2019s Daniel Ricciardo, who set the fastest lap after a late move to soft tyres.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Alex Albon lost a hatful of positions at the start when he felt he was forced wide by Williams teammate Colapinto and later retired due to an overheating car, with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen joining him on the DNF list at the end of the race after picking up a puncture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kick Sauber drivers Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas crossed the line in 15th and 16th respectively, taking advantage of a difficult race for Pierre Gasly in the other Alpine and a three-stop affair for RB\u2019s Daniel Ricciardo, who set the fastest lap after a late move to soft tyres.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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