In the first few laps, there was an exciting battle between Charles and Oscar Piastri for third place, with the Monegasque passing the Australian after the start then both passing each other again. Charles kept the position until lap 5, thanks to his good straight line speed but eventually had to give best to Piastri.<br />From tenth on the grid, Lewis moved up the order and was already sixth after 7 laps, behind George Russell, slowly making ground on him. When Russell pitted, Lewis inherited fifth place, but lost it again after his own stop.<br />The Medium tyres lasted much longer than expected so both Charles and Lewis delayed their pitstop, as did the top three runners. Charles pitted on lap 34 for Hard tyres and his pace was immediately good allowing him to post several fastest laps.<br />On lap 38, Lewis also pitted for Hards, retaking sixth place after a couple of laps.<br />Charles and Lewis eventually had to settle for fourth and sixth places respectively at the chequered flag.
