Stewards give Leclerc grid penalty of three places for sprint race

Leclerc was in Piastri's way in the first part of the Sprint Shootout. Partly as a result, SQ1 was also directly the finishing line for the Australian rookie, where his teammate Lando Norris eventually finished third.

The stewards feel Ferrari's communication was deficient. "Accordingly we determine that although this was not entirely the fault of the driver, and that the team’s lack of communication was the major contributing factor. A grid position penalty must be imposed as Car 81 was 'unnecessarily impeded', because there is no doubt that the situation could have been avoided."

Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll and Esteban Ocon benefit from Leclerc's grid penalty. They all move up one place on Saturday afternoon.