During the first free practice session, two teams fielded drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:[9]
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[12]
Practice
Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 27 June 2025, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by George Russell of Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Oscar Piastri of McLaren. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen. The third free practice session was held on 28 June 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen.[1]
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 28 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 16:05 due to a crash in the preceding Formula 2 sprint race event. The session determined the starting grid order for the race.[1]
The race was held on 29 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 15:15 as Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams found himself stuck in first gear during the formation lap. The race was set to be run for 71 laps, but was shortened by one lap due to the aborted start procedure.[1][15]
Race report
From pole position, Lando Norris of McLaren immediately covered off second-starting Charles Leclerc of Ferrari by moving right as the field charged towards the opening Niki Lauda Kurve. This put Leclerc at a disadvantage heading into the corner, allowing Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri to sweep round the outside and take second position. Utilising the slipstream, Piastri challenged Norris for the lead entering the Remus hairpin but could not pass. George Russell of Mercedes, who had started fifth, initially passed Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton in a similar manner to how Leclerc had been passed by Piastri. However, Hamilton was able to draw back alongside entering the Schlossgold right-hander before ultimately repassing Russell around the outside of Rauch.[16]
Further back in the pack, Russell's teammate Kimi Antonelli – who had started ninth – attempted to gain places by braking late down the inside of Remus. He locked up while doing so and made contact with Max Verstappen of Red Bull, eliminating both drivers on the spot. In order to clear the incident, the safety car was deployed; this was Verstappen's first retirement since the 2024 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli was given a three-place penalty for the following British Grand Prix for causing the collision.[17] The safety car came in at the end of lap 3, with Piastri staying close behind Norris as the McLaren pair pulled away from the chasing pack. On lap 9, Alexander Albon of Williams overtook Pierre Gasly of Alpine for sixth at Remus. Gasly had been the highest-placed driver to start on soft tires, and was now starting to suffer from tyre degradation as a result. On lap 11, Piastri passed Norris for the lead around the outside of Remus. Norris was behind at the second DRS detection point, and was therefore able to use DRS to pull alongside, then repass Piastri at Schlossgold to retake the race lead.[16]
On lap 12, Gabriel Bortoleto of Sauber passed Gasly for seventh at Schlossgold. This put Bortoleto behind Albon, whom would be instructed to retire shortly after making his first pit stop. Up front, Piastri had continued to pressure Norris for the rest of the opening stint. On lap 20, Piastri locked up at Schlossgold whilst attempting to challenge Norris, who then pitted for hard tyres at the end of the lap. Despite having sustained a flat spot, Piastri stayed out in order to have younger tyres later in the race. Piastri pitted for hard tyres on lap 24, returning from his pit stop six seconds behind Norris. On lap 31, Yuki Tsunoda of Red Bull attempted to pass Franco Colapinto of Alpine for the 13th position down the inside at Schlossgold. Tsunoda's front-left wheel made contact with Colapinto's rear-right, causing the Alpine to spin into the gravel trap. Whilst both drivers continued in the race, Tsunoda would be given a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision.[18] On lap 52, Norris made his second pit stop from the lead for medium tyres. Piastri followed him in the next lap, emerging three seconds behind.[16]
Norris took his third victory of the season ahead of Piastri and Leclerc.
When Piastri exited the pits he found himself close behind Tsunoda and Colapinto, whom were now fighting for the 15th position. As Piastri was lapping the pair, rather than fighting them for track position, he had the right to be waved through under blue flag rules. Colapinto and Tsunoda did not follow the blue flags, with Colapinto forcing Piastri on to the grass as the trio exited Remus. Colapinto received a five-second penalty for this incident, with him stating over team radio that he had not seen Piastri coming.[19] This incident cost Piastri approximately a second to Norris. Whilst Piastri did close to the gap to Norris, he was not quite able to get with DRS range and therefore could not make an attempt for the lead. Norris took his third Grand Prix win of the season, and the seventh of his career.[20][16]
Leclerc, Hamilton and Russell all had uneventful races on the way to positions third through fifth, whilst Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls and Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin were able to utilise a one-stop strategy to jump up the field, finishing sixth and seventh. Bortoleto fought with Alonso for seventh in the dying laps of the race and was unable to pass, eighth place bought Bortoleto his first points finish of his career. Bortoleto's teammate Nico Hülkenberg finished ninth and Esteban Ocon was tenth.[16]
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