The Australian glided past pole-sitter and race leader Max Verstappen at the start of lap 14 with the Dutch driver having struggled to hold him off for some time, but it was Piastri's papaya pal Norris who ended the GP feeling aggrieved by an incident involving the defending world champion.

The win marks Piastri's fourth of the season after he picked up wins at the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix in March and the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix and SRC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April. The 24-year-old Australian has now doubled his win total from a year ago.

Kimi Antonelli, who at 18 years old became F1's youngest pole winner in history when he started first in Saturday's sprint race, qualified third for Mercedes. It is the first time he qualified higher than teammate George Russell, who was fifth behind current F1 points leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren.