The race was held on 18 May 2025, at 15:00 local time (
UTC+2), and was run for 63 laps. On lap 14, Piastri became the first of the front three cars to pit, having observed Leclerc making a successful
undercut on several drivers including Russell,
Carlos Sainz of
Williams and
Fernando Alonso of
Aston Martin. Whilst Piastri, now in 11th place on fresh hard tires, was initially able to gain time on leader Verstappen, this progress halted when Piastri caught the cars that had not yet pitted, including Verstappen's teammate
Yuki Tsunoda. While Piastri was able work his way through the traffic, due to his newer tires and faster car, he was now losing significant amounts of time to Verstappen who had still not stopped. However, this would become irrelevant on lap 29, when
Esteban Ocon of
Haas pulled over with a mechanical failure on the exit of
Tosa corner. The
virtual safety car (VSC) was deployed, allowing yet-to-stop drivers to gain time by pitting under VSC conditions. Verstappen duly took advantage of this, as did Sainz's teammate
Alexander Albon,
Isack Hadjar of
Racing Bulls, Russell's teammate
Kimi Antonelli and Leclerc's teammate
Lewis Hamilton, who were able to maintain positions 4th–7th. Piastri decided to make a second pit stop when the virtual safety car remained deployed onto the following lap, however this caused him to lose position to Norris, who had pitted shortly before the VSC was deployed, and Albon, meaning he would be 4th when green flag running resumed.
Race classification ==Championship standings after the race==