Piastri was penalised in qualifying at Monza for impeding Jake Hughes and started the feature race in 15th place.[27] He charged to third place by the end of the race, benefiting from Sargeant being involved in a collision to retake the championship lead.[28] Piastri retired from the sprint race after he was hit by Clément Novalak, but was also issued a five-place grid penalty for the next race for earlier forcing David Beckmann off the track.