Formula 1: Miami Grand Prix Sprint Race and Qualifying Recap

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Max Verstappen takes pole position for the Miami Grand Prix, with Lando Norris in P2 and Kimi Antonelli continuing his weekend of great driving.

Lando Norris won the Miami Grand Prix Sprint race, after a chaotic series of events which saw penalties for Albon, Lawson, Bearman and Verstappen. Oscar Piastri finished second and Lewis Hamilton finished third.

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Miami Sprint Race

Kimi Antonelli started on pole for the Miami Sprint Race, with Oscar Piastri lining up next to him in second.

Heavy rain had fallen before the start of the Sprint race, and condition caught out Charles Leclerc, who crashed on his way to the grid. Conditions were challenging and an immediate red flag was shown.

When conditions improved, the race started as normal, with all drivers starting on intermediate tyres for the challenging conditions. Kimi started on pole but was immediately lost the position to Piastri into Turn 1. Antonelli went wide and ended up in fourth behind Verstappen and just in front of his teammate.

Piastri was leading the race until a series of pit stops for slick tyres occurred. Piastri pitted, as did everyone except Lando Norris, who stayed out for one more lap.

Just as Norris pitted just as a safety car was brought out as Lawson collides with Alonso, causing Fernando to go into the wall, Lawson later received a five-second penalty. Norris pitted just at the right time and came out ahead of Piastri to take the race lead.

During the pit stops Max Verstappen was released into the direct line of Antonelli. Verstappen received a ten-second time penalty as Kimi had to go around the track again in order to change his tyres.

Alex Albon received a five-second time penalty for going too slow behind the safety car and Ollie Bearman received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane.

The race finished behind the safety car and Lando Norris won the Miami Grand Prix Sprint Race, followed by Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton in third.

McLaren's Lando Norris, who wins the Miami sprint race from third on the grid: "My luck in Miami seems pretty good at the minute, really happy.

"The pace was still very good but it's just difficult these races, you never know when to box; do you box early, it paid off for Lewis, he had a good strategy, or do you stay out later and maybe get the safety car. It"s worked two years in a row.

"I probably would've preferred if this had happened tomorrow, rather than today, but I'll take it. Good job by the team.

​"[Another win tomorrow] is the plan. But it's tricky. There are a lot of quick guys out there. I felt good yesterday; a couple of mistakes but I'm ready to go again."

Top Eight Finishers
1) Lando Norris
2) Oscar Piastri            +0.672
3) Lewis Hamilton        +1.073
4) Alex Albon                +2.522* Alex received a five-second time penalty
5) George Russell        +3.127
6) Lance Stroll              +3.412
7) Liam Lawson            +4.024* Liam received a five-second time penalty
8) Ollie Bearman          +4.218* Ollie received a five-second time penalty
9) Yuki Tsunoda            +5.153
10) Kimi Antonelli          +5.635

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Qualifying

Q1

Out in Q1
16) Nico Hulkenberg
17) Fernando Alonso
18) Pierre Gasly
19) Lance Stroll
20) Ollie Bearman

All the drivers got out onto the track quickly for the first qualifying session on a mixture of new and used soft tyres.

Ferrari and Aston Martin did a good job of getting Leclerc and Alonso's cars fixed before the qualifying session got underway.

Max Verstappen went the fastest in Q1 while Hulkenberg, Alonso, Gasly, Stroll and Bearman were knocked out in the first session.

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Q2

Out in Q2
11) Isack Hadjar
12) Lewis Hamilton
13) Gabriel Bortoleto
14) Jack Doohan
15) Liam Lawson

Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda went out very early in Q2 to try and get their lap times set, as Max sets a time of 1m 26.643.

Lewis Hamilton was in trouble and couldn't make it out of Q2 after a number of lock ups. Oscar Piastri topped the timesheets before the last runnings and stayed in the pits.

Isack Hadjar, Lewis Hamilton, Gabriel Bortoleto, Jack Doohan and Liam Lawson were all knocked out in Q2.

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Q3

Starting Top 10
1) Max Verstappen    1m 26.204
2) Lando Norris         1m 26.269
3) Kimi Antonelli        1m 26.271
4) Oscar Piastri         1m 26.375
5) George Russell     1m 26.385
6) Carlos Sainz         1m 26.569
7) Alex Albon             1m 26.682
8) Charles Leclerc     1m 26.754
9) Esteban Ocon       1m 26.824
10) Yuki Tsunoda       1m 26.943

Max Verstappen takes pole position for the Miami Grand Prix with a time of 1m 26.204s, followed by Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli.

​Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who secures pole position in Miami: "It's been a great qualifying. We've improved the car a tiny amount too, basically rotated it a bit better. And honestly, Q1, Q2 and Q3 it just improving every run. trying to find a bit more of the limit. Tiny moment on my final lap at Turn One, so I lost a bit there. But round here it's complicated with the tyres over a lap. But in the end it worked out well. I'm very happy to be on pole. On tomorrow's grand prix:

"Race pace, I don't know, we'll have to wait and see for the weather. But the best starting position, that's always positive. The race is a whole different story but we'll try to maximise everything we can."

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Written by Anny Wooldridge