2026 Miami Grand Prix

Championship standings before the race

Mercedes's Kimi Antonelli, who won the previous round in Suzuka, entered the round as the leader of the Drivers' Championship. Holding 72 points, Antonelli led his teammate George Russell by nine points, and third-placed Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) by a further fourteen. Mercedes entered the round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship. Holding 135 points, they led Ferrari by 45 points, and third-placed McLaren by a further 45 points.^[6]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[7]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the three softest in their range) for teams to use at the event.^[8]

Sprint qualifying classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.723	1:29.366	1:27.869	1
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:29.312	1:29.209	1:28.091	2
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.169	1:28.506	1:28.108	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.733	1:28.333	1:28.239	4
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:29.801	1:29.093	1:28.461	5
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.659	1:28.903	1:28.493	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.255	1:28.841	1:28.618	7
8	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:30.386	1:29.527	1:29.320	8
9	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:30.352	1:29.750	1:29.422	9
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:29.984	1:29.973	1:29.474	10
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:30.561	1:29.994	N/A	11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:30.270	1:30.019	N/A	12
13	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.614	1:30.116	N/A	13
14	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:30.987	1:30.224	N/A	14
15	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:30.872	1:30.573	N/A	PLa
16	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:31.043	N/A	N/A	15
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.245	N/A	N/A	16
18	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:31.255	N/A	N/A	17
19	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:31.322	N/A	N/A	18b
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:31.826	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 1:34.933
—	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:41.311	N/A	N/A	20c
—	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	No time	N/A	N/A	21d
Source:[9][10]

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• ^a – Arvid Lindblad qualified 15th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[10]
• ^b – Alexander Albon was provisionally classified in 14th but was demoted to 19th as he exceeded track limits during SQ1. He gained a position as Arvid Lindblad started the sprint from the pit lane.^[11]
• ^c – Fernando Alonso failed to set a time within the 107% requirement. He was permitted to race in the sprint at the stewards' discretion.^[10]
• ^d – Lance Stroll failed to set a time during sprint qualifying. He was permitted to race in the sprint at the stewards' discretion.^[10]

Sprint classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	19	29:15.045	1	8
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+3.766	3	7
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	+6.251	4	6
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	19	+12.951	6	5
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	19	+13.639	5	4
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	19	+13.777	2	3
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	19	+21.665	7	2
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	19	+30.525	10	1
9	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	19	+35.346	9
10	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	19	+36.970	8
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	19	+56.972	16
12	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	19	+57.365	13
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	19	+58.504	14
14	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	19	+59.358	15
15	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	19	+1:16.067	20
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	19	+1:16.691	17
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	19	+1:17.626	21
18	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	19	+1:28.173	18
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	19	+1.29.597	19
DNS	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	0	Engine	—a
DNS	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	0	Technical	—a
DSQ	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	19	Engine intakeb	11
Source:[10][12]

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• ^a – Nico Hülkenberg and Arvid Lindblad did not start the sprint due to issues. Hülkenberg's place on the grid was left vacant, while Lindblad was due to start from the pit lane.^[12]
• ^b – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished 11th, but was disqualified for a technical infringement.^[12]

Qualifying classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:28.653	1:28.289	1:27.798	1
2	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:29.099	1:28.116	1:27.964	2
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.938	1:28.315	1:28.143	3
4	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.183	1:28.920	1:28.183	4
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.492	1:28.477	1:28.197	5
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.483	1:28.477	1:28.319	6
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.920	1:28.332	1:28.500	7
8	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:29.584	1:28.975	1:28.762	8
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:29.914	1:29.070	1:28.810	9
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:29.645	1:29.439	N/A	10
11	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:29.595	1:29.499	N/A	11
12	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.340	1:29.567	N/A	12
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:29.540	1:29.568	N/A	13
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.838	1:29.772	N/A	14
15	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:29.720	1:29.946	N/A	15
16	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:30.133	N/A	N/A	16
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:31.098	N/A	N/A	17
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:31.164	N/A	N/A	18
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:31.629	N/A	N/A	19
20	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:31.967	N/A	N/A	20
21	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.737	N/A	N/A	21
DSQ	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:29.324	1:28.941	1:28.789	PLa
107% time: 1:34.858
Source:[13][14]

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• ^a – Isack Hadjar qualified ninth, but was disqualified for a technical infringement.^[15] He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion and started from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[16]

Race report

As the lights went out, Mercedes's Kimi Antonelli lost places to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. Leclerc inherited the lead while Verstappen lost the rear of his car while hitting the turn 1 exit curb, causing him to spin and drop down to tenth place. Further down the order, Alpine's Franco Colapinto was battling Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton when the two made contact, causing damage to Hamilton's car. The incident was ruled a racing incident. On lap 4, Antonelli temporarily passed Leclerc for the lead but was retaken the following lap. The battle allowed reigning World Champion, McLaren's Lando Norris, to overtake Antonelli for second.^[18]

That lap, there were two separate incidents that neutralised the race. First, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar clipped the inside wall at the turn 14 chicane, which sent his car into the barriers at low speed. Secondly, Racing Bulls's Liam Lawson went into anti-stall while he was trying to pass Alpine's Pierre Gasly, hitting the Frenchman at turn 17 and causing him to flip into the barriers. During the ensuing safety car period, Lawson and Audi's Nico Hülkenberg retired while Verstappen changed to hard tyres, falling to 16th as a result. At the restart, Norris overtook Leclerc with Antonelli also overtaking the Monegasque a few laps later.^[18][19]

On lap 21, Mercedes's George Russell was the first of the frontrunners to pit onto the hard tires, exiting in 12th place. To avoid an undercut, Ferrari pitted Leclerc, but he had a slow stop that caused him to come out behind Russell. On lap 27, Antonelli was next to pit and came out behind a duelling Verstappen and Hamilton. His outlap was strong enough so that when Norris pitted the next lap, giving the lead to his teammate Oscar Piastri, he came out behind Antonelli. Once Piastri had pitted, Verstappen temporarily inherited the lead, though his tyres had degraded significantly. He was passed by Antonelli and Norris mere laps later.^[18]

While Norris tried to close the two-second gap to Antonelli from laps 30 to 45, Russell was passed by Leclerc and Piastri who both started to gain on Verstappen. On lap 47, Verstappen was passed by Leclerc for third while Piastri passed him the following lap. A battle between Leclerc and Piastri for the final podium spot began with Piastri eventually passing Leclerc on the penultimate lap, while Russell passed Verstappen that same lap after minor contact between the two that damaged the Briton's front wing. On the final lap, Leclerc spun and tapped his front left tire and suspension against the wall. Leclerc, now suffering damage, was nursing his car to the end, resulting in him having to go off the track on several occasions. However, he was unable to stop Russell from overtaking him before turn 17, while Verstappen managed to pass him right before the finish line for fifth.^[18][19]

Antonelli recorded his third career win and third win in a row from pole position, making him the first driver to convert his first three consecutive pole positions into wins at the same events, and the third driver in history to have their first three wins consecutively after Damon Hill and Mika Häkkinen. The McLarens completed the podium: Norris finished second, marking his first podium as the reigning World Champion, and Piastri finished third.^[18][20]

Post-race

After the race, both Verstappen and Leclerc were penalised: the former received a five-second penalty for crossing the pit lane exit line after his pit stop, while the latter, who finished sixth on track, received a drive-through penalty, converted to 20 seconds, for leaving the track and gaining an advantage on multiple occasions.^[21]

Race classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	57	1:33:19.273	1	25
2	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+3.264	4	18
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+27.092	7	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	57	+43.051	5	12
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	57	+48.949a	2	10
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	57	+53.753	6	8
7	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	57	+1:01.871	8	6
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	57	+1:04.245b	3	4
9	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	57	+1:22.072	13	2
10	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	57	+1:30.972	15	1
11	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1 lap	12
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	56	+1 lap	21
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1 lap	14
14	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	56	+1 lap	16
15	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	56	+1 lap	17
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	56	+1 lap	20
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	56	+1 lap	18
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	55	+2 laps	19
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	7	Mechanical	10
Ret	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	6	Gearbox	11
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	4	Collision	9
Ret	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	4	Accident	PL
Source:[14][22][23]

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• ^a – Max Verstappen received a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at pit exit. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[22][24]
• ^b – Charles Leclerc finished sixth on track, but received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a twenty-second time penalty for leaving the track on several occasions without reason.^[22][25]