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Miami Grand Prix

Date
Sun 4th May 2025 (UTC)
Sun 4th May 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-05-04T20:00:00

Time

20:00:00 UTC (16:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2025

Round
6

Status
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Location
Miami International Autodrome

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Description

The 2025 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race that was held on May 4, 2025, at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the sixth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes took sprint pole position for the event. Lando Norris of McLaren won the sprint ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari. Verstappen took pole for the Grand Prix. Piastri won the Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Antonelli's teammate George Russell.

Background
The event was held at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the fourth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of May 2–4. The Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the fourth running of the Miami Grand Prix. It was also the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the Miami Grand Prix featured it.

Championship standings before the race
Going into the event, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 99 points, ten points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in second, and twelve ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 188 points, entered the race as the leader in the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes in second with 111 points, and Red Bull Racing third with 89 points.

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Result List

01	Oscar Piastri	1:28:51.587
02	Lando Norris	+4.630s
03	George Russell	+37.644s
04	Max Verstappen	+39.956s
05	Alexander Albon	+48.067s
06	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	+55.502s
07	Charles Leclerc	+57.036s
08	Lewis Hamilton	+60.186s
09	Carlos Sainz Jr	+60.577s
10	Yuki Tsunoda	+74.434s
11	Isack Hadjar	+74.602s
12	Esteban Ocon	+82.006s
13	Pierre Gasly	+90.445s
14	Nico Hulkenberg	+1 lap
15	Fernando Alonso	+1 lap
16	Lance Stroll	+1 lap

Result Description
From pole position, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing initially appeared to cover off Lando Norris of McLaren (who started from 2nd place) at the start, but then locked up into the turn 1 right-hander. This allowed Norris to pull alongside on the exit of the corner, putting himself on Verstappen's outside for turn 2. As the pair entered the fast left-hander, Verstappen appeared to briefly suffer from oversteer which caused his car to "snap" towards the outside of the corner, forcing Norris to run off the track in evasive action. The resulting loss of speed caused Norris to drop to 6th position behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes, Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri, Antonelli's teammate George Russell, and Alexander Albon of Williams. Albon himself had been fortunate to avoid seriously colliding with his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. as the pair swerved to avoid the re-joining Norris. Norris complained about Verstappen's driving over his team radio, however the race stewards decided to take no action after investigating the incident.

Further down the order, Jack Doohan of Alpine (who had started 14th) attempted to gain positions by braking late into turn 1, however in the process made contact with Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls. Lawson spun around following the collision, whilst Doohan suffered serious damage to the front-left of his car and would ultimately pull off the track further round the lap. This would end up being Doohan's final Grand Prix before being replaced by Alpine's reserve driver Franco Colapinto, whilst Lawson would also ultimately retire from the race due to damage. To clear debris and allow marshals to safely push Doohan's car behind the barriers, the virtual safety car (VSC) was briefly deployed. Following the return to green flag running, Oscar Piastri made quick work of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, passing the Mercedes driver on the run to turn 11 to take 2nd position on lap 4. As this was happening, Piastri's teammate Norris made a similar move on Alexander Albon to take 5th. On lap 7, Norris passed George Russell for 4th position with an audacious move up the inside of turn 4. Norris passed Antonelli into turn 11 two laps later, moving himself back into the podium positions.

By now, Piastri had closed in on Verstappen. After applying pressure for multiple laps, he achieved a successful pass by challenging Verstappen on the outside of the braking zone for the turn 17 hairpin. Whilst Verstappen was able to fend off this initial attack, in doing so he compromised his exit onto the following start/finish straight, allowing Piastri to pull alongside as the pair began lap 14. Verstappen attempted to hold the lead by braking late into turn 1, however ultimately locked up and ran off the circuit, thus allowing Piastri to complete the pass. Verstappen now quickly came under attack from Norris. On lap 15, Norris attempted to pass Verstappen around the outside turn 1 but was forced off the track, a move which was legal for Verstappen to make under F1's "ahead at the apex" rule. On lap 17, Norris passed Verstappen down the inside to turn 11 however in the process forced both drivers off the track, meaning the pass was not valid under the regulations (as the overtaking driver must stay on the circuit). Thus, Norris allowed Verstappen to retake the position in order to avoid being given a penalty. The following lap, Norris successfully passed Verstappen at turn 11 to move himself back into 2nd position. However, the damage to his victory chances had been done, as Norris now found himself nearly 9 seconds behind Piastri, compared to a gap of under 2 seconds when Piastri had first taken the lead.

On lap 28 Oliver Bearman of Haas, who had been running in 12th, suffered an engine failure has he drove through turn 4 which forced him to pull off the circuit. The virtual safety car was deployed whilst Bearman's car was moved behind the barriers and, as seen in the sprint, this benefitted drivers whom had yet to pit. The highest placed of these drivers, George Russell in 3rd, took full advantage and left his pitstop still ahead of Verstappen (whom had made his stop earlier in the race), maintaining his position in the process. On lap 31, following the VSC's withdrawal, Alexander Albon passed Antonelli through turn 1 to take 5th position. Moments later, Albon's teammate Sainz overtook Charles Leclerc of Ferrari (whom had pitted under the VSC) at the same corner to take 7th. On lap 33, the VSC was briefly redeployed after Gabriel Bortoleto of Sauber stopped on the exit of turn 16. When this VSC ended, Leclerc was able to catch Sainz off guard and repass him into turn 1 at the start of lap 34. Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton was able to also pass Sainz, putting himself to 8th position. With the Ferrari's now running together in 7th and 8th, a debate began on the pit wall and over team radio regarding which driver was better placed to attack 6th placed Antonelli. On lap 38, team orders were applied to allow Hamilton in front with the hope he would be able to move up the field. However, Hamilton could not make progress, and therefore Leclerc was waved back through on lap 52.

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