2025 Miami Grand Prix

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.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with one exception. Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward. This race marked Jack Doohan's last for Alpine before a decision to rotate the seat, with Franco Colapinto taking the seat from the following Emilia Romagna Grand Prix until at least the Austrian Grand Prix.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.

Practice

The sole free practice session was held on May 2, 2025, at 12:30 local time ( UTC–4), and was topped by Oscar Piastri of McLaren ahead of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. The session was red-flagged in the closing stages as Oliver Bearman of Haas hit the wall at turn 12.

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying was held on May 2, 2025, at 16:30 local time ( UTC–4), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.

Sprint qualifying classification

Notes
* – Yuki Tsunoda qualified 18th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.

Sprint

The sprint was held on May 3, 2025, and was scheduled to start at 12:00 local time ( UTC–4), but was delayed to 12:28 as there were two formation laps behind the safety car, before the start was suspended due to rain. The sprint was set to be run for 19 laps, but was shortened by one lap due to the aborted start procedure.

Sprint report

Prior to the sprint, and in torrential rain, Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari after aquaplaning at turn 10. He did not start the sprint, and his grid slot was left empty. The sprint began in intermediate conditions. Oscar Piastri of McLaren challenged sprint polesitter Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Merecdes into the first corner, causing Antonelli to run wide and drop to 4th position behind Piastri's teammate Lando Norris and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. On lap 11 Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari, who had been running in 6th, became the first of the leading drivers to switch to slick tyres. He was followed in the following lap by Verstappen and Antontelli. During Verstappen's pitstop he was released prematurely and hit Antonelli, who as a result could not enter his pit box and had to spend another lap on intermediate tyres that were becoming increasingly unfit for the conditions. The same lap Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams, who had already switched to slicks, hit the wall on the inside of turn 14. He drove back to the pits, but was forced to retire.

On lap 13, race leader Piastri, who was now being closely pursued by Norris and had endured a brief off at the turns 14/15 chicane, switched to slicks and rejoined the race in 2nd. On lap 14 Hamilton overtook Verstappen into turn 11, the pair now up to 3rd and 4th as a result of their early switch to slick tyres. Norris, now the only driver not on slicks, pitted at the end of the lap. As Norris was making his stop the Safety Car was deployed due to an incident between Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls. While disputing 8th pace, Lawson had been forced off the track at turn 11 before clipping the right-rear wheel of Alonso whilst attempting to rejoin the circuit, causing Alonso to spin into the turn 12 barrier destroying his front wing and right-rear wheel. The safety car deployment allowed Norris to exit the pitlane still in the lead of the race and, with there not being enough laps left to return to green flag running, take the sprint victory.

Piastri finished second ahead of Hamilton, whilst Verstappen finished fourth but received a ten-second time penalty for the unsafe release involving Antonelli, dropping him to 17th and marking his first finish outside the points in any race format since the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. Initially this promoted Oliver Bearman of Haas into the final points-paying position of 8th, however more penalties were forthcoming to Lawson for his collison with Alonso, Alex Albon of Williams for a Safety Car infringement and Bearman for an unsafe release of his own. These penalties promoted Verstappen's teammate Yuki Tsunoda - who had started from the pit lane but gained an advantage from being the first driver to switch to slicks - Antonelli and Pierre Gasly of Alpine to the points.

Sprint classification

Notes
* – Alexander Albon finished fifth, but received a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.
* – Liam Lawson finished eighth, but received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso.
* – Oliver Bearman finished ninth, but received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.
* – Max Verstappen finished fourth, but received a ten-second time penalty for an unsafe release.
* – Charles Leclerc did not start the sprint as he crashed during a reconnaissance lap. His place on the grid was left vacant. His result was officially listed as "" instead of "" in the sprint final classification published by the FIA.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on May 3, 2025, and was scheduled to start at 16:00 local time ( UTC–4), but was delayed to 16:15 due to a change to the schedule under the supplementary regulation following the starting delay of the sprint. The session determined the starting grid order for the main race.

Qualifying classification

Notes
* – Pierre Gasly qualified 18th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.

Race

The race was held on May 4, 2025, at 16:00 local time ( UTC–4), and was run for 57 laps.

Race report

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 pull off the track further round the lap, Lawson would also retire from the race due to damage. To clear debris and allow Doohan's car to be recovered, the virtual safety car (VSC) was deployed. Following the return to green flag running, Piastri made quick work of 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 Albon to take 5th. On lap 7, Norris passed 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, he 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, as Verstappen was ahead at the apex he was entitled to take the racing line, and pushed Norris wide off of the circuit. On lap 17, Norris passed Verstappen down the inside to turn 11, in the process forced both drivers off the track.. Norris had to concede the position as he had overtake Verstappen off track. 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 as 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 let back through on lap 52.

Race classification

Notes
* – Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final position was not affected by the penalty.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

;Constructors' Championship standings

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

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