| 2023 Miami Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 22[a] in the2023 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Miami International Autodrome | |||||
| Race details[2][3] | |||||
| Date | May 7, 2023 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Crypto.comMiami Grand Prix 2023 | ||||
| Location | Miami International Autodrome,Miami Gardens,Florida | ||||
| Course | Purpose-built temporary circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.326 km (191.584 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 270,491[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:26.841 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
| Time | 1:29.708 on lap 56(lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Third | Aston Martin-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2023 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2023) was aFormula One motor race held on May 7, 2023, at theMiami International Autodrome inMiami Gardens,Florida. It was the fifth round of the2023 Formula One World Championship.
DespiteSergio Pérez taking pole position, the race was won by hisRed Bull Racing teammateMax Verstappen from ninth, ahead of Pérez andFernando Alonso.
The event was held across the weekend of May 5–7, 2023.[2] It was the fifth round of the2023 Formula One World Championship.[5]
Going into the weekend,Max Verstappen led the World Drivers' Championship with 93 points, 6 points ahead of his teammateSergio Pérez in second, and 33 ahead ofFernando Alonso in third.Red Bull Racing, with 180 points, led the Constructors' Championship fromAston Martin andMercedes, who were second and third with 87 and 76 points, respectively.[6]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[8]
The first and secondDRS activation points were moved 75 metres (246 ft) farther ahead, being positioned 105 metres (344 ft) after turn 9 and 525 metres (1,722 ft) after turn 16, respectively.[9]
Qualifying was held on May 6, 2023, at 16:00 local time (UTC−4).[2]
During the first segment, a potential impeding incident betweenLewis Hamilton andKevin Magnussen was reported, though no further action from the race stewards was taken. By the end of the session, the two McLarens ofLando Norris andOscar Piastri,Yuki Tsunoda,Lance Stroll, andLogan Sargeant were all knocked out of the session.[10] This was McLaren's first double Q1 exit since the2018 Brazilian Grand Prix.[11]
The second segment sawSergio Pérez make contact with the wall at turn four, his car was undamaged.Alexander Albon,Nico Hülkenberg,Lewis Hamilton,Zhou Guanyu, andNyck de Vries were all knocked out. The third segment saw theFerrari ofCharles Leclerc spin out and hit the wall at turn 7, following a similar incident during the second practice session; the session was stopped prematurely, bringing ared-flagged end to the session. Leclerc started seventh; Pérez took his third career pole position ahead ofFernando Alonso andCarlos Sainz Jr.;Haas'sKevin Magnussen took fourth.Max Verstappen was unable to set a time and ended up ninth after Leclerc's crash brought out the red flag;Valtteri Bottas was also unable to set a time.[10][12][13]
The race was held on May 7, 2023, at 15:30 local time (UTC−4).[2]
PolesitterSergio Pérez kept the lead going into the first turn; his teammateMax Verstappen, who started in ninth, lost a position as both he andEsteban Ocon were passed byValtteri Bottas, but regained it going into turn twelve (got past Ocon with Bottas maintaining 8th). Meanwhile,Nyck de Vries's car locked up, going into the rear ofLando Norris'McLaren, andLewis Hamilton was caught behindNico Hülkenberg. Norris and De Vries found themselves at the back of the grid, Norris seventeenth and De Vries eighteenth.Logan Sargeant went into the pit lane on lap two to swap his front wing, switching his medium tyres to a hard compound in the process. Norris, who started the race on the soft compound, followed suit;Oscar Piastri also did so by lap five.Charles Leclerc tried to pass theHaas ofKevin Magnussen for seventh, but he went wide at turn one. His teammateCarlos Sainz Jr. locked up going into the pit lane, coming out in seventh place; he was given a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final finishing position was not affected. Having locked up in the pit lane the lap prior, Sainz then locked up again at turn one while trying to pass Hülkenberg. WithFernando Alonso going into pit lane soon after Sainz had stopped, he exited in fifth and passed both Sainz and Ocon.[16][17]
Verstappen made his way up the field, starting with theAlfa Romeo ofValtteri Bottas. He soon found himself behind Leclerc and Magnussen, passing both for sixth. He then passedGeorge Russell,Pierre Gasly, Sainz, and Alonso. Verstappen slowly made his way up to Pérez and he passed his teammate during the closing stages of the race.[16][17] He won the race, with Pérez and Alonso making up the final two places on the podium, respectively.[18]
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