| 2025 Miami Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 24 in the2025 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Miami International Autodrome | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | May 4, 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Crypto.comMiami Grand Prix 2025 | ||||
| Location | Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida, US | ||||
| Course | Purpose-built temporary circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.326 km (191.584 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 275,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:26.204 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:29.746 on lap 36 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2025 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2025) was aFormula One motor race that was held on May 4, 2025, at theMiami International Autodrome inMiami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was the sixth round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format.
Kimi Antonelli ofMercedes took sprint pole position for the event.Lando Norris ofMcLaren won the sprint ahead of his teammateOscar Piastri andLewis Hamilton ofFerrari. Verstappen took pole for the Grand Prix. Piastri won the Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Antonelli's teammateGeorge Russell. This would be the final race in F1 forAlpine driverJack Doohan, as he would be replaced by the team's reserve driverFranco Colapinto before the followingEmilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The event was held at theMiami International Autodrome inMiami Gardens,Florida, for the fourth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of May 2–4.[3] The Grand Prix was the sixth round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the fourth running of theMiami Grand Prix.[4] It was also the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format and the second time overall that the Miami Grand Prix featured it.[5]
Going into the event,Oscar Piastri led theDrivers' Championship with 99 points, ten points ahead of his teammateLando Norris in second, and twelve ahead ofMax Verstappen in third.McLaren, with 188 points, entered the race as the leader in theConstructors' Championship fromMercedes in second with 111 points, andRed Bull Racing third with 89 points.[6]
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with one exception.[7]Yuki Tsunoda atRed Bull Racing was in the seat originally held byLiam Lawson before the latter was demoted back toRacing Bulls from theJapanese Grand Prix onward.[8] This race markedJack Doohan's last forAlpine before a decision to rotate the seat, withFranco Colapinto taking the seat from the followingEmilia Romagna Grand Prix.[9]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[10]
The solefree practice session was held on May 2, 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC–4), and was topped byOscar Piastri ofMcLaren ahead ofCharles Leclerc ofFerrari andMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing. The session was red-flagged in the closing stages asOliver Bearman ofHaas hit the wall at turn 12.[1]
Sprint qualifying was held on May 2, 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC–4), and determined the starting grid order for thesprint.[1]
Notes
Thesprint 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.[1]
Prior to the sprint, and intorrential rain,Charles Leclerc crashed hisFerrari afteraquaplaning at turn 10. He did not start the sprint, and his grid slot was left empty. The sprint began inintermediate conditions.Oscar Piastri ofMcLaren challenged sprintpolesitterKimi Antonelli ofMercedes into the first corner, causing Antonelli to run wide and drop to 4th position behind Piastri's teammateLando Norris andMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing. On lap 11Lewis Hamilton ofFerrari, 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 Antonelli. 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 lapCarlos Sainz Jr. ofWilliams, 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 theSafety Car was deployed due to an incident betweenFernando Alonso ofAston Martin andLiam Lawson ofRacing Bulls. While disputing 8th place, 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 the front wing and the right-rear side of his car. 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 2nd ahead of Hamilton, while Verstappen finished 4th. He 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 the2016 Belgian Grand Prix. Initially this promotedOliver Bearman ofHaas into the finalpoints-paying position of 8th, however he was given a penalty for an unsafe release. Meanwhile, penalties given to Lawson for his collision with Alonso,Alexander Albon of Williams for a Safety Car infringement. These penalties promoted Verstappen's teammateYuki Tsunoda - who had started from the pit lane but gained an advantage from being the first driver to switch to slicks - Antonelli andPierre Gasly ofAlpine to the points.[13]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 18 | 36:37.647 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 81 |  Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 18 | +0.672 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 18 | +1.073 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 18 | +3.127 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 18 | +3.412 | 16 | 4 |
| 6 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 18 | +5.153 | PL | 3 |
| 7 | 12 |  Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 18 | +5.635 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 18 | +5.973 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 |  Nico Hülkenberg | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | +6.153 | 11 | |
| 10 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 18 | +7.502 | 9 | |
| 11 | 23 |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 18 | +7.5221 | 8 | |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas-Ferrari | 18 | +8.998 | 12 | |
| 13 | 30 |  Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 18 | +9.0242 | 14 | |
| 14 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 18 | +9.2183 | 19 | |
| 15 | 5 |  Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | +9.675 | 18 | |
| 16 | 7 | Jack Doohan | Alpine-Renault | 18 | +9.909 | 17 | |
| 17 | 1 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 18 | +12.0594 | 4 | |
| Ret | 14 |  Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 13 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Williams-Mercedes | 12 | Puncture | 15 | |
| DNS5 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0 | Accident | —5 | |
| Source:[12][14][15] | |||||||
Notes
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 thesprint. The session determined the starting grid order for the main race.[1]
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The race was held on May 4, 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC–4), and was run for 57 laps.[1]
From pole position,Max Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing initially appeared to cover offLando Norris ofMcLaren (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 fromoversteer 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 behindKimi Antonelli ofMercedes, Norris's teammateOscar Piastri, Antonelli's teammateGeorge Russell, andAlexander Albon ofWilliams. Albon was himself fortunate to avoid seriously colliding with his teammateCarlos 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 ofAlpine (who had started 14th) attempted to gain positions by braking late into turn 1, however in the process made contact withLiam Lawson ofRacing 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 eventually also retire from the race due to the damage sustained. To clear debris and allow Doohan's car to be recovered, thevirtual 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, Norris made a similar move on Albon to take 5th. On lap 7, Norris passed Russell for 4th position after making a move up the inside of turn 4. Norris passed Antonelli into turn 11 two laps later, moving himself back into the podium positions.[20]
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 but 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 of 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 forcing both drivers off the track. As Norris had overtaken Verstappen off track, he conceded the position shortly after. The following lap, Norris successfully passed Verstappen at turn 11 to move himself back into 2nd position. However, significant damage had been done to his chances of victory, as Norris now found himself nearly 9 seconds behind Piastri, compared to a gap of less than 2 seconds when Piastri had first taken the lead.[20]
On lap 28Oliver Bearman ofHaas, 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 who 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 (who 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 overtookCharles Leclerc ofFerrari (who had pitted under the VSC) at the same corner to take 7th. On lap 33, the VSC was briefly redeployed afterGabriel Bortoleto ofSauber 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 teammateLewis Hamilton was able to also pass Sainz, putting himself to 8th position. With the Ferraris 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. Shortly afterward, Hamilton encounteredCarlos Sainz Jr. of Williams. Piastri won the race from teammate Norris and Russell. Sainz was involved in an incident with Hamilton, the two making contact as they went into turn 17; no further action was taken.[20]
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