Relive the Miami GP Sprint in live text

For the first time in his career, Andrea Kimi Antonelli will start from pole position in Formula 1. If it is only a sprint race, the young Italian from Mercedes will have to deal with the pressure of both McLaren byOscar piastri et Lando NorrisThe championship-leading Woking machine will be keen to deprive the 18-year-old of the lead as early as possible to maximise their points haul, given that the top eight in the Sprint will score points this Saturday.

As always, it will be important not to suffer too much damage in the sprint race, which starts just four hours before the start of Grand Prix qualifying.

You can follow the evolution of the ranking live on the Official F1 Live Timing.

F1 – Miami Grand Prix 2025
Relive the sprint race in live text

19h07 - Thank you for following us for this second Sprint of the year, we'll meet again at 21:45 p.m. for the live coverage of the qualifying rounds for this Miami GP.

Miami – Sprint: Norris lucky winner of a crazy race

18 / 18 - With his penalty, Max Verstappen finished sixteenth, which allows Albon to finish fourth, Russell fifth, followed by Stroll, Lawson, Bearman and tsunoda, who scored the last point. Starting from pole, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is tenth.

18/18 – 🏁 It’s done, Lando Norris wins the Sprint of this Grand Prix of Miami, in front of Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton !

18 / 18 - At the start of the last lap, still under safety car conditions, Lando Norris will therefore win this second Sprint of the season.

17 / 18 - The Spaniard's car is removed, could the race be restarted for a lap?

16 / 18 - The car ofAlonso is still against the wall, so we could end up under the Safety Car. Verstappen would lose his place in the points, and Norris would take a point back from his teammate Piastri.

15/18 – ⚠️ Ten-second penalty for Max Verstappen, due to an unsafe release with Antonelli.

15 / 18 - The classification behind the safety car:

15/18 – 🟡 SAFETY CAR 🟡 Fernando Alonso made a mistake and ended up in the wall, he's fine! Norris was in the pits, and he came out in front ahead of Piastri!

14 / 18 - Lewis Hamilton takes the lead over Max Verstappen, he is now third!

14 / 18 - Lando Norris explains that there is a lot of debris in the chicane, he would obviously like to see the intervention of a safety car to lose little time!

14 / 18 - Leader Oscar Piastri now pits, as do Russell and Alonso. Antonelli has to return to the pit lane after contact with Verstappen.

13 / 18 - 💥 Puncture for Carlos Sainz, while Piastri and Norris enter into a fight for the lead!

12 / 18 - 💥 Contact between Verstappen and Antonelli in the pits, the Italian was unable to make his stop!

12 / 18 - Max Verstappen is on slicks, as are Antonelli, Albon and Lawson.

12 / 18 - Lando Norris is now only nine tenths behind his teammate, so he could benefit from DRS.

12 / 18 - Stroll and Sainz also pass through the pits.

12 / 18 - On a drying track, Norris came back to within 1 seconds of Piastri, while Lewis Hamilton returned to the pits to put on soft tires!

11 / 18 - Yuki Tsunoda returns to the pits for slick tires, the Japanese driver will thus be able to serve as a guinea pig for his teammate Max Verstappen!

11 / 18 - Race control now authorizes the use of DRS.

10 / 18 - Alexander Albon puts pressure on Lewis Hamilton for sixth position, with Fernando Alonso looking on as he waits for an opportunity.

9 / 18 - ???? “The track dries, but not as quickly as I would have imagined.”, explains Oscar Piastri.

9 / 18 - The mid-race ranking of this Miami Sprint:

8 / 18 - The track continues to dry, and drivers can be seen leaving the ideal line on the straights to cool their tires. Piastri remains in the lead, three seconds ahead of Norris.

7 / 18 - Sainz overtakes Or with from the outside in the last corner but he goes too wide and the driver Haas is back in front! This battle for 12th position is the most exciting to follow so far.

7 / 18 - The onboard camera confirms that the Red Bull was very slightly advanced on its location, but further investigation is not deemed necessary, so the Dutchman will not be worried!

6 / 18 - No investigation is required into the incident between Piastri and Antonelli. Max Verstappen is under investigation for failing to start correctly on the grid.

6 / 18 - ???? “My visor is broken, I can’t see anything anymore,” says Liam Lawson.

5 / 18 - The stewards noted the incident between Piastri and Antonelli at the start, the Australian having sent his Italian counterpart a little wide.

4 / 18 - Esteban Ocon and Carlos Sainz are engaged in a very close battle for twelfth place, with the Frenchman regaining the advantage on the final corner.

4 / 18 - Oscar Piastri already has a 1 second lead over his teammate Lando Norris. Verstappen, Antonelli, Russell, Hamilton, Albon, Alonso, Lawson and Hadjar complete the top 8.

3 / 18 - Liam Lawson made an excellent start, gaining five places, he is now ninth ahead of Isack Hadjar.

3 / 18 - The Italian must now resist his teammate George Russell to maintain his fourth place.

3 / 18 - 🟢 Piastri gets off to a great start and takes the lead from the first corner! Antonelli goes wide, and Norris and Verstappen overtake him.

18h34 - Yuki Tsunoda will be on the starting grid, despite his setup changes.

18h33 - The cars are parked on the starting grid, we can finally start this sprint race!

18h31 - Oscar Piastri reports that straight-line visibility is still not excellent, but there is much less standing water on the track. Race control confirms that the start will be a standing start.

18h30 - The safety car remains on the track, but this may well be its last lap before releasing the cars!

18h29 - Unsurprisingly, everyone returned to the track on intermediate tires, including Carlos Sainz who had initially started with rain tires.

18h28 - Here we go again, the light turns green at the exit of the pit lane.

18h27 - The engines have restarted, and the drivers are preparing to leave the pit lane.

18h26 - Esteban Ocon, for his part, believes on the radio that we might finish on slick tires if it stops raining by the end of the race! A sprint with a pit stop would be unusual!

18h25 - Yuki Tsunoda has been told he should be able to start from the grid, although he was originally scheduled to start from the pits due to a suspension setup change.

18h24 - The medical car takes a lap of the track, and the situation is much better! It's not dry, far from it, but the tarmac is much less wet.

18h20 - Race management has since updated its information: the sprint will begin at 18:28 p.m. The drivers return to their cockpits.

18h17 - The Sprint will start at 18:25 p.m. French time, as the FIA ​​has just announced.

18h14 - We're in the United States, so the dryers are on track to try to speed up the resumption of this sprint race! Grand Prix qualifying will begin in 2 hours and 45 minutes, so we shouldn't wait too long.

18h10 - The drivers have left their cockpits, and it will be at least a few minutes before the cars are seen back on track.

18h08 - It's not raining anymore, but we'll have to wait a little while for the track to dry out and allow for better conditions!

18h05 - This red flag is good news for Lance Stroll, who is telling his team there is a visor problem. Water seems to be getting between the visor and the tear-offs, the small plastic strips that drivers can remove during the race.

18:04 p.m. – 🔴 Red flag, the departure procedure is suspended.

18h04 - The new father of the family takes back his fourth place, while Antonelli complains of not seeing anything behind the safety car.

18h03 - Max Verstappen went wide in the final corner, losing two places in the line.

18h02 - Oscar Piastri reported that visibility was very poor, starting from second position. He also mentioned the presence of a "river" in Turn 10. The safety car remained on the track for at least one more lap.

18h01 - The drivers return to the straight where Charles Leclerc lost control just now, the track seems less wet, but it will remain tricky.

18h00 - It's time for the formation lap, behind the safety car!

17h59 - All drivers used intermediate tires except Carlos Sainz, who started on wet tires.

17h55 - 🟡 The formation lap will start behind the safety car, which will therefore remain on the track until it is passable.

17h52 - This is the second time this season that the Sprint format has been used after China, where Lewis Hamilton took pole on Friday and then victory on Saturday.

17h51 - 19 laps of the Miami International Autodrome are on the program this Saturday, with 8 points for the winner, 7 for the second, up to eighth place which gives one point to the championship.

17h48 - Yuki Tsunoda will start from the pit lane, so there will be only 18 cars on the grid, as Charles Leclerc will not be able to take part in today's race.

17h46 - 🌧️ It's currently 23°C in the air, 29°C on the track, which will be very humid throughout this sprint race.

17h42 - 🌧️ The sprint race will take place on a very wet track, and Charles Leclerc hit the wall on his grid entry lap!

Charles Leclerc hits the wall!! 😱

With rain falling heavily, Leclerc sustains heavy damage on his way to the grid after contact with the wall#F1 # F1Sprint #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/XGiaxPPuBq

- Formula 1 (@ F1) May 3, 2025

17h42 - Good evening everyone, welcome to AUTOhebdo.fr to follow the sprint race of this 2025 Miami Grand Prix live!