Relive the Miami Grand Prix sprint race with live text commentary

Formula 1 2026 – Miami Grand Prix
The sprint race in live text

18:39 PM – ⚠️ 5-second penalty for Kimi Antonelli! The Italian slips to sixth place.

18h37 - Thank you for following us for the Sprint, we'll see you again at 21:30pm for live coverage of the qualifying session!

Miami GP – Sprint: McLaren 1-2 finish, Antonelli and Russell just miss the podium

18h35 - The standings for this first match of the weekend:

19 / 19 - Antonelli and Russell finish in the top 5 ahead Verstappen, Hamilton et Pierre Gasly, who will claim the last point at stake.

19/19 – 🏁 Lando Norris wins the Miami Grand Prix Sprint! The Briton is ahead of his teammate Oscar piastri et Charles Leclerc.

19 / 19 - Final lap for Lando Norris, who has dominated this Sprint so far.

18 / 19 - And the Monegasque driver goes wide at the end of the long straight in the middle of the lap, losing a few tenths to Piastri!

18 / 19 - Charles Leclerc is still less than a second behind Oscar Piastri, but the driver Classic Ferrari for sale fails to reduce the gap any further.

17 / 19 - Isack Hadjar finds the opening on Colapinto from the outside in the esses at the start of the lap.

17 / 19 - Lando Norris begins his last three laps, the world champion is well on his way to winning for the first time this season, even though he is primarily looking for his first Grand Prix victory this year.

15 / 19 - Isack Hadjar has caught up with Franco Colapinto, the two drivers are fighting for ninth place, just outside the points in sprint format.

14 / 19 - At Williams, Alexander albon He's changing his front wing. Has the Williams driver damaged his, or is he heading out for another full-scale test session, like at the Japanese Grand Prix?

13 / 19 - Norris now has a three-second lead over Piastri.

12 / 19 - Charles Leclerc is now less than a second behind Oscar Piastri, so he will be able to benefit from the extra energy given by the overtake mode.

11 / 19 - The mid-race ranking:

10 / 19 - Esteban Ocon loses a piece of his Haas…and Oliver Bearman runs over it on the next lap!

9 / 19 - Verstappen finds the opening on Hamilton again, this time staying within track limits, the Dutchman is sixth.

9 / 19 - Norris now has a lead of more than two seconds, in control, while Leclerc is now 1,2 seconds behind Piastri.

8 / 19 - Gianpiero Lambiase tells Max Verstappen that he must give the position back to Lewis Hamilton… Which he does just before passing the overtake detection line, in order to take advantage of it on the next lap!

8 / 19 - Antonelli regains the lead, and Max Verstappen overtakes Lewis Hamilton in a powerful move!

7 / 19 - George Russell takes fourth place from Kimi Antonelli in the final corner.

6/19 – 📻 Over the radio, Max Verstappen indicates that he is having difficulties braking, with a rear end that is bouncing a lot.

6 / 19 - The hierarchy after the first five rounds:

5 / 19 - Norris now leads by 1,5 seconds over Piastri who has 1,4 seconds over the group led by Charles Leclerc.

3 / 19 - Fifth-placed Russell now has to contend with attacks from Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

3 / 19 - It should be noted that Arvid Lindblad ultimately did not start the race, just like Hulkenberg.

2 / 19 - Norris already has more than a second's lead, so his teammate Piastri does not have access to overtake mode.

1 / 19 - Lando Norris finishes the first lap in the lead ahead of Piastri, Leclerc, Antonelli, Russell, Hamilton who overtakes Verstappen in the last corner, then the two Alpine and Gabriel Bortoleto.

1/19 – 🟢 The sprint is underway! A very good start from Charles Leclerc, while Kimi Antonelli misses his launch and finds himself in fourth place! The two McLaren lead the way ahead of Leclerc, the Mercedes Benz And Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton who made slight contact in turn 2!

18h03 - The grid is reforming, just a few moments to go before the start!

18h - Let's go for the training tour!

18h - All drivers start on medium tires, except for the Cadillacs, which are on hard tires, and the Aston Martin, in tender.

17h59 – 📺 Hülkenberg's mechanical problem prevents him from starting this sprint race.

Hulkenberg comes to a stop! ✋

Here's the moment Nico's Miami Sprint came to a premature end ahead of lights out ⬇️# F1Sprint #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/Yvz62DrmCO

— Formula 1 (@F1) May 2, 2026

17h55 - The drivers are returning to their cockpits, the second Sprint of the season starts in five minutes!

17h50 - This Sprint will be the first opportunity to experience the rule changes in race conditions. Will we see as many overtakes as in the first three Grands Prix, less superclipping, or differences at the start? We'll find out in ten minutes…

17h47 - The entire grid observes a minute of silence in tribute to Alex Zanardi, who left us on May 1st.

Alessandro Zanardi, a symbol of resilience, was unanimously praised after his death.

17:45 p.m. – ☀️ The current air temperature is 32°C, and the track temperature is 47°C; the tires could potentially suffer at the end of the race.

17h44 - The starting grid for this Sprint:

1) Lando Norris (McLaren)
2) Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
3) Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
4) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
6) George Russell (Mercedes)
7) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
8) Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
9) Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
10) Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
11) Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
13) Oliver Bearman (Haas)
14) Carlos Sainz (Williams)
15) Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
16) Esteban Ocon (Haas)
17) Sergio Pérez (Cadillac)
18) Alex Albon (Williams)
19) ​ Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
20) Fernando Alonso (Aston-Martin)
21) Lance stroll (Aston-Martin)
Stands) Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

17h41 - Arvid Lindblad, for his part, will start from pit lane.

17:40 p.m. – 🛠️ New problem for Audi, Nico Hülkenberg has immobilized his car in the grid-setting tower, with flames at the rear.

17h38 - Although rain is expected for tomorrow's Grand Prix, the weather is fine this Saturday in Miami, and unlike last year, the Sprint will take place on a dry track.

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