Miami 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:28.653	1:28.289	1:27.798
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.099	1:28.116	1:27.964	+0.166
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.938	1:28.315	1:28.143	+0.345
4	Norris	McLaren	1:29.183	1:28.920	1:28.183	+0.385
5	Russell	Mercedes	1:29.492	1:28.477	1:28.197	+0.399
6	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.483	1:28.477	1:28.319	+0.521
7	Piastri	McLaren	1:29.920	1:28.332	1:28.500	+0.702
8	Colapinto	Alpine	1:29.584	1:28.975	1:28.762	+0.964
9	Gasly	Alpine	1:29.914	1:29.070	1:28.810	+1.012
10	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:29.645	1:29.439		+1.323
11	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:29.595	1:29.499		+1.383
12	Bearman	Haas	1:29.340	1:29.567		+1.451
13	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:29.540	1:29.568		+1.452
14	Ocon	Haas	1:29.838	1:29.772		+1.656
15	Albon	Williams	1:29.720	1:29.946		+1.830
16	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:30.133			+1.480
17	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.098			+2.445
18	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.164			+2.511
19	Bottas	Cadillac	1:31.629			+2.976
20	Pérez	Cadillac	1:31.967			+3.314
21	Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.737			+5.084
DSQ	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:29.324	1:28.941	1:28.789	+0.991

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:28.723	1:29.366	1:27.869
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:29.312	1:29.209	1:28.091	+0.222
3	Piastri	McLaren	1:29.169	1:28.506	1:28.108	+0.239
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.733	1:28.333	1:28.239	+0.370
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.801	1:29.093	1:28.461	+0.592
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:29.659	1:28.903	1:28.493	+0.624
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.255	1:28.841	1:28.618	+0.749
8	Colapinto	Alpine	1:30.386	1:29.527	1:29.320	+1.451
9	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:30.352	1:29.750	1:29.422	+1.553
10	Gasly	Alpine	1:29.984	1:29.973	1:29.474	+1.605
11	Bortoleto	Audi	1:30.561	1:29.994		+1.661
12	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:30.270	1:30.019		+1.686
13	Bearman	Haas	1:30.614	1:30.116		+1.783
14	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:30.987	1:30.224		+1.891
15	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:30.872	1:30.573		+2.240
16	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:31.043			+2.320
17	Ocon	Haas	1:31.245			+2.522
18	Pérez	Cadillac	1:31.255			+2.532
19	Albon	Williams	1:31.322	1:30.216		+1.883
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:31.826			+3.103
NC	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:41.311			+12.588

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Norris	McLaren	1	29:15.045	8
2	Piastri	McLaren	3	+3.766	7
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+6.251	6
4	Russell	Mercedes	6	+12.951	5
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	5	+13.639	4
6	Antonelli	Mercedes	2	+13.777	3
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	7	+21.665	2
8	Gasly	Alpine	10	+30.525	1
9	Hadjar	Red Bull	9	+35.346
10	Colapinto	Alpine	8	+36.970
11	Ocon	Haas	16	+56.972
12	Bearman	Haas	13	+57.365
13	Sainz Jr.	Williams	14	+58.504
14	Lawson	Racing Bulls	15	+59.358
15	Alonso	Aston Martin	20	+1:16.067
16	Pérez	Cadillac	17	+1:16.691
17	Stroll	Aston Martin	21	+1:17.626
18	Albon	Williams	18	+1:28.173
19	Bottas	Cadillac	19	+1:29.597
DNS	Hülkenberg	Audi	12
DNS	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	22
DSQ	Bortoleto	Audi	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1	57	1:33:19.273	1	Mercedes
2	Lando NorrisFastest lap	McLaren	4	57	+3.264	1	Mercedes
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	7	57	+27.092	1	Mercedes
4	George Russell	Mercedes	5	57	+43.051	1	Mercedes
5	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	2	57	+48.949	1	Red Bull Ford
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	6	57	+53.753	1	Ferrari
7	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	8	57	+1:01.871	1	Mercedes
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	57	+1:04.245	1	Ferrari
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	13	57	+1:22.072	1	Mercedes
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+1:30.972	1	Mercedes
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas	12	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	21	56	+1 lap	1	Audi
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas	14	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	16	56	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	17	56	+1 lap	1	Honda
16	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	20	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	56	+1 lap	2	Honda
18	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	19	55	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	10	7	Overheating	1	Audi
DNF	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	11	6	Gearbox	0	Red Bull Ford
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	4	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	PL	4	Accident	0	Red Bull Ford

Starting grid vs qualifying

Hadjar Qualified DSQ, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Bortoleto21→12+9
Albon15→10+5
Piastri7→3+4
Sainz Jr.13→9+4
Pérez20→16+4
Norris4→2+2
Lindblad16→14+2
Alonso17→15+2
Russell5→4+1
Colapinto8→7+1
Bearman12→11+1
Ocon14→13+1
Stroll18→17+1
Bottas19→18+1
Antonelli1→10
Hamilton6→60
Verstappen2→5-3
Leclerc3→8-5

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Russell22.042R20
2Stroll22.090R37
3Antonelli22.128R26
4Verstappen22.547R6
5Norris22.565R27
6Stroll22.630R21
7Lindblad22.731R28
8Albon23.016R27
9Piastri23.024R28
10Colapinto23.093R31

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Antonelli26311 stop
Norris27301 stop
Piastri28291 stop
Russell20371 stop
Verstappen6511 stop
Hamilton27301 stop
Colapinto31261 stop
Leclerc21361 stop
Sainz Jr.28291 stop
Albon27301 stop

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

4 races here since 2022Won from pole: 0 of 4

Win from furthest back (P9): Max Verstappen 2023

Most wins here

2 Max Verstappen

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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