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Lionel Messi congratulates Kimi Antonelli after Miami GP win

Mon, 2026-05-04 00:01
Football legend Lionel Messi congratulated Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes hospitality unit after his Miami Grand Prix triumph.
The Italian driver delivered another strong performance around the Miami International Autodrome, converting his third pole position of the 2026 Formula 1 season into his third win.
Mercedes shared a video of the 19-year-old back with the team as he recovered from ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott holds off Denny Hamlin to win Texas NASCAR Cup race

Mon, 2026-05-04 00:01
Hendrick Motorsports now has two wins in the 2026 season, and both are courtesy of Chase Elliott. The driver of the No. 9 HMS Chevrolet now has 23 career wins, and his second Texas win in the last three years.
He finished just ahead of Denny Hamlin in second and Alex Bowman in third. Tyler Reddick, who was charging with two fresh right-side tires, finished fourth, with Chris Buescher ...Keep reading

Martin Brundle Miami GP grid walk goes viral with bizarre Jimmy Fallon moment

Sun, 2026-05-03 23:44
Martin Brundle's Sky Sports grid walk ahead of the Miami Grand Prix has gone viral on social media after a bizarre interview with The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.
As the former Formula 1 driver weaved his way through the Miami GP grid, he was met with an excited Fallon, who instantly recognised him. But when Brundle asked Fallon for some funny comments, the American took the microphone from ...Keep reading

Why Liam Lawson wasn't penalised for flipping Pierre Gasly in Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-03 23:24
Liam Lawson has avoided a penalty for clashing with Pierre Gasly during the Miami Grand Prix because his Racing Bulls suffered a gearbox failure moments before the crash.
On lap five Gasly went to overtake Lawson into the Turn 17 hairpin and was hit by the Racing Bulls driver, sending the Alpine into a flip and landing partly on the barriers. Both drivers were OK but retired from the race due ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen given penalty for crossing pit exit at F1 Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-03 23:04
Max Verstappen has been handed a five-second penalty for crossing the pitlane exit line at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix but retains his fifth place due to an even bigger penalty for Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen, who had dropped down the order after spinning at the start, made an early pitstop on lap 6, capitalising on an early safety car that had come out for the separate accidents of Isack ...Keep reading

How AO Racing created “Sketchy”, the latest dinosaur Porsche fan favourite

Sun, 2026-05-03 23:02
Finding AO Racing on the starting grid of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is easy: Just go the biggest crowd. Albeit only in its fourth year, Rexy and her pink sister Roxy have captured the hearts of millions of fans.
At Laguna Seca, it was time to welcome the latest creation from PJ Hyett and Gunnar Jeanette: Sketchy, a character with a white base and frazzling lines that represent ...Keep reading

After lucky escape, Joey Logano’s car gets destroyed in pit road incident

Sun, 2026-05-03 22:45
Joey Logano went from feeling immense relief after a lucky escape to seeing his race end on the slowest part of the race track: pit road. 
The defending Texas winner was running up inside the top 15 when William Byron went spinning in front of him. Byron got on the throttle, keeping his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet off the wall, but also bringing it back down the track in front of ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc handed huge Miami GP penalty after battle with Max Verstappen and George Russell

Sun, 2026-05-03 22:38
Charles Leclerc has been handed a 20-second post-race time penalty for a last-lap incident at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix.
Leclerc suffered a high-speed spin on the final lap of the Miami race, avoiding a huge accident but still suffering front-left car damage after tapping the Turn 3 wall.
As a result Leclerc lost a podium finish to Oscar Piastri, and he then desperately attempted to ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell wrecks from lead in Stage 1 at Texas, ending his race

Sun, 2026-05-03 22:14
Christopher Bell started Sunday's race in seventh place, and after the first pit stop cycle, he found himself in position to challenge for the race lead.
Battling his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, he took the lad and led several laps. As he encountered heavier lapped traffic in the final 15 laps of the stage, Denny Hamlin got back alongside him and they battled back-and-forth.
While those two ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar explains how he went from “flying” to hitting the wall in Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-03 22:08
Isack Hadjar felt he was “flying” during the opening laps of the Miami Grand Prix and that speed lured him into losing focus and crashing out early on.
The Red Bull driver was forced to start from the pitlane after being kicked out of qualifying for his car floorboards being too big, a mistake the team owned up to and apologised to the French driver before the race.
Read ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff warns against Kimi Antonelli hype after third consecutive win in Miami

Sun, 2026-05-03 21:32
Mercedes Formula 1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has insisted that it is important not to get carried away with Kimi Antonelli's success.
The 19-year-old driver successfully converted pole position into a win once again at the Miami Grand Prix. His latest victory marked his third consecutive win after similar success in the Chinese and Japanese Grands Prix.
Antonelli had taken the lead ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc blames himself after 'unacceptable' late Miami GP spin

Sun, 2026-05-03 20:58
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has placed the blame on himself after a late spin in the Miami Grand Prix cost him a podium finish.
The Monegasque driver had just lost third position to McLaren's Oscar Piastri when he went to overtake the Australian, but he spun out as he pushed to make the move. While he avoided a massive crash, he did clip the wall and lost further positions ...Keep reading

Liam Lawson reveals gearbox issue behind Pierre Gasly Miami GP crash

Sun, 2026-05-03 20:30
Liam Lawson has explained that he "lost the gearbox" before colliding with Pierre Gasly during the Miami Grand Prix.
While the Alpine driver attacked Williams' Alex Albon and fought off Lawson, the Racing Bulls driver lost control at Turn 17 and clipped the rear of Gasly. The nudge caused the Frenchman's car to flip before it crashed into the barriers. 
Fortunately, Gasly was OK, but both ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and George Russell all summoned after chaotic F1 Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-03 20:30
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and Mercedes man George Russell have all been summoned to the stewards at the end of Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix.
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli defeated McLaren's Lando Norris to take his third consecutive grand prix win, expanding his championship lead on Russell to 20 points.
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All results and standings from the 2026 F1 Miami GP

Sun, 2026-05-03 20:16


Drivers' championship




Pos.
Driver
Points








1
K. AntonelliMercedes
100
18/2
29
25/1
28


2
G. RussellMercedes
80
25/1
26
12/4
17


3
C. LeclercFerrari
63
15/3
19
15/3
14


4
L. NorrisMcLaren
51
10/5
5
10/5
26


5
L ...Keep reading

Five quick takeaways from eventful Miami Grand Prix

Sun, 2026-05-03 20:03
Antonelli passes his biggest test yet
Kimi Antonelli’s third straight grand prix win may not have been his most dominant, but it surely was his most impressive. The 19-year-old started from pole, lost out in the chaos of Turn 1, battled Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, then had to recover the initiative through pace, racecraft and Mercedes’ ...Keep reading

F1 Miami GP: Kimi Antonelli defeats Lando Norris to grab hard-fought win

Sun, 2026-05-03 19:53
Kimi Antonelli has underlined his title credentials by taking his third consecutive race win of 2026 at the Miami Grand Prix, coming out on top of a duel with reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris.
Antonelli held off Norris after a dry race at the Miami International Autodrome, with Oscar Piastri completing the podium for McLaren after a late-race fade by Charles Leclerc which was ...Keep reading

Nyck de Vries defends himself after latest Formula E clash in Berlin

Sun, 2026-05-03 18:49
Nyck de Vries insists he was not to blame for a multi-car collision in Sunday’s Berlin E-Prix after Nick Cassidy labelled him an “idiot” over team radio.
In an intense pack-style Formula E race at Berlin, Cassidy and de Vries were fighting for third place when they came to blows at Turn 6, forcing both of them immediately outside the top 10. The incident also involved Sebastien Buemi and ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly flips and Isack Hadjar crashes in dramatic Miami GP lap

Sun, 2026-05-03 18:33
Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly both crashed out of the Miami Grand Prix in separate incidents on the sixth lap of the race at the Hard Rock Stadium, leading to the deployment of the safety car.
After starting the race from the pitlane, Hadjar clipped the wall and seemed to break his front suspension before he crashed into the wall of Turn 13. The French-Algerian driver was seen thumping his ...Keep reading

Nike creates ultra-limited Cadillac F1 Dunk Lows but fans cannot buy them

Sun, 2026-05-03 17:55
To celebrate the Cadillac Formula 1 Team's first home grand prix, Nike has crafted an ultra-limited bespoke pair of Dunk Low trainers, according to Hypebeast.
However, fans hoping to secure a piece of the unique merchandise will be left disappointed, as the footwear is solely for Cadillac F1 CEO Dan Towriss and his wife, and chief brand advisor, Cassidy Towriss.
The design mirrors that of ...Keep reading

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