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Lando Norris has praised his "good luck" in Miami, after capturing the Formula 1 sprint race win thanks to a well-timed safety car - echoing his 2024 grand prix victory at the circuit.
Norris had closed in on McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri having initially dropped back by over three seconds, but was able to save life in his intermediate tyres to put the Australian's grasp of the race under ...Keep reading

Formula 1 treated its growing American fanbase to a Miami sprint race to remember as incidents and accidents led to another Lando Norris win in Florida, with Lewis Hamilton joining his fellow Brit on the podium.
A downpour ahead of the race had threatened to turn the second sprint of the year into a damp squib but, after the action got under way following a delay of over 30 minutes, F1 ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri feels he did "everything right" after ceding the F1 Miami GP sprint win to Lando Norris due to a late safety car intervention.
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After muscling past Mercedes' surprise sprint polesitter Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the start, Piastri led the way from Norris on ...Keep reading

Setting a fast time of 28.174s, Carson Hocevar was able to hang on for his first career pole in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on Saturday. It's a front row lockout for Team Chevy with William Byron putting the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in second, just 0.014s behind Hocevar's pole lap. Hocevar was also the fastest driver in the practice session that immediately preceded ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris has snatched a wet-to-dry win in Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix sprint race, finishing ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton behind the safety car in an incident-filled event.
The Saturday afternoon sprint was reduced from 19 to 18 laps due to the adverse weather conditions, two of which were completed behind the safety car after a delayed starting procedure due to ...Keep reading

It was a moment that redefined the record books and heralded the arrival of the brightest young talent in Formula 1.Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s pole lap for the F1 Miami Grand Prix sprint race was as spine-tingling as it it was significant. He confirmed his arrival at the sport’s top table with a scintillating lap that was not only a new record for the Miami Grand Prix, but at 18 years and 250 ...Keep reading

McLaren CEO Zak Brown issued a response to 1980 F1 world champion Alan Jones calling his driver Lando Norris "mentally weak".
Talking to Fox Sports Australia, Jones felt fellow Australian Oscar Piastri was already in Norris' head, labelling the Briton as weak. “He [Piastri] can do it [win the title] this year, no question," Jones claimed. "At the end of the day, his teammate is ...Keep reading

Saturday's action in Miami got off to the worst possible start for Charles Leclerc before the Sprint even got underway, as he crashed on his way to the grid amid heavy rain.

Kimi Antonelli caught the eye by grabbing a sensational maiden pole position during Sprint Qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix, holding off the challenge posed by the McLaren pair of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

Live coverage of Saturday's F1 Sprint ahead of the 2025 Miami Grand Prix.

The start of the Miami Grand Prix sprint race has been suspended due to the terrible conditions as heavy rain hit the Formula 1 circuit.
Rain showers hit the Miami Autodrome in the morning, leading to Saturday afternoon's 19-lap sprint race starting behind the safety car.
But after two formation laps it became apparent the visibility and standing water were still far too excessive to allow ...Keep reading

Cadillac is “not in a hurry” to sign its drivers for its 2026 Formula 1 debut and will only put an American in the car when there is someone who fits the bill.
The GM-backed squad will become F1’s 11th team from next year and is well under way with its car design, as well as working on its own power unit, which has been approved for use from 2029.
The main question mark hanging over ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc crashed out on his way to the grid for a rain-soaked Miami Grand Prix sprint race, with the Ferrari driver complaining of aquaplaning.
The incident led to Leclerc damaging his tyres and leaving debris on the track; his team-mate Lewis Hamilton complained over the radio that the team had sent both drivers out on the intermediate compound.
“I’m so sorry,” Leclerc said ...Keep reading

McLaren's Zak Brown has explained his "tire water" labelled drinks bottle is a dig at claims over the team's tyre temperature management.
Following suggestions that McLaren is bending the rules with how it keeps its tyres cool, Brown says that F1 needs to ensure teams have to pay more to ward off "frivolous" claims about any technical issues.
These allegations are understood to come from Red ...Keep reading

“Until we start running, it’s pretty nerve-wracking – that’s the honest answer.” Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu was typically frank when asked in Miami about the squad’s progress in understanding the instability that plagues its car in high-speed corners. The team fast-tracked some experimental floor tweaks for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, shortcutting the usual simulation ...Keep reading

Americans don’t care about MotoGP. I know, I know, that’s not exactly breaking news. And whereas there are a handful of diehards out amongst the States, myself included, the vast majority of Yanks don’t give two hoots about European motorcycle racing. 
But that doesn’t have to be the case. 
Look at Formula 1 only a few years ago. That series, after years of flip-flopping through ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has shared some words of advice for Max Verstappen after the Dutchman welcomed his first child, with the Team Principal also suggesting that fatherhood will not have an impact on Verstappen’s performance on track but will make life “very different” off it.

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has quashed rumours that the team will replace Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto at the next round in Imola.

F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne remembers one of the USA's most talented racing drivers...

After his DTM comeback at Oschersleben, ex-Formula 1 driver Timo Glock is not only at odds with his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, which is currently being investigated in Woking for a fundamental vehicle problem, but also with the fairness of some of his rivals.
In Sunday's race, “it felt like everyone out there thought they had to drive totally kamikaze”, Glock grumbled to ProSieben after his ...Keep reading