Antonelli wins Miami Grand Prix after Norris takes Sprint as McLaren strengthens with double podium
Kimi Antonelli claimed his third consecutive Formula 1 victory at the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, holding off a resurgent Lando Norris, after the McLaren driver's Sprint win on Saturday had ended Mercedes' perfect start to the season. Standings after the weekend: Antonelli 100 points, Russell 80, Leclerc 59.
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Antonelli completes a hat-trick in Miami
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Miami Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome on 3 May, leading home McLaren's Lando Norris by 3.264 seconds after 57 laps. The official FIA final classification records the Italian ahead of Norris, with McLaren's Oscar Piastri third, 27.092 seconds behind Antonelli. Antonelli's win was his third consecutive Grand Prix victory, and Crash.net reports he becomes the first driver in Formula 1 history to win his first three Grands Prix from pole position. 712
Piastri's podium was hard-earned: the Australian started seventh and gained four places over the race, passing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on the final lap for third, according to McLaren's own race report. Norris, who started fourth and led at one stage, set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:31.869 on lap 35, per the FIA classification. Crash.net also reported that Piastri passed Verstappen late in the race before completing the podium. 7812
The result carried penalties with it. Formula1.com's official race result notes Leclerc received a 20-second time penalty for leaving the track on multiple occasions without justification, dropping the Ferrari driver from sixth on the road to eighth, while Max Verstappen's five-second penalty for crossing the white line at the pit exit did not alter his fifth-place finish. Crash.net additionally reported that Franco Colapinto was promoted to a career-best seventh as a result of Leclerc's demotion, and that Lewis Hamilton brought a damaged Ferrari home seventh on the road after first-lap contact. 112
Four drivers retired: Pierre Gasly and Red Bull's Isack Hadjar after four laps, Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson after six, and Audi's Nico Hulkenberg after seven due to technical problems. Crash.net reported that Gasly was tipped into a flip by Lawson in an early incident, with Lawson also retiring his car. 112
Sprint: Norris leads McLaren one-two
Saturday's 19-lap Sprint went to Lando Norris, who took his first win of 2026 and McLaren's, leading team-mate Oscar Piastri home by 3.766 seconds with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third. Sky Sports reported it was the reigning World Champion's first win in either format since last year's Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and that McLaren's result ended the Silver Arrows' previously perfect Sprint and Grand Prix winning record in 2026. 311
Sprint Qualifying had set the tone. Norris, per Formula1.com's official Sprint Qualifying classification, took pole with a 1:27.869 ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Piastri, making him the first non-Mercedes driver to claim a pole position in 2026, as Sky Sports noted. Alexander Albon dropped from 14th to 19th after track limits deletions, and Arvid Lindblad was moved to the pit lane after Racing Bulls mechanics worked on his car beyond the allowed time. 2119
Antonelli, the championship leader, finished fourth on the road but was demoted to sixth by a five-second penalty for repeated track limits breaches, promoting George Russell to fourth and Verstappen to fifth. Lewis Hamilton finished seventh and Pierre Gasly took the final point in eighth for Alpine, per the official Sprint classification. 311
The race was short on starters. Formula1.com reported Nico Hulkenberg's Audi caught fire on the way to the grid, while pit-lane starter Arvid Lindblad never made it out of the garage, leaving both as non-starters. Gabriel Bortoleto crossed the line 11th but was disqualified for a technical nonconformity, with GPFans reporting the violation concerned engine intake air pressure. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll started on soft tyres while the rest of the field largely chose mediums. 3910
Formula 1 reported that the paddock held a minute of silence before Saturday's Sprint following news of Alex Zanardi's death during the weekend. 9
Qualifying and the Grand Prix grid
In Saturday evening's Grand Prix Qualifying, Antonelli took pole position with a 1:27.798, ahead of Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris and Russell, per Formula1.com's official classification. Piastri qualified seventh, meaning both McLaren drivers started outside the top three despite their strong Sprint pace. 4
Red Bull's Isack Hadjar was disqualified from Qualifying for a technical nonconformity after posting a 1:28.789 in Q2, Formula1.com's data shows, but was granted permission to race and started from the pit lane following the use of additional power unit elements. The remainder of the top ten was completed by Hamilton, Colapinto, Gasly and Hulkenberg. 45
Piastri's recovery from seventh to third, and Norris's charge from fourth on the grid, formed the core of McLaren's Sunday. McLaren's race report said the first phase of MCL40 developments introduced this weekend had performed successfully across all sessions, with team principal Andrea Stella crediting the upgrades while acknowledging Mercedes still held a slight advantage of a couple of tenths. Stella said further parts from the same development phase were planned for Canada, with a few more in Monaco and Spain. 58
Standings after Miami
The FIA's championship points classification issued after the Miami Grand Prix shows Antonelli leading the Drivers' Championship on 100 points, 20 clear of Mercedes team-mate George Russell on 80, with Leclerc third on 59. Norris and Hamilton share fourth on 51 points, with Piastri sixth on 43 and Verstappen seventh on 26. GPFans noted Antonelli's third successive Grand Prix victory extended his lead to 20 points. 613
In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes leads on 180 points from Ferrari on 110 and McLaren on 94, per the FIA's post-race classification. McLaren's 48-point weekend haul, reported by the team itself and by GPFans, was the largest of any constructor across the two races, lifting it to within 16 points of Ferrari. 6813
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