Miami 2026 GP sprint preview
Weekend schedule
All timezonesTimes shown in circuit-local time (GMT-4).
- FP1Fri12:00
- Sprint QualifyingFri16:30
- SprintSat12:00
- QualifyingSat16:00
- RaceSun16:00
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The circuit
Full circuit guide →Miami International Autodrome · 5.412 km · 19 corners · clockwise
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026Andrea Kimi Antonelli · Mercedes
- 2025Oscar Piastri · McLaren
- 2024Lando Norris · McLaren
Last pole times
- 2026Andrea Kimi Antonelli · Mercedes · 1:27.798
- 2024Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:27.241
- 2023Sergio Pérez · Red Bull · 1:26.841
Historic moments
2024 · Norris's first win, at the 110th attempt
Lando Norris arrived in Miami with 15 podium finishes and no wins, a record for waiting that only four drivers had ever matched. A lap-27 safety car fell perfectly for him, he came out ahead of Max Verstappen and stayed there, and McLaren had its first victory since 2021.
2023 · Verstappen wins from ninth on the grid
A red flag for a Leclerc crash cut short final qualifying and left Max Verstappen down in ninth. He sliced through the field on a long opening stint, then passed his own teammate Sergio Pérez for the lead with five laps to go - the first win from ninth on the grid in nearly forty years.
What makes it different
- Built in the Hard Rock Stadium car park, so most of the lap sits on surfaces never designed to be raced on - grip changes noticeably between sessions as rubber goes down.
- Turns 13–16 run under and around the stadium flyovers on a markedly bumpier, lower-grip surface than the rest of the lap.
- The dockside marina between Turns 4 and 6 is a stage set: ten real yachts float on roughly 25,000 square feet of painted decking made to look like water.
Home race
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 2 wins · 2023, 2022 | 3 podiums · 2024, 2023, 2022 | 2 poles · 2025, 2024 |
| Lando Norris | 1 win · 2024 | 3 podiums · 2026, 2025, 2024 | — |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 win · 2025 | 2 podiums · 2026, 2025 | — |
| Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 1 win · 2026 | 1 podium · 2026 | 1 pole · 2026 |
| Charles Leclerc | — | 2 podiums · 2024, 2022 | 1 pole · 2022 |
| Sergio Pérez | — | 1 podium · 2023 | 1 pole · 2023 |
| George Russell | — | 1 podium · 2025 | — |
| Fernando Alonso | — | 1 podium · 2023 | — |
| Carlos Sainz | — | 1 podium · 2022 | — |
Milestone watch
Max Verstappen has won here twice.
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