The 2025 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race that was held on May 4, 2025, at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was the sixth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format.
Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes took sprint pole position for the event. Lando Norris of McLaren won the sprint ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari. Verstappen took pole for the Grand Prix. Piastri won the Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Antonelli's teammate George Russell. This would be the final race in F1 for Alpine driver Jack Doohan, as he would be replaced by the team's reserve driver Franco Colapinto before the following Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Piastri's third consecutive Grand Prix victory increased his points total to 131, extending his lead over Norris to 16 points. Max Verstappen remained in third with 99 points, six points ahead of Russell in fourth. The top five in the Constructors' Standings remained unchanged, but McLaren extended their lead over Mercedes to 105 points.
Background The event was held at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the fourth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of May 2–4. The Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the fourth running of the Miami Grand Prix. It was also the second of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the Miami Grand Prix featured it.
Championship standings before the race Going into the event, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 99 points, ten points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in second, and twelve ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 188 points, entered the race as the leader in the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes in second with 111 points, and Red Bull Racing third with 89 points.
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with one exception. Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward. This race marked Jack Doohan's last for Alpine before a decision to rotate the seat, with Franco Colapinto taking the seat from the following Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.
Practice The sole free practice session was held on May 2, 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC–4), and was topped by Oscar Piastri of McLaren ahead of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. The session was red-flagged in the closing stages as Oliver Bearman of Haas hit the wall at turn 12.
Sprint qualifying Sprint qualifying was held on May 2, 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC–4), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.
Sprint qualifying classification DriverConstructorSprintgridSQ1SQ2SQ3112 Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:27.8581:27.3841:26.4821281 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.9511:27.3541:26.527234 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.8901:27.1091:26.582341 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:27.9531:27.2451:26.7374563 George RussellMercedes1:27.6881:27.6661:26.7915616 Charles LeclercFerrari1:28.3251:27.4671:26.8086744 Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:28.2311:27.5461:27.0307823 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:27.8591:27.6971:27.193896 Isack HadjarRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:28.3941:27.7731:27.543910141:28.4551:27.7661:27.790101127 Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber-Ferrari1:28.5421:27.850N/A111231 Esteban OconHaas-Ferrari1:28.3031:28.070N/A121310Alpine-Renault1:28.3451:28.167N/A131430 Liam LawsonRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:28.9141:28.375N/A141555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Williams-Mercedes1:27.899No timeN/A151618 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:29.028N/AN/A16177 Jack DoohanAlpine-Renault1:29.171N/AN/A171822 Yuki TsunodaRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:29.246N/AN/A195 Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber-Ferrari1:29.312N/AN/A182087 Oliver BearmanHaas-Ferrari1:29.825N/AN/A19107% time: 1:33.826Source: Notes – Yuki Tsunoda qualified 18th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.
Sprint The sprint was held on May 3, 2025, and was scheduled to start at 12:00 local time (UTC–4), but was delayed to 12:28 as there were two formation laps behind the safety car, before the start was suspended due to rain. The sprint was set to be run for 19 laps, but was shortened by one lap due to the aborted start procedure.
Sprint report Prior to the sprint, and in torrential rain, Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari after aquaplaning at turn 10. He did not start the sprint, and his grid slot was left empty. The sprint began in intermediate conditions. Oscar Piastri of McLaren challenged sprint polesitter Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes into the first corner, causing Antonelli to run wide and drop to 4th position behind Piastri's teammate Lando Norris and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. On lap 11 Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari, who had been running in 6th, became the first of the leading drivers to switch to slick tyres. He was followed in the following lap by Verstappen and Antonelli. During Verstappen's pitstop he was released prematurely and hit Antonelli, who as a result could not enter his pit box and had to spend another lap on intermediate tyres that were becoming increasingly unfit for the conditions. The same lap Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams, who had already switched to slicks, hit the wall on the inside of turn 14. He drove back to the pits, but was forced to retire.
On lap 13, race leader Piastri, who was now being closely pursued by Norris and had endured a brief off at the turns 14/15 chicane, switched to slicks and rejoined the race in 2nd. On lap 14 Hamilton overtook Verstappen into turn 11, the pair now up to 3rd and 4th as a result of their early switch to slick tyres. Norris, now the only driver not on slicks, pitted at the end of the lap. As Norris was making his stop the Safety Car was deployed due to an incident between Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls. While disputing 8th place, Lawson had been forced off the track at turn 11 before clipping the right-rear wheel of Alonso whilst attempting to rejoin the circuit, causing Alonso to spin into the turn 12 barrier destroying the front wing and the right-rear side of his car. The safety car deployment allowed Norris to exit the pitlane still in the lead of the race and, with there not being enough laps left to return to green flag running, take the sprint victory.
Piastri finished 2nd ahead of Hamilton, while Verstappen finished 4th. He received a ten-second time penalty for the unsafe release involving Antonelli, dropping him to 17th and marking his first finish outside the points in any race format since the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. Initially this promoted Oliver Bearman of Haas into the final points-paying position of 8th, however he was given a penalty for an unsafe release. Meanwhile, penalties given to Lawson for his collision with Alonso, Alexander Albon of Williams for a Safety Car infringement. These penalties promoted Verstappen's teammate Yuki Tsunoda - who had started from the pit lane but gained an advantage from being the first driver to switch to slicks - Antonelli and Pierre Gasly of Alpine to the points.
Sprint classification DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints1 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 18 36:37.647 3 82 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 18 +0.672 2 7344 Lewis HamiltonFerrari 18 +1.073 76463 George Russell Mercedes 18 +3.127 555 18 Lance Stroll 18 +3.412 16 4622 Yuki Tsunoda 18 +5.153 3712 Kimi Antonelli 18 +5.635 1 2810 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 18 +5.973 13 1927 Kick Sauber-Ferrari 18 +6.153 11106 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 18 +7.502 91123 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes 18 +7.522 81231 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari 18 +8.998 121330 Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 18 +9.024 141487 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari 18 +9.218 19 155 Kick Sauber-Ferrari 18 +9.675 18167 Jack Doohan Alpine-Renault 18 +9.909 17171 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 18 +12.059 4 14 13 Collision 1055 Carlos Sainz Jr. Williams-Mercedes 12 Puncture 1516 Charles LeclercFerrari0 Accident—Source: Notes – Alexander Albon finished fifth and would have moved up to fourth with Max Verstappen's penalty, but received a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. – Liam Lawson finished eighth, but received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso. – Oliver Bearman finished ninth, but received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release. – Max Verstappen finished fourth, but received a ten-second time penalty for an unsafe release. – Charles Leclerc did not start the sprint as he crashed during a reconnaissance lap. His place on the grid was left vacant. His result was officially listed as "" instead of "" in the sprint final classification published by the FIA.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on May 3, 2025, and was scheduled to start at 16:00 local time (UTC–4), but was delayed to 16:15 due to a change to the schedule under the supplementary regulation following the starting delay of the sprint. The session determined the starting grid order for the main race.
Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q311 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:26.8701:26.6431:26.204124 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.9551:26.4991:26.2692312 Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:27.0771:26.6061:26.2713481 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.0061:26.2691:26.3754563 George RussellMercedes1:27.0141:26.5751:26.3855655 Carlos Sainz Jr.Williams-Mercedes1:27.0981:26.8471:26.5696723 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:27.0421:26.8551:26.6827816 Charles LeclercFerrari1:27.4171:26.9481:26.7548931 Esteban OconHaas-Ferrari1:27.4501:26.9671:26.82491022 Yuki TsunodaRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:27.2981:26.9591:26.94310116 Isack HadjarRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:27.3011:26.987N/A111244 Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:27.2791:27.006N/A12135 Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber-Ferrari1:27.3431:27.151N/A13147 Jack DoohanAlpine-Renault1:27.4221:27.186N/A141530 Liam LawsonRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT1:27.4441:27.363N/A151627 Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber-Ferrari1:27.473N/AN/A1617141:27.604N/AN/A171810Alpine-Renault1:27.710N/AN/A1918 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:27.830N/AN/A182087 Oliver BearmanHaas-Ferrari1:27.999N/AN/A19107% time: 1:32.950Source: Notes – Pierre Gasly qualified 18th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.
Race
The race was held on May 4, 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC–4), and was run for 57 laps.
Race report From pole position, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing initially appeared to cover off Lando Norris of McLaren (who started from 2nd place) at the start, but then locked up into the turn 1 right-hander. This allowed Norris to pull alongside on the exit of the corner, putting himself on Verstappen's outside for turn 2. As the pair entered the fast left-hander, Verstappen appeared to briefly suffer from oversteer which caused his car to "snap" towards the outside of the corner, forcing Norris to run off the track in evasive action. The resulting loss of speed caused Norris to drop to 6th position behind Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes, Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri, Antonelli's teammate George Russell, and Alexander Albon of Williams. Albon was himself fortunate to avoid seriously colliding with his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr., as the pair swerved to avoid the re-joining Norris. Norris complained about Verstappen's driving over his team radio, however the race stewards decided to take no action after investigating the incident.