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Hot3Trump, Saban blastedNIL order ripped On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media Your hilariously snarky outbursts over the Ferrari radio made the fourth annual Miami Grand Prix memorable for audiences around the world No offense, Oscar Piastri — the McLaren driver has won four of the six races with 16 more to go during the 2025 F1 season The thing about this Miami race: Lando Norris finished nearly five seconds behind his teammate Piastri in second place — and 37 seconds ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell in third place Any intrigue for a thrilling finish was gone like Piastri when he took the lead from reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen during the 14th lap — with 43 laps to go That was until Hamilton jeered back and forth with race engineer Riccardo Adami when he had the pace to pass Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc with about 10 laps remaining As Hamilton stewed behind Leclerc without instruction Hamilton said: “This is not good teamwork — that’s all I can say.” When Ferrari finally cleared Hamilton to pass after several laps he snapped: “Have a tea break while you’re at it — C’mon.” Ferrari informed Hamilton that Williams driver Carlos Sainz was 1.4 seconds behind him — get this — after he was asked to return his place back to Leclerc “You want me to let him pass as well?” Hamilton shouted over the radio lighthearted and reflective after the race He said he was even happy with finishing in eighth place — if you can believe that from the seven-time F1 champion — while Leclerc finished seventh And I'm not going to apologize for being a fighter,” Hamilton told USA TODAY Sports “I'm not going to apologize for still wanting it Hamilton said he wasn’t upset at Leclerc or Ferrari His car simply isn’t performing how he’d prefer overall but he felt it “really come alive” after getting onto medium tires He was able to at least see a McLaren car in the distance He thought he had some chance to contend for at least sixth place right?” Hamilton said of his race comments “I don’t know what you’re gonna write — whether I was disrespectful or whatever ...” Insert a gif of Michael Scott from “The Office” with his “thank you” hands directed right at you The Miami Grand Prix race would have ended without a climax if Hamilton’s sarcasm and wit didn’t carry the end of the race from an entertainment standpoint The gap between Norris and Russell was so vast Sky Sports analyst and former driver Martin Brundle said: “McLaren could’ve made another pit stop just for the fun of it It’s also a measure of how difficult it is for Formula One to hold onto the American attention span beyond the fans who already clamor for the sport This is far from a Miami problem. The Miami race has become one of the best on the F1 calendar four years into a 10-year deal. An extension was announced this week for another 10 years of the Miami Grand Prix through 2041 F1’s presence in the United States runs through Miami — just like it does at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin is the moments of pure entertainment are few and far in between They’re easily digested on social media clips instead of a two-hour race unless the novice fan has elevated to appointment viewer Significant intrigue comes at the start of every race around Turn 1 where the pack fights mightily to get out in front Some drivers might overtake their struggling counterparts after the formation line is set Others will swap places after they pit once or twice during the race and finished third in the Miami sprint race But the pressure is mounting after his Grand Prix performances in his first season with Ferrari and seventh again in Saudi Arabia before what unfolded in Miami Leclerc and Ferrari appeared to all be at odds six races into being on the same side The drama that unfolded was sports and reality TV at its finest “I could have said way worse things on the radio You hear some of the things other people said in the past,” Hamilton said You got to understand that we're under a huge amount of pressure within the cars You're never going to get the most peaceful messages in the heat of battle Added Leclerc: “There’s no bad feelings with Lewis All I understand is he wants to try and optimize just as much as I want to try and optimize the car potential.” Ferrari trails first-place McLaren in the Constructors’ standings by 152 points They’re also looking up at Mercedes and Red Bull Hamilton is in seventh in the Drivers’ standings Leclerc (53) and his 18-year-old Mercedes replacement Kimi Antonelli (48) Hamilton’s elusive eighth title might still be elusive this season But he’s striving for a chance to just compete at this point in his transition from Mercedes to Ferrari “I truly believe that we fix some of the problems that we have with the car we'll be back in the fight … It just can't come quick [enough],” Hamilton said “I look forward to the time where maybe I can fight for a podium — and be nice.” MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- "Are they cheering for me?" asked Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight champion of the world, looking up from the ground floor of the Miami International Autodrome and into the tiered balconies above. That's where hundreds of Formula 1 fans were spending their Sunday afternoon leaning over the railings and screaming down into the paddock below hoping to grab the attention of the celebrities making their way toward the fourth edition of the Miami Grand Prix I'm not young enough and cool enough for this crowd," the 62-year-old "Real Deal" said with a wink a shake of his head and a point to a mob of people moving by him swirling around someone hidden between them "That guy" was Timothée Chalamet, the 29-year-old actor from "Dune" and the Bob Dylan biopic (not to mention College GameDay) the very young crowd indeed roared for the very young star But not even the Oscar nominee could generate the suddenly elevated level of high-pitched screams elicited by the sight of the even younger men on their way to work As each race car driver emerged one by one from the F1 team HQs constructed on the field of Hard Rock Stadium and snaked through the crowd toward the garages where their machines were being prepared the decibel level of the audible adulation unleashed upon them felt directly tied to their age "It is good to be young and fast," observed Sir Jackie Stewart, 85, as he watched 25-year-old Lando Norris and McLaren handlers power by "That's the proper way to describe Formula 1 right now: young and fast." who on Friday became the youngest F1 racer to ever win a pole position Antonelli won't turn 19 until the end of August "I spent 15 years trying to get my kids to watch F1 with me on Sunday mornings and they were always like it's boring and we want to sleep in!'" said Miami resident Oscar Martinez his arms and legs stretched out over the seats of Section 301 in the upper deck of Hard Rock Stadium watching a race on the giant TV screens inside the home of the Miami Dolphins as those seats were rattled by that race unfolding around the stadium both dressed head to toe in McLaren papaya and riveted by the action outside they come wake me up on Sunday mornings to watch F1 and these tickets were the only Christmas presents they wanted." He shouted the next sentence just loud enough so they could hear him Oscar Piastri claimed his fourth win of the F1 season on Sunday in Miami. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images"Dad Never in F1's 75 years has the globe's most beloved form of motorsport been this cool in the United States and certainly has never grown this fast among the young Americans have surged toward F1 since summer 2020 when everyone was stuck in their homes to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic and like "Tiger King" and "Gilmore Girls" reruns discovered the already-existing streaming series "Drive to Survive." Suddenly a sport that had long been beloved by a devoted but niche and gray-haired auto racing audience of dads (no offense Martinez of Section 301) became a curiosity for millions who prior didn't know the difference between a safety car and the Safety Dance Amid a global fanbase estimated at 750 million people, an estimated 42% is under the age of 35, the kind of numbers that make U.S.-based NASCAR and IndyCar green as a starting flag with envy F1 claims that one out of every two American fans of its series started watching the sport within the past five years it has more than 20 million new fans and that its fastest growing demographic is females between the ages of 16 and 24 It would be easy to write off all of those stats as fuzzy marketing math spun by a sanctioning body eager to brag on itself But anyone who spent time in the Miami International Autodrome grandstands on Sunday has plenty of instant anecdotal evidence to back those claims Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson geek out about Formula One and the personalities behind it on "Unlapped," ESPN's weekly F1 podcast. Listen to 'Unlapped' "The Formula 1 audience has become so much broader but here in the United States it's been dramatic but we are proud to be a part of that reason." The 1980s and '90s were largely barren of Stateside F1 events with Miami in the spring and trips to Austin After recent years of noise about more American cities wanting their own Formula 1 weekends it appears that this trio will be the lineup for the foreseeable future The Circuit of the Americas in Austin has a contract with F1 through next season Las Vegas has already signed on all the way through 2032 Judging from all of those young people leaning over the rails and all of those just-as-young people they were shouting at And none show signs of finding something else to do anytime soon As underlined -- very loudly -- when Piastri took his fourth win of the season and sixth GP victory in nine months and the resulting cheers that went up from the grandstands inside Hard Rock Stadium momentarily matched the roar of the twenty 1,000-horsepower machines outside "You can feel that energy, no doubt. I know that I do, and I'm certainly no youngster," Red Bull boss Christian Horner said on Friday when asked about the fountain of youth running through the paddock and the midways that surround it. He is the employer of Verstappen and his 24-year-old teammate, Yuki Tsunoda Authorities said 32 people were rescued from a sinking boat off the Miami coast on May 3 The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a vessel taking on water near Monument Island around 5 p.m. ET, the Guard said in an X post The 32 people rescued from the scene of the sinking 63-foot boat were recovered without injuries The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to request for comment from USA TODAY on May 4 Witnesses told CBS Miami that the boat went vertical as it took on water and it's just very concerning," Rachael Miller told the station The Guard said May 3 that commercial salvage was working to recover the boat and that it was not hazardous to navigation 'Lamborghini' boat sinks near wealthy enclaveDispatch audio obtained by CBS Miami described the boat as a "Lamborghini vessel." The boat was identified by Yachts Worldwide, a yacht-dedicated social media account, as a Lamborghini Tecnomar in a video of the rescue scene it posted. The newspaper notes that the island is near the wealthy Hibiscus Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a graduate of University College London. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content Videos on social media show influencers taking pictures as a luxury yacht sank off Miami Beach on Saturday Coast Guard said 32 people were rescued from a 63-foot vessel that was taking on water near Flagler Monument Island on Saturday Photos shared by the Coast Guard on social media show at least a dozen people Some appear to be holding phones and taking pictures or filming videos Footage posted on social media showed several young men taking photos or videos after being rescued, according to the New York Post "No f**** given," a person said in a video posted on Instagram "Everyone on the sinking yacht taking selfies." Another video showed women laughing after being rescued from the yacht women and children," a man can be heard shouting in the clip "It's giving Titanic," one women is heard saying Miami Beach Police responded to reports of the vessel taking on water at around 5 p.m All 32 people were rescued with no injuries including the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and "good Samaritan" boat operators in the vicinity Dispatch calls and witnesses referred to the yacht as a "Lamborghini vessel," but the exact model was not confirmed, said CBS News Miami identified it as a $4 million Lamborghini Tecnomar in a recent video of the sinking vessel Newsweek has contacted the Coast Guard and FWC for comment via emails sent outside regular business hours Coast Guard Southeast wrote on X: "A @USCG Sta #MiamiBeach crew & partner agencies responded to a 63-ft vessel taking on water near Monument Island rescuing 32 people w/no injuries reported around 5 p.m. Rachael Miller told CBS News Miami: "We were just on the boat and we saw a bunch of cops and there was another yacht that was flipped over completely vertically in the water It wasn't immediately clear what caused the vessel to sink The Coast Guard said commercial salvage crews are working to recover the yacht Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair Hold us accountable and submit your rating of this article on the meter. Newsletters in your inbox See all and the biggest obstacle to a Miami Dolphins trade involving their Pro Bowl cornerback continues to be his contract It's not just about the Dolphins having to deal with the cap ramifications associated with a Ramsey trade it's about finding a trade partner willing to take on the veteran's contract And it may get to the point where the Dolphins will have no choice but to agree to pay some of that salary to facilitate a trade And while the circumstances are a bit different they Dolphins have done this before — with quarterback Ryan Tannehill in 2019 When the organization set out to execute a complete rebuilding project — way beyond a simple reset — one of the decisions the Dolphins made was moving forward without their 2012 first-round pick after seven seasons wasn't as simple as finding a team looking for a quarterback The Dolphins eventually were able to trade Tannehill to help get him off their books in 2020 which would have been the final year of a four-year extension he signed in 2016 the Dolphins agreed to pay him a $5 million signing bonus to push his cap number to $18.4 million for that 2019 season and got a measly return from the Tennessee Titans In exchange for Tannehill and a sixth-round pick the Dolphins got a 2020 fourth-round selection along with a seventh-round choice Ramsey is a lot more proven commodity as a player at this time than Tannehill was in 2019 but he's also older and actually is due to make more money than Tannehill was that year The Dolphins already have paid Ramsey a $4 million bonus this offseason and he's got $21 million more coming his way in 2025 which an acquiring team would fully absorb at this time barring an arrangement with Miami finding a team willing to do that might be difficult Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay kind of suggested that when he spoke late last week about Ramsey and his potential interest in bringing him back to Southern California “He is a total stud,” McVay told Adam Schein of SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio “and you look at — obviously he has continued to play at a really high level He and I have kept in great touch even since we ended up trading him to Miami “And so there are a lot of layers when you’re talking about a player of his caliber the compensation that they would be looking for in exchange for receiving a player of his magnitude And so those conversations are ongoing as I’m sure they are with multiple teams but we’re never gonna shy away from opportunities to increase the competitiveness of our roster or add great players as long as it fits within the framework of everything that an acquisition like that would entail.” The Rams make perfect sense as a trade partner for the Dolphins because they have a need in the secondary reached the second round of the playoffs last season and have a quarterback (Matthew Stafford) who probably has only a couple of years left as it will be for any potential trade partner will be the trade compensation and Ramsey's salary with a team likely willing to give Miami more in exchange for Ramsey the more salary the Dolphins are willing to absorb The Rams have a little more than $18 million of effective cap space currently have a little under $11.7 million of effective cap space (includes space needed for draft class) and their 2025 cap clearly would benefit for any Ramsey trade occurring after June 1 the Dolphins would have to count $6.7 million for Ramsey as opposed to more than $25 million if they traded him before June 1 (though $18.4 million would go against the 2026 cap) Dolphins GM Chris Grier said there were discussions with other teams throughout the weekend about a Ramsey Grier said the Dolphins won't necessarily wait until after June 1 to consummate a deal even if that would make the cap hit less painful emphasizing he doesn't know when the right opportunity will surface was asked point blank about how he would describe his relationship with Ramsey and he sidestepped the question saying there was no purpose in talking about it and taking away attention from the draft picks The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER Mike McDaniel led the Miami Dolphins to the NFL playoffs in each of his first two seasons in charge of the team They couldn't quite make it back to the postseason last year The Dolphins posted an 8-9 record in 2024. They had an outside chance to make the postseason entering the season's final week, but a loss to the New York Jets guaranteed Miami would not earn the AFC's No Miami spent the 2025 NFL offseason focused on retooling. They had a key loss on the offensive line, as veteran left tackle Terron Armstead decided to retire, and the team may end up trading its top cornerback Jalen Ramsey ahead of the season the Dolphins' potential will also be based on how difficult their schedule is for the 2025 NFL season Here's a look at their complete list of opponents with the NFL's schedule release approaching DOLPHINS TICKETS: Buy tickets to 2025 Miami Dolphins games Here's the full list of Dolphins opponents for 2025: RoadAtlanta FalconsBuffalo BillsCarolina PanthersCleveland BrownsIndianapolis ColtsNew England PatriotsNew York JetsPittsburgh SteelersAs always the Dolphins will face their AFC East divisional opponents twice during the 2025 season They will also play all the AFC North and NFC South teams as part of the NFL's rotating schedule Miami's final three opponents – the Chargers Colts and Commanders – were determined based on the Dolphins' second-place finish in the AFC East last season The NFL is set to reveal its 2025 schedule in full on Wednesday The NFL has turned the schedule release into a marquee offseason event the league announces the 18-week slate of matchups for all 32 teams This year's schedule release will be held one day earlier than last year's The NFL announced the full 2024 schedule at 8 p.m so fans can expect a similar release time for this year's schedule Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting American football quarterback Patrick Mahomes prepares for a Pirelli Hot Laps ride in an Alpine Photo by: Michael Potts / Motorsport Images Patrick Mahomes is in the building. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, who is an investor in Alpine Racing arrived at Hard Rock Stadium ahead of the Miami Grand Prix He and his wife Brittany strolled into the paddock Sunday afternoon and made a beeline for Alpine Racing’s hospitality suite.  The three-time Super Bowl champion was among a consortium of celebrity backers including his team-mate Travis Kelce and golfer Rory McIlroy who joined Otro Capital investment’s in the Enstone-based outfit in 2023 He looked laid-back in a striped Louis Vuitton matching set He added a pair of statement blue sunglasses and adidas sneakers while Brittany stunned in a beige corset and white pants.  The Texas Tech alum is no stranger to the F1 paddock. He's attended multiple races, including last year's Miami Grand Prix. He and Brittany spent time with Gasly and then-teammate Esteban Ocon before celebrating at the swanky Carbone Beach party.  Patrick previously said he "jumped" at the opportunity to invest in the Oliver Oakes-helmed outfit. "I've always had a passion for all sports," he said in 2023 "The opportunity to lead an investor group with Travis in Alpine F1 alongside Otro Capital was one I couldn't pass up It's an exciting time for the sport and this is an opportunity to bring our shared values to the world stage I'm looking forward to being a part of its growth." Stay up to speed with the latest F1 Miami Grand Prix news, expert analysis, photos and videos. From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker. 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New York Red Bulls - Game HighlightsWatch the Game Highlights from Inter Miami CF vs Lionel Messi struck the emphatic final goal as Inter Miami snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 home win over the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale Messi found the net for the first tome in nearly a month with an unstoppable left-footed strike from the center of the box following a one-two with Telasco Segovia midway through the second half to make sure of a much-needed victory for Miami It was Miami's first game since losing both legs of its Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal with the Vancouver Whitecaps to see its hopes dashed of a first continental title In between, Javier Mascherano's side had also lost in MLS for the first time this season, 4-3 at FC Dallas "I think that there is already a lot of frustration," Mascherano told reporters afterward I think we learn if in the future the results are different And the reality is that there are high expectations and I have no problem that the demands are high And then we know what comes with the Club World Cup and Leagues Cup." New York had allowed just nine goals in 10 matches before Miami put on an offensive show on Saturday, starting with Fafà Picault's opening goal in the ninth minute Defender Marcelo Weigandt added a second on the half-hour mark before Luis Suárez found the net to end his nine-goal scoreless streak "The return of Luis Suárez scoring makes us happy because we know that strikers live off the goal," Mascherano said Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting pulled a goal back for the Red Bulls shortly before halftime but Messi's team-leading ninth goal of the season in all competitions ensured it would prove no more than a consolation The result left Miami fourth in the Eastern Conference ahead of a trip to face Minnesota United in a week's time 15 points) remain winless (0-3-2) on the road this season Information from ESPN's Lizzy Becherano and Field Level Media contributed to this report Lionel Messi struck the emphatic final goal as Inter Miami snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 home win over the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale Messi found the net for the first tome in nearly a month with an unstoppable left-footed strike from the center of the box following a one-two with Telasco Segovia midway through the second half to make sure of a much-needed victory for Miami It was Miami's first game since losing both legs of its Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal with the Vancouver Whitecaps to see its hopes dashed of a first continental title In between, Javier Mascherano's side had also lost in MLS for the first time this season, 4-3 at FC Dallas \"I think that there is already a lot of frustration,\" Mascherano told reporters afterward And then we know what comes with the Club World Cup and Leagues Cup.\" New York had allowed just nine goals in 10 matches before Miami put on an offensive show on Saturday, starting with Fafà Picault's opening goal in the ninth minute Defender Marcelo Weigandt added a second on the half-hour mark before Luis Suárez found the net to end his nine-goal scoreless streak \"The return of Luis Suárez scoring makes us happy because we know that strikers live off the goal,\" Mascherano said \"It's fundamental for their confidence.\" Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting pulled a goal back for the Red Bulls shortly before halftime but Messi's team-leading ninth goal of the season in all competitions ensured it would prove no more than a consolation Inter Miami’s clash with the New York Red Bulls was not yet half over, and Lionel Messi looked exhausted Messi’s resilience epitomizes the task facing IMCF after their humbling ConcaChampions exit at the hands of the incredible Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday the nadir of a bruising fortnight in which the previously undefeated Herons lost three straight games and saw their CCC dreams slip away “We needed this victory after three defeats and to have some very good feelings again,” head coach Javier Mascherano said in Spanish postgame we had an effectiveness that we haven't had in several games not just that we had a lot of [goalscoring] situations "And then we attempted in the second half with the last post entries they grew and they progressed on the field and we were trying to avoid giving them the control of the game.” That man Messi strikes again! Patrick Mahomes is loving it. 👏 pic.twitter.com/o0HXoxaqxa What felt like a comfortable victory by full-time was perhaps not quite as easy as it looked considering the intense emotions of their midweek heartbreak and the storm of doubt and criticism that followed the Whitecaps’ unexpectedly dominant dispatching of Messi & Co we try to get to the highest position possible We have shown this in the Champions [Cup],” said Mascherano “Sometimes we have to understand that you have an opponent; the opponent plays “Sometimes public opinion is to analyze the results We analyze more than the results: the content “I understand that there's a lot of frustration is the coaching staff and the players not being able to go to the final.” “We've had a tough week. It was important to end the games that we've had – a ton of games – on a good note going into the couple off days that we're going to get before next week's road trip,” homegrown defender Noah Allen told MLS Season Pass after the final whistle “So very important to get these three points that can sort our confidence back.” ¡Hola Pat! 👋🏈El QB de los Chiefs de Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes, dice presente en el encuentro entre @InterMiamiCF y @NewYorkRedBulls pic.twitter.com/vrVrAxx4GH Over the years, Champions Cup hangovers have become an infamous hazard for MLS sides who make deep runs. So every point, every positive result matters for Miami, particularly in light of their looming participation in the expanded Club World Cup on home soil this summer and such high expectations for Messi & Friends every setback provokes palpable disappointment Yet when the dust settles after Matchday 11 the Herons will have 21 points from 10 league matches (6W-1L-3D) and sit just three points back of East leaders Columbus Crew with a game in hand “We will try to continue to do our best. We will try to learn from our mistakes. And we will continue saying that this team can compete, and we are going to face anything that comes before us,” said Mascherano. “Today we're here to focus on MLS, trying to get to the top of this conference, and then we'll see what happens with Club World Cup, Leagues Cup His popularity has had an enormous impact on Major League Soccer since he signed with Inter Miami in July 2023, capturing a growing television audience and inspiring record attendance everywhere he goes With Messi's widespread appeal comes increased security risk for the face of MLS at every match The unwanted impact of Messi's fame took center stage during Inter Miami's 4-1 win over New York Red Bulls on Saturday at Chase Stadium.  a pitch invader ran onto the field to try to meet his Argentinian idol A fan runs onto the field to meet Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi (10) during a match against the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium Few sports stars are as equipped to handle such a security breach Throughout his famous career with Barcelona Messi has faced the stressful situation countless times When Messi arrived in the United States, Inter Miami hired a personal bodyguard for its captain. Yassine Cheuko went viral for his constant shadowing of Messi on and off the field as well as the speed at which he ran onto the field to stop the threat of pitch invaders Cheuko was banned from the sideline by MLS earlier this season causing concerns over Messi's safety that were realized when the pitch invader reached him on Saturday Messi's unexpected reaction in the heat of the moment drew a loud response from the Inter Miami crowd The captain dismissed multiple security guards ensuring the troublesome fan could snap a selfie with him before being dragged off the pitch and facing punishment for the poor behavior that interrupted the match the crowd chanted the name of its gracious Argentinian hero: "Messi Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi (10) takes a selfie with a fan during a match against the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium who was in Miami for the Formula 1 grand prix this weekend It was a much-needed result for Inter Miami after it crashed out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals against the Vancouver Whitecaps this week The Herons moved up to fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings with their sixth league win in 10 matches this season Audi announce organisational restructure ahead of F1 arrival in 2026 5 Winners and 5 Losers from Miami – Who excelled in the Sunshine State Tsunoda concedes he ‘made life much more difficult’ with five-second penalty in Miami after battling for final point Antonelli taking plenty of positives from Miami weekend despite struggles on way to P6 in the Grand Prix ‘We took the tough decision’ – Vasseur defends Ferrari team orders situation in Miami as he acknowledges Hamilton’s frustration Oscar Piastri has strengthened his lead in the World Championship by clinching his fourth victory of the season at the Miami Grand Prix the Australian leading home team mate Lando Norris to seal a dominant 1-2 for McLaren While Max Verstappen initially led away from pole a battle with Norris saw the Briton run wide and drop down the order – letting Kimi Antonelli and Piastri through in the process But as the laps ticked down – and Piastri overtook the Mercedes – Verstappen soon found himself under increasing pressure from the championship leader After Piastri eventually found a way past into the lead a recovering Norris subsequently followed through into second allowing the papaya cars to build up a sizeable gap at the front And while plenty of action unfolded behind them across the 57-lap event the papaya cars looked to be in a league of their own right to the chequered flag where Piastri crossed the line by 4.63s from Norris Mercedes’ George Russell claimed the final spot on the podium in third – despite being a whopping 37 seconds back from Piastri highlighting McLaren’s commanding performance – while Verstappen had to settle for fourth in the Red Bull continuing the statistic of the Miami polesitter never having won the race Alex Albon was an impressive fifth for Williams ahead of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli in sixth The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton the pair having been involved in a lengthy team orders debate in the latter stages that saw Hamilton moved in front before the positions were reversed later on Hamilton held onto eighth despite a late-race scrap with the Williams’ of Carlos Sainz the Spaniard remaining in ninth following the incident that will be investigated after the race grabbed the final point on offer in P10 for Red Bull the Racing Bulls driver finishing ahead of Haas’ Esteban Ocon in 12th and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly in 13th will be investigated for a possible yellow flag infringement after the race There was plenty of action as the Miami Grand Prix got underway Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg claimed P14 for Kick Sauber while Aston Martin had a challenging day at the Miami International Autodrome with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll the last classified runners in P15 and P16 with Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson being forced to return to the pits while Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto and Ollie Bearman both sparked Virtual Safety Car periods after stopping out on track with mechanical issues saw his race end on Lap 1 following contact with Lawson the Alpine driver pulling off the circuit after picking up too much damage to continue Championship leader Piastri was in commanding form at the Miami International Autodrome After an eventful two days of action at the Miami International Autodrome – featuring a chaotic wet-dry Sprint followed by a hard-fought Qualifying session – the attentions of the paddock turned to the Miami Grand Prix In a repeat of the heavy rain that had hit the circuit prior to Saturday’s Sprint the heavens had opened again in the hours before Sunday’s race While the showers had ceased as the start time approached – and the track was quickly drying – the teams would certainly be keeping an eye on the forecast for the 57-lap encounter One change to the grid – which would be headed by polesitter Verstappen and second-placed Norris – saw Gasly move from P18 to the pit lane due to the Alpine squad having changed the set-up of the car’s suspension whilst under parc ferme conditions After a unique drivers’ parade earlier in the day in which all 20 drivers got behind the wheel of fully driveable LEGO big build cars the field switched their focus to their usual challengers as the time for lights out neared Once the cars had assembled on the grid and the tyre blankets were removed ahead of the expected one-stop event it was revealed that most of the pack had opted for the medium compound Verstappen led away from pole position as the Miami Grand Prix got underway the five lights went out to get the Miami Grand Prix underway – and Verstappen initially got away smoothly only to experience a slight lock-up into Turn 1 which encouraged Norris to get alongside the Red Bull a moment of contact between the pair saw the Briton run across the apex into Turn 2 and drop a number of positions to end up in sixth allowing Antonelli and Piastri through into second and third The McLaren driver went on to report: “He forced me off” Meanwhile there was trouble further back for Doohan who made contact with the Racing Bulls of Lawson and picked up a puncture The damage ultimately proved too much for Doohan to return to the pits the Alpine stopping out on track which led to the deployment of a Virtual Safety Car Shortly after the VSC period ended on Lap 4 Piastri was quick to make a move on Antonelli to snatch P2 while Norris grabbed P5 from Albon – both welcome sights for the McLaren pit wall with Piastri subsequently starting to cut into Verstappen’s 1.5s lead as Hamilton overtook Hadjar for 11th and Sainz took sixth from team mate Albon It will be heavy if it hits,” Alonso was being told by his race engineer had noted the Lap 1 incident between Verstappen and Norris before deciding that no further action was needed with the same verdict being given to the Doohan and Lawson contact 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Pole-sitter Verstappen fends off attack from Norris who drops to P6 on the race start Russell – who looked to be struggling with his hard tyres – Sainz It did not take long for that to change again as Norris soon gained another position by getting past Antonelli There was heart-in-mouth moment for Alonso who suffered a spin at the same corner where he crashed in Saturday’s Sprint – but fortunately managed to avoid the walls on this occasion further tense scenes were playing out as Piastri set about trying to overtake Verstappen with Verstappen told by race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase to “stay on the inside” and “make him work for it” “It’s super slippery to drive,” Verstappen reported After the papaya car was initially forced wide Verstappen then out-braked himself and went wide in the process which allowed Piastri to cut back through to become the new race leader And just one lap later there was a sense of déjà vu for Verstappen as Norris closed in on the World Champion – but this time a move around the outside of Turn 1 did not work for the Briton leading the McLaren team to coach him over the radio on how Piastri found a way past 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Piastri powers past Verstappen to take the lead The battle got increasingly feisty by Lap 18 with Norris pushing Verstappen wide into Turn 11 to squeeze down the inside and take the position The Briton subsequently handed the place back – having seemingly gone off the track when making the overtake – but then retook P2 later in the lap became the first driver to pit on Lap 20 to switch from the medium to hard tyres – just as light drops of rain looked to be falling at the Miami International Autodrome Would the intensity of this increase as the race progressed a thrilling fight was playing out for 10th place between Ocon and Hamilton with the Ferrari man eventually finding a way past the Haas to claim the final points-paying position By Lap 24 the order ahead of Hamilton stood as Piastri McLaren looked to be in a class of their own with Piastri leading by eight seconds from Norris while the latter had built the same gap back to Verstappen in third – with the Mercedes pair getting closer to the Red Bull in fourth and fifth Antonelli subsequently dived into the pits on Lap 26 – but experienced a slightly slow stop after having to wait for Sainz to go past in the pit lane seemingly ruining the Italian’s chances of undercutting Verstappen was warned that “possible light drops of rain” could fall in the next two laps Verstappen could not keep the McLarens at bay despite battling hard against both Piastri and Norris The pit stops were soon coming in thick and fast with Verstappen the first of the top three to stop for the hard tyres But back on track Bearman was having mechanical problems the Haas driver pulling off the track at Lap 29 resulting in a Virtual Safety Car being called McLaren then called both drivers to pit in a double stack allowing Piastri and Norris to reemerge in P1 and P2 respectively while Russell benefitted from pitting under the VSC to take P3 from Verstappen Others having a good phase of the race included the Williams team with Albon picking off Antonelli for fifth while Sainz had grabbed seventh from former team mate Leclerc But things were not going so well for Tsunoda who had collected a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane with the Kick Sauber driver told to retire the car after earlier complaining of engine issues The Brazilian was ultimately unable to make it back to the pits and stopped on track meaning that another Virtual Safety Car was deployed an exciting battle played out between the two Ferrari cars and Sainz with Leclerc trying to overtake for seventh – a move that he subsequently pulled off with Hamilton then following through to move up into eighth Sainz was involved in a scrap with former team mate Leclerc A debate ensued over the radio at the Scuderia as Hamilton – running on the medium tyres in contrast to the hards on Leclerc’s car – suggested that he should be let by leading the seven-time World Champion to comment that the situation was “not good teamwork” as he was kept behind After further frustrated messages from Hamilton – who sarcastically told the team to “have a tea break while you are at it” amid a delay in making the call – the decision was eventually made to swap the cars Lawson became the fourth retiree from the race Piastri remained five seconds ahead of Norris in the lead – while Russell was a whole 27 seconds adrift in third outlining the commanding performance of the McLarens as Verstappen was on the chase in the fight for the final position on the podium Albon was running in fifth ahead of Antonelli with Hamilton and Leclerc still in seventh and eighth – and that situation was not settled yet with Leclerc having significantly closed the gap to his team mate Norris looked to be edging closer to Piastri as the Australian’s advantage came down to just over four seconds after lapping some backmarkers Would a late-race showdown ensue between the two McLaren drivers Hamilton made gains after starting from P12 on the grid The stewards looked to be in for a busy evening post-race having confirmed that they would investigate Sainz and Gasly for possible yellow flag infringements after the Grand Prix But there was still plenty of action to be had out on track as the race entered its final five laps with Norris again cutting Piastri’s lead down with Hamilton having been unable to close in on Antonelli the Briton was asked to swap positions back with Leclerc Leclerc had been told of this before Hamilton meaning that the seven-time World Champion had not known he was expected to yield while Leclerc commented: “We’ll discuss after the race.” The drama was not over for Hamilton who found himself being hunted down by the Williams of Sainz A last-lap lunge from Sainz ultimately did not go in the Spaniard’s favour – and will also be investigated after the race with Piastri crossing the line to clinch his fourth win of the season by 4.63s from Norris in a sublime day for McLaren 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Piastri crosses the line to take his third Grand Prix win in a row Russell added to his tally of podium finishes by taking third with Verstappen unable to close the gap in fourth Albon followed in a strong fifth for Williams ahead of the Mercedes of Antonelli in sixth and the Ferrari duo of Leclerc and Hamilton in seventh and eighth Gasly and Hulkenberg in 11th through to 14th respectively with Alonso and Stroll completing the classification in 15th and 16th places A total of four drivers retired from the event Bearman and Doohan all failed to make the chequered flag Piastri has now increased his points tally to 131 at the top of the Drivers’ Championship while Verstappen remains in third on 99 points Norris and McLaren CEO Zak Brown were all smiles after a stunning performance from the team "I won the race that I really wanted to," said Piastri but Qualifying was probably one of my trickiest sessions of the year To come away with a win still on Sunday is an impressive result Obviously there was a bit of argy-bargy at Turn 1 which helped me out a little bit and then I was aware enough to avoid Max coming through in Turn 1 From that point onwards I knew that I had a good pace advantage and clearly the car was unbelievable today." After a week off, F1 will travel to Imola for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix from May 16-18. Head to the RACE HUB to find out how you can follow the action Piastri full of praise for McLaren after ‘unbelievable’ and ‘impressive’ victory in Miami AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from the Miami GP as Piastri wins in dominant McLaren 1-2 DRIVER OF THE DAY: Piastri's imperious Miami showing gets your vote Albon delighted with fifth in Miami as Sainz admits frustrations over inability to score 'bigger' points for Williams © 2003-2025 Formula One World Championship Limited Lewis Hamilton has reflected on the tense radio messages he made during the Miami Grand Prix conceding that "I'm sure people didn't like certain comments" but emphasizing that they were said during a "frustrating" moment as Ferrari tried to maximise a lacklustre race The seven-time World Champion endured a difficult weekend in Miami as he was consigned to a 12th-place starting spot on the grid and was left battling Esteban Ocon on the fringes of the top-10 with the hard compound tyre in the early stages of the race READ MORE: Piastri wins from Norris and Russell as McLaren seal commanding 1-2 in Miami Grand Prix A mid-race Virtual Safety Car transformed his race as it allowed the Briton to make a pit stop without losing as much time compared with those ahead and he closed on team mate Charles Leclerc and the Williams of Carlos Sainz He moved up a spot as Leclerc passed Sainz at Turn 1 and with the softer medium tyre looked quicker than his team mate and asked his Ferrari engineer to be allowed ahead 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Tense radio exchanges as Hamilton and Leclerc argue over Ferrari strategy But it took several laps before Ferrari asked Leclerc to cede the spot having initially told both drivers to hold position prompting several irate messages from Hamilton including one that suggested they could "have a tea break while you're at it" Hamilton clarified that his comments were made in the heat of the moment and that his remarks would be discussed amongst the team "I lost a lot of time behind Charles and in that moment for sure I was like come on let's make a concise decision really quick "I'm sure people didn't like certain comments but you've got to understand it was frustrating people say way worse things than what I say It was more sarcastic than anything and I'm not frustrated now we'll have discussions and we'll keep pushing." He added: "Let's not get emotional about it Hamilton was unable to pull away from his team mate who was able to stay within DRS range and also began to complain about dirty air from following ‘In the heat of the moment it’s frustrating’ – Hamilton on tense radio calls in Miami Hamilton eventually finished eighth after making contact with Sainz on the last lap as the Williams driver made a late lunge into the final hairpin "For us to be battling them and struggling to beat them [Williams] just shows that we have a lot of performance to find," Hamilton said READ MORE: Piastri full of praise for McLaren after ‘unbelievable’ and ‘impressive’ victory in Miami "We're lacking performance in the car but I think we know where we are losing it We've got some improvements to make to the car before we can unlock that performance but we won't give up Leclerc was only able to finish one place higher in seventh nearly a minute behind race winner Oscar Piastri during a race which saw only two brief Virtual Safety Cars as Ferrari's race pace was laid bare we need to do better and we are in a difficult situation at the moment I just hope we can turn that situation around as soon as possible." 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MIAMI LOWDOWN: All the key moments as McLaren and Antonelli shine, Ferrari face tensions and LEGO takes over MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How Leclerc and Hamilton’s opposing Miami strategies culminated in fractious Ferrari radio exchanges HIGHLIGHTS: Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 after thrilling race in Miami Driveable LEGO big builds welcomed to Miami drivers’ parade Cadillac unveil their team logo and brand during dazzling Miami launch event ahead of 2026 entry Piastri wins from Norris and Russell as McLaren seal commanding 1-2 in Miami Grand Prix Cadillac unveil their team logo and brand during dazzling Miami launch event ahead of 2026 entry Norris concedes he 'paid the price' as he reflects on Lap 1 battle with Verstappen in Miami I agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant advertising and improve my service Pay to read The Race without adverts or cookies used for personalised ads By logging in, you agree to our use of third-party and analytics cookies to enhance your experience and improve our services. For more details, please review our Privacy Policy As is often the case with Formula 1 sprint weekends no driver strung together a truly complete run across all the relevant sessions - but this week's #1 came closest and nailed the parts of the weekend that mattered most How do the rankings work? The 20 drivers will be ranked in order of performance from best to worst on each grand prix weekend This will be based on the full range of criteria ranging from pace and racecraft to consistency and whether they made key mistakes How close each driver got to delivering on the maximum performance potential of the car will be an essential consideration It’s important to note both that this reflects performance across the entire weekend cognisant of the fact that qualifying is effectively ‘lap 0’ of the race and key to laying the foundations to the race and that it is not a ranking of the all-round qualities of each driver It’s simply about how they performed on a given weekend the ranking will fluctuate significantly from weekend to weekend And with each of the 10 cars fundamentally having different performance potential and ‘luck’ (ie factors outside of a driver’s control) contributing to the way the weekend plays out this ranking will also differ significantly from the overall results Piastri would have ended the weekend with a sprint/grand prix double but for the mistimed safety car that cost him on Saturday Want to quiz Edd about his rankings? You can do so on The Race Members' Club on Patreon. Head to this post Right now there's 75% off your first month to celebrate F175 as he should have qualified better on both days and relied on Norris’s Turn 2 excursion to jump his team-mate in the grand prix but what elevated his ranking was the intelligence with which he worked his way past Verstappen on Sunday Verdict: Strengthened his championship credentials Albon was unfortunate to lose an outstanding fourth place in the sprint to a safety-car delta infringement but it was a fair cop even though the circumstances mean it doesn't dent his ranking as much as it would usually have done qualifying performance with time lost in the chicane key to being outqualified by team-mate Carlos Sainz beating the Ferraris and passing Antonelli along the way to take his second fifth place of the season - surviving a rub of wheels with Sainz on the first lap and opportunistically passing his team-mate again later in the first stint at a point when he wasn't expected to Verdict: Another well-executed weekend.  Verstappen's pole position was another example of maxmising the second-best car and capitalising on the McLaren drivers slightly underdelivering The sprint blank after finishing fourth on the road was not of his doing given Red Bull's unsafe release while in the grand prix he was never going to be able to hang on to the lead ahead of the McLarens Would have been third but for the timing of the VSC that let Russell jump him with the only mild criticism a few moments in battle where he flirted with putting himself in harm's way Verdict: Papered over the Red Bull cracks.  Fortune was on Norris's side in the sprint with the timing of the safety car turning second into first He certainly had the pace to have won the grand prix from pole position but his failure to maximise qualifying meant he ended up taking the risk around the outside of Verstappen in Turn 2 that led to him being forced onto the runoff but Piastri was out of reach thanks to the time lost battling the Red Bull Antonelli's rookie campaign had been impressive but without ever startling with his speed He corrected that with a sensational sprint pole position backed up by a close third in qualifying proper Antonelli learning a big lesson at the start of the sprint when he tried to hang on around the outside of Piastri and fell back before being hit by Verstappen in the pits although the timing of the safety car and tyre-management inexperience cost him in the grand prix Verdict: A significant weekend in his rookie campaign Ocon was the stronger Haas driver in Miami although he wasn't able to translate that into a points finish His sprint chances were compromised by a lock-up on his final qualifying lap but he excelled by making Q3 for the main event After slipping behind Tsunoda at the start he defied competitive gravity in the first stint by hanging onto 10th ahead of Hamilton until lap 22 Hadjar's undercut relegated him to 12th in a car that didn't quite have the pace to fight back admitting after qualifying that he lacked confidence with things "not clicking" But he stuck to his task and was rewarded with race results that were ultimately as good as they were going to get for Mercedes That this counts as a difficult weekend for him performance-wise is testament to the quality of his season so far although he was a step behind Antonelli on qualifying pace he breezed into Q2 and potentially had the pace to make the top 10 but for failing to improve on his final lap which started to go awry when he had a big snap in Turn 2 He had a good race until an engine problem eliminated him coming close to passing Hadjar in the first stint The Racing Bulls car vied with the Haas for sixth-best in Miami and Hadjar accordingly spent much of his weekend floating around the periphery of the points His sprint qualifying ninth place was the standout moment He rued missing out on denying the penalised Tsunoda the final point on Sunday by 0.168s having lost just over a quarter of a second to him on the final lap This was a step forward from Bahrain and Jeddah although Hamilton still wasn't quite at the level of his team-mate A well-timed switch to slicks in the sprint allowed him to take third place while in the race the VSC and an opportunistic pass on Sainz left him behind Leclerc on a softer tyre When Ferrari eventually waved him past Leclerc so Hamilton dropped back behind late on.  Stroll's fifth place in the sprint owed much to a well-timed switch to slicks He also produced a superb first racing lap to climb from 15th to 11th having been denied a place in SQ2 by having to go round Verstappen approaching Turn 17 he was a step behind Alonso although finished close to him in the race in what proved to be the slowest car This was one of those weekends where Bearman struggled to string everything together as effectively as his team-mate although in the moments he did the pace was good take a point in the sprint before a penalty for an unsafe release that was not of his making so from the back row he was destined for a finish outside the points anyway before an engine failure eliminated him but he didn't always deploy it when he needed it His sprint qualifying performance was impressive He should at least have made Q2 in qualifying proper but for an error at the start of the lap that proved but Sauber's puzzling decision not to take the free gift of a VSC pitstop after starting on hards compromised that Miami proved to be a weak track for Alpine although Gasly grabbed a fortuitous point in the sprint after four cars ahead were penalised - a reward for keeping it clean He wasn't happy with the car in qualifying meaning he was eliminated in Q1 while team-mate Doohan advanced He started from the pitlane after suspension set-up changes and drove a decent race in a doomed cause.  This weekend was a microcosm of Doohan's season While he attributed not getting a second lap in SQ1 to the release of his team-mate he was ultimately responsible for the pushback required to avoid clipping the pitwall that cost him key places in the queue He also put himself in a risky position at Turn 1 on Sunday resulting in the collision with Lawson - although bad luck also played a part in his fate Alonso starred in the sprint element of the weekend putting the Aston Martin where it had no business to be in qualifying before being eliminated by the Lawson clash while on course for his first points of the season - something that could have been avoided had his push to take slicks earlier been heeded That form was impossible to repeat in qualifying proper as rivals extracted more of their potential but he blotted his copybook in the grand prix with an early spin albeit one that didn't impact what was always going to be a lowly result.  Verdict: Unrewarded sprint heroics the highlight.  Even when you consider the fact he didn't have Red Bull's minor floor upgrade He was unfortunate to be eliminated in SQ1 after not getting a final lap in but was the first to switch to slicks and bagged sixth in the sprint after four cars were penalised He was puzzled after producing what he felt was his best lap of the weekend in Q3 - as it was one that barely improved on his Q2 time slipping to 10th thanks to Hamilton getting a cheap pitstop under the VSC staying just far enough clear of Hadjar to hold the position when the five-second pitlane speeding penalty he carelessly acquired was applied Verdict: Not close enough to Verstappen's pace Leclerc was dissatisfied with Ferrari both in terms of the pace of its car and the way it managed team orders in the grand prix but ultimately got pretty much everything he could out of the package but while he was a passenger once he aquaplaned on a lap to the grid for the sprint crashing in such circumstances even in terrible conditions has to cost him heavily Verdict: Sprint disaster tanks his ranking The sprint component of the weekend was a disaster for Sainz with a lock-up on his final SQ2 lap leaving him down the grid then a bad misjudgement in the chicane while chasing Stroll costing him points Sainz qualifying well but losing ground at the start when Norris rejoined in front of him rubbing wheels with Albon and picking up floor damage The VSC timing meant he fell into the clutches of the Ferraris with both jumping him at the restart - a late lunge on Hamilton at the final corner not enough to allow him to reclaim a place but this was one of those weekends where things just didn't come together Sprint qualifying would have been better but for a small mistake with a points finish lost for causing the collision with Alonso A sensor problem cost him power at the end of his Q1 lap with sidepod damage sustained in the collision with Doohan at Turn 1 meaning his race was an exercise in battling on hoping for a miracle before he eventually retired his hobbled car Please accept marketing cookies to enable YouTube videos Formula One’s driver parade for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix will surely go down as one of the most memorable in the sport’s recent history the drivers swapped the flatbed truck that usually takes them around the track to wave to the fans for full-size “That was the most fun drivers’ parade we’ve ever had,” Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton said “Some dirty driving from this one here (Gasly) there’s quite a bit of Lego debris on the track,” Max Verstappen said With liveries identical to those of their real-world counterparts this was an ambitious project enacted as part of F1’s partnership with Lego It was over a year in the making and required tons of bricks to assemble The Athletic was granted access to Lego’s ‘big builds’ factory on the outskirts of Prague Czechia (more widely known in English as the Czech Republic) and even get a chance to jump into the cockpit Just setting foot inside Lego’s factory is enough to bring childhood memories flooding back offers a peek into Lego’s big projects for the future Dotted around the central warehouse are many large-scale models that will be used at Lego theme parks as well as its other top-secret big build projects Builders sit at work stations with instructions and trays of bricks all around It’s no different from how kids would build Lego sets albeit with glue and hammers easily at their disposal But taking up a considerable amount of the empty floor space here is a line of F1 cars They’re being readied to take to the track ahead of the Miami Grand Prix Each of the 10 teams has a full-scale F1 car that has been faithfully reconstructed — or constructed — to look as close to the real-life thing as possible This requires around 400,000 bricks per car down to slightly different part shapes between each team’s cars Some have skinnier sidepods or a larger sidepod undercut while even team sponsors have had their logos replicated with the same level of prominence — the text spelled out using the smallest bricks available The LEGO McLaren cuts across everybody at Turn 1 but Ferrari come out in front 😱#F1 #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/AJoINnAQFW — Formula 1 (@F1) May 4, 2025 Plans for F1 car big builds were first floated in early 2024 efforts were made to make the impossible possible and all the F1 teams worked perfectly,” Smida said it was a surprise how it was possible with so many companies.” F1 teams are notoriously very secretive about their car designs they were more than happy to share as much as possible to make them take accurate shape This started with Lego’s new Speed Champions product launched for 2025 featuring small car kits of all 10 teams took these small models as a starting point to build into more complex life-size models we transformed that into an upscaled build using our software working very closely with our mechanical engineers and all the departments to make sure this would be a feasible thing,” he told The Athletic Jurion worked with a team of 26 fellow designers and engineers on the project I’d been asked to do some concepts for that particular thing It was the first drivable car that Jurion had worked on for Lego but not the first time the company had embarked on an ambitious big build for an automotive project Lando Norris drove a Lego version of the McLaren P1 supercar around Silverstone as this was constructed using specialized Tecnic bricks that typically strengthen structures by design instead of the traditional and simple ‘Lego System’ bricks at play here the F1 cars required a very different approach the 400,000 bricks — weighing about a ton in total — were constructed around a steel frame that weighs another 500 kg The building team at Kladno glued all the bricks together to provide extra strength while the car itself was split into five different brick sections (cockpit rear structure and the halo) to be brought together “We had to really streamline the process because we have 10 of them,” said Jurion we decided to have all of the components integrated into the chassis and then we would build the bricks around it.” The fact that the cars have to be mobile also presented a challenge to Lego’s designers and engineers making it far more complicated than a traditional stationary build that might sit on show for people to admire instead of actually moving you need to have an engine (an electric powertrain in this case),” said Smida you need something to connect to the wheels — a gearbox and a differential You need some steering (components) and the steering wheel.” Smida said the group designed a special steering rack as they needed one much smaller to fit into F1-sized cockpits compared to full-size road car Lego replicas He also said Lego worked with a racing brake manufacturer to get brakes that would work sufficiently Then came the challenge of getting the drivers — plural — into one car As seen during the Miami parade lap on Sunday the cockpits had to be big enough for both drivers from each team to sit inside the car “We had to tweak it quite a lot to accommodate the second driver,” said Jurion “We had to make them a little bit longer.” The second driver sits behind the typical F1 cockpit seating position both drivers have seat belts inside the cockpit even though a decision was also taken to limit the cars to a speed of 12 miles per hour from what is provided by the powertrain it took over 2,000 production hours spread across the Lego team in three weeks to construct each car they were tested in an underground car park that was big enough to drive the cars around ensuring they would be strong enough to get around the Miami lap The electric powertrain provides a decent getaway as Smida shows on an open expanse of floor in the Kladno factory the cockpits also have a series of switches and buttons that can be used to turn the powertrain on and off I couldn’t say no to a chance to get into the car and check it out firsthand — even if I wasn’t allowed to drive it getting into the cockpit requires careful choreography you step onto the sidepod — trusting my entire body weight on a mass of Lego bricks made me very tentative but it held up just fine — before stepping onto the seat (thankfully not made out of Lego) I couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought of F1 drivers squabbling over who would be allowed to drive and who would be forced to sit awkwardly in the space behind the cars were packed up and shipped off to Miami A special Lego garage was put into the fan area at the Hard Rock Stadium so everyone could look at the cars Ferrari even took its replica into the F1 pit lane But the fact these cars were fully drivable was kept under wraps by F1 until the parade itself began to bring a little extra surprise for all the fans watching What was evident from speaking with both Jurion and Smida was the immense pride they felt over the project it was the perfect combination of his great passions in life “Seeing them drive the cars will be amazing.” The Miami GP powers a billion-dollar engine of entertainment But some are still weighing whether the trade-offs are worth it On a humid Sunday afternoon in 2022, a who’s who of Hollywood’s rolling credits, Silicon Valley tech tycoons and the internet’s favorite micro-celebrities sat comfortably in shaded trackside VIP suites as 20 cars jolted past. Formula One, America’s latest sporting obsession had finally carved out a home in South Florida and it fit Miami’s over-the-top image Four years into F1’s 20-year stay in the 305 the event has solidified itself as a place to see and be seen: everyone from Kardashians to A-list actors to sports stars has lined up for a joy ride around the turquoise circuit’s 19 corners This Sunday’s race will be no different. But a few hundred feet outside Hard Rock Stadium’s walls sits a different side of Miami, one that isn’t even within city limits. And Hard Rock’s history is an example of how much stadiums can have an effect on the people who live near them in the US. is a thriving African-American city – an economic haven for Black Miamians forced out of other neighborhoods as Miami built up and out bring in $60,000 a year and more than 13% of the city’s 110,000 people live in poverty While residents may not position themselves outside the stadium this Sunday F1’s move to Miami Gardens followed a pattern: events that whiter and wealthier neighborhoods opposed – like the world’s largest hip-hop festival – ended up at Hard Rock Stadium The Miami Grand Prix is just the latest example F1 proposed a race in downtown Miami in 2018 just as the sport began to swell stateside Residents in a majority-white neighborhood filed a cease-and-desist order citing traffic and noise concerns The potential for an F1 grand prix down Biscayne Boulevard was quickly squashed by the city council Organizers pivoted their sights to Miami Gardens the largest predominantly Black neighborhood in Florida historically redlined communities as a dumping ground for undesirable spectacles is routine across the US and is “the path of least resistance” an associate professor at Florida State University who centers his research on how stadiums exacerbate environmental inequalities “The decision doesn’t escape me that [the Miami GP] was proposed downtown and they said Residents with addresses lining the stadium sued then-Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos Giménez, F1, Hard Rock Stadium and the Miami Dolphins for racial discrimination led by former county commissioners Betty Ferguson and Barbara Jordan raised similar arguments as downtown Miami homeowners including traffic and public health concerns “We really believe it’s environmental racism,” Ferguson said at the time He recommended locals who had concerns stay inside their homes and wear earplugs has measured air quality and noise across the circuit’s campus each year The results show that noise and air pollution from 2022 to 2024 passed EPA and OSHA industry standards “The air pollution figures are actually lower following the Miami GP than other events because we provide so many alternate transportation and ride-share options to reduce cars on the local roads,” a race spokesperson said “That doesn’t mean that therefore there is no effect because they were unable to show noise pollution,” Kellison says Despite locals saying they would continue to work within the political system for justice haven’t posted since the inaugural grand prix The Guardian spoke to a number of people who said they oppose the race “The political system is probably not in [people who oppose the GP’s] favor right now,” Madeleine Orr a sport ecologist who founded the Sport Ecology Group with Kellison Over the past two years, Miami mayor Francis Suarez garnered backlash for attending the Miami GP once with Florida’s wealthiest man and a second time with his private equity firm Some of the same county commissioners who voted against F1’s presence in the community officially declared 4 May “Formula One Day” last year One of those elected officials included Oliver Gilbert who said: “It’s not a place to dump events that are toxic to people.” Supporters make the economic impact argument: stadiums funnel money into the local community through job creation and tax revenue boosts along with transforming cities into more livable and desirable spaces by bringing more efficient buildings and natural disaster prevention to neighborhoods Hard Rock Stadium is a top employer in the city and the 2025 F1 race will credential 18,000 people Fifteen locally owned restaurants will partner with the track The first three years brought more than $1bn in economic impact and boosted bottom lines for the sport – the 2024 Miami race shattered F1’s viewership record The F1 ruling body’s current environmental standards do not require circuits to think about a race’s impact on host communities she believes the sport is working in good faith to consider how its presence could affect locals Orr will join the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) University as a visiting sustainability professor this year There have been efforts to make sure the race benefits the local community Before Hard Rock started hosting the grand prix the stadium and the event promoter outlined a set of conditions with the Miami-Dade County Commission The Community Benefits Agreement requires F1 to host the race “in a manner that provides substantial economic and community benefits that directly support city residents and locally-owned businesses to participate in the event and promote the city as the first majority African-American city to host a Formula 1 race.” That means providing $5m in community funding and committing to noise mitigation air quality monitoring and racing outside of school hours “F1 in Schools” included opening the sport’s paddock to local students and interns for STEM programming the partnership has settled into a rhythm of community engagement: hosting a “Business of F1 Community Workshop,” creating scholarships for students at Miami Gardens’ two local universities handing out 1,500 free tickets per year for residents and diverting food waste to local food banks The stadium lessened traffic concerns with a $17m investment in tunnels and pedestrian bridges it has allocated a portion of parking revenues to a local neighborhood association a Miami Gardens resident who moved to the area before the stadium was built and focuses instead on the benefits the stadium has brought to the community “It’s not like the [engines] that used to be loud,” Reyno said Orr says bringing a grand prix to a city raises questions we are going to necessarily have a carbon footprint,” she says “But what are the exchanges we can have with the community What kinds of tech transfer can we bring and then leave here What kinds of solutions can be implemented at this place?” But not everyone was convinced by the Community Benefits Agreement Kellison says some questioned whether the agreement was “enough to compensate for the disruption that [the race] is going to cause just quality of life for a weekend.” Two county commissioners voted against the agreement Even before the starting lights go out on Sunday afternoon and engines screech to life the stadium’s community efforts have righted its reputation “Even given what I know and who I work with I will probably side with residents on this,” she says “I don’t know that I would want it in my backyard.” “I think it’s important to recognize the fact that this is not just an isolated group of naysayers who are ‘not my backyard’ people and would oppose everything,” Kellison says. “If they’ve been talking about events at the stadium or around the stadium site for a number of years, a number of decades, perhaps they’re on to something.” Calling in from his office on Florida State University’s campus, Kellison pauses and recalls a line he read once that stuck with him: “Race tracks aren’t meant to be in neighborhoods.” Discover more about Browse the latest jobs Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri "It's a great feeling to have won the race today Clearly the car was unbelievable today and we were able to use that pace advantage That’s down to everyone here trackside and the whole team at the factory putting in an incredible amount of hard work to get us to where we are now there’s lots of learnings to take away from the weekend but I’m very “A good result for the team today and congratulations to Oscar on the victory Max [Verstappen] put up a fight at the start and frustratingly I paid the price but that's just the way it can be in racing The team have done an amazing job all weekend the car has been beautiful with great pace and the double-shuffle pit stop was mega I'll take all these positives and get my head down at the factory to focus on Imola in two weeks' time.” Explore theMiami Collection“Today was an exceptional result for McLaren at the end of a remarkable weekend followed by first and second again today in the Miami Grand Prix which is a first for any team in a Sprint weekend and we’re mindful that tomorrow is the anniversary of our first victory of this era which was a fundamental milestone in the direction and development of our team I would like to thank the people at McLaren who have designed as well as our technical and commercial partners and fans who are with us on this exciting journey it was great to see the car performing so well during the race taking the opportunities that came his way and displaying excellent pace Lando was delayed in the mêlée at the start recovering from sixth and then overtaking Max Verstappen later in the stint but without this he was in strong contention for the win also “This is a great foundation for the rest of the year but we also know that maybe these were exceptional circumstances and see where it 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Photo by: James Sutton / Motorsport Images Frederic Vasseur has defended Ferrari's Miami Grand Prix team orders calls and, although he accepted the frustration of drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton during the race denied that there was any inertia in decision-making When it became apparent Hamilton couldn't make any further inroads into the Italian after cutting the gap down by a couple of seconds Leclerc was moved back into seventh place – although he closed in further he ran out of time to challenge the Bologna-born teen Both Ferrari drivers admitted to displeasure around the tactics, with Hamilton reckoning that the decisions were made too slowly and Leclerc feeling uneasy with the situation given the proximity of Carlos Sainz Vasseur said that the call was made with team policy at the forefront and that the team was trying to understand if the drivers behind were genuinely quicker or just helped by DRS assistance "We have a general policy and we follow the policy," Vasseur explained "The question is not to swap and to swap back if you don't get the guy who is in front of you "The issue at this stage of the race is to understand if the car who is behind is faster than the car who is in the front "[After the race] I had a discussion with Lewis and I can perfectly understand the frustration We are asking them to let their team-mates go "And I didn't see another team do it today That is why we took the responsibility to do it because it's the policy of the team we can argue that it would have been better to do it half a lap before or half a lap later But when you are on the pitwall and you have to understand if the car who is behind is faster than the car in front just for DRS or not It's always much easier to do it two hours later And we had a discussion and it was much more relaxed." Vasseur denied that the decision to swap drivers was too slow stating that Ferrari was simply attempting to dissect the information in front of the engineers to make a definitive call He also suggested that the delays in team radio broadcasts painted a slightly worse picture of the scenario and that the discussions were interspersed with other information first we have to understand that it's FOM who is managing the delay; it means that sometimes we are asking them something and you have it live half a lap later or one lap later I already had the case in the past," the Frenchman added "And then we have tons of information that we are discussing with them about the set-up of the car and so on And it's not always easy to ask them to do it before Turn 11 or Turn 17 "You can always argue that it would have been better to do it half a lap before or half a lap later From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport In order to keep delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker Become part of the largest racing community in the United Kingdom The Miami Grand Prix has finished - but the classification could still change as two drivers have been called to see the stewards Two F1 drivers have been summoned to see the stewards in Miami following the race Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly will visit the stewards' room over alleged yellow flag infringements Three virtual safety cars were deployed during the race for mechanical-related retirements with the neutralisation forcing all cars to follow a time delta Sainz and Gasly could be in trouble for failing to slow under the yellow flags While he could be dealt a time penalty for an infringement his points could be safe as Sainz classified 14 seconds ahead of Yuki Tsunoda crossed the line in 13th and outside the points Sign up for the daily digest and/or weekly newsletter and we'll make sure that you are fully up to date with the latest news from the Formula 1 world Find the latest F1 news and news from other motorsport series at RacingNews365.com the world's leading independent F1 website providing daily F1 coverage Check out the 2025 F1 calendar for an overview of all the races with extensive background and real-time information.  Follow RacingNews365 on your favorite social media channels Formula 1's teams were back at it this past weekend at the Miami Grand Prix It was the first of three stops in the US and five in North America as F1 capitalizes on its current wave of popularity here The sport evidently believes something is going right—it just announced a contract extension that will see the event remain on the calendar for another 16 years The Miami race is among the latest of F1's new breed of Grands Prix It was originally supposed to be more of a true street circuit like Baku or Singapore or Las Vegas with a route that crossed over a bridge into South Beach But the track is laid out around the various parking lots of Miami's Hard Rock Stadium like a 21st-century version of the early '80s Caesars Palace Grands Prix or the now-defunct Sochi race that wound its way around Vladimir Putin's favorite sea-side theme park Ticket prices appear to have come down a little now that the race is in its third year but the "beach club" and Potemkin marina remain even if they didn't look particularly busy on any of the overhead shots Despite what looked like sparse attendance on Friday and Saturday we're told that 275,000 people attended across the weekend Some might find the Miami venue a little brash And not just with F1—check out the F1 Academy race if you can where we saw Doriene Pin demonstrate her considerable talent yet again this time with extremely stiff competition from Alisha Palmowski it is hard to reconcile a contract extension until 2041 for this parkinglot event when Spa-Francorchamps—not only the best track on the calendar but also one with decades of racing history—will have to alternate with other events so there will be no Belgian Grand Prix in 2028 or 2030 This is particularly true as F1's own press release notes that 380,000 people went to the Belgian race weekend last year It's hard to even think what F1 will look like as it goes into the 2040s Formula E's exclusive rights to be the FIA's electric single-seater championship will have expired In the meantime, the agitation from some corners to change the next set of technical regulations, which go into effect next year, seems to be done. Instead, we learned from The Race that all is not entirely well with F1's synthetic fuels These are to be introduced next year as part of the sport's efforts to become carbon-neutral by 2030 with fears that these synthetic fuels could cost more than $1,000 per gallon—it's a good thing fuel is excluded from next year's cost cap where a short race on Saturday morning replaces one of the practice sessions It was delayed by a heavy downpour that saw Charles Leclerc's Ferrari wreck into the wall on its way to the grid Ferrari—wearing a ghastly livery that looked too much like the Russian flag—got caught out by the timing of the rain and Leclerc's intermediate tires were no match for the standing water he encountered and then aquaplaned upon Mercedes' teenage phenom Kimi Antonelli scored his first pole position to start the sprint alongside McLaren's Oscar Piastri who beat the youngster to the turn 1 apex at the start Antonelli's day got worse when he had to call off a pit stop after Red Bull released Max Verstappen into his path in the pit lane effectively performing a drive-through penalty as a result Sprint races don't normally involve tire changes the track dried to the point that slick tires were a much faster option relinquishing the lead to his teammate Lando Norris who went into the pits for dry tires of his own just as a crash brought out a safety car With Piastri forced to circulate at a much slower pace behind the safety car Norris had time to change his tires and remain in the lead until the end of the race Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton did well in the sprint Hamilton was much closer to his Ferrari teammate Leclerc this weekend which would perhaps be encouraging if not for the fact that Leclerc was also just slow both Williams cars outqualified the Ferraris for the main race although Carlos Sainz finished just behind the pair of them on Sunday Rain canceled Sunday's F1 Academy race and threatened to interrupt or affect the main event. But the worst of it was some spray during the driver parade, which this time made use of some full-size Lego F1 cars Max Verstappen had dragged his car to pole position for Sunday's race and kept his elbows out at turn 2 at the start to force Norris off at the apex dropping the McLaren driver from second to sixth place A virtual safety car interrupted the race as Alpine's Jack Doohan got wrecked It was a terrible weekend for the Australian who had his sprint-qualifying session ruined by his own team and is now almost certain to be replaced at the next race by Franco Colapinto Piastri made rather quick work of Antonelli then got past Verstappen to take the lead with a clinically precise move on lap 14 It took Norris a little longer to deal with the reigning World Champion four laps in which Norris lost a second a lap to Piastri before he slotted into second place From there, the pair of McLarens disappeared off into the distance. Last time, I wrote about how close the entire grid has become under this latest set of rules The race in Miami bucked that trend as the McLaren showed much faster race pace than anyone else thanks in large part to much higher track temperatures who is getting the most out of his Mercedes every time he straps in Russell was more than half a minute behind the orange-and-black cars at the checkered flag Piastri now leads Norris in the championship by 16 points Wine and pizza from a beloved Italian restaurant Are you having trouble keeping up with all the new establishments popping up Here are some noteworthy restaurants opening around Miami this May Chef Nuno Grullon opened his taco shop, Uptown 66 the Mimo taqueria succeeded with people waiting in line for an order of tacos and a margarita Grullon’s tacos received national acclaim when Good Morning America pronounced Uptown 66 as “the ultimate taco spot” after conducting an exhaustive search Uptown 66 has just added a second location in Hallandale Chicago-based sandwich shop Potbelly just opened its first South Florida location with the promise of more than a dozen additional locations in Broward to open soon first opened in an antiques store in 1977 and has grown to become one of the Midwest’s most loved chains The founders of Tâm Tâm and chef Adrian Ochoa took over the New Schnitzel Haus space on the 79th Street Causeway for a long-term pop-up called Double Luck Chinese The restaurant serves modern interpretations of classic Cantonese dishes and orange duck is served in a flaming Hennessy sauce The pop-up is scheduled to remain open through the summer with the potential to transition into a permanent status A post shared by Bar Bucce (@barbuccemiami) Macchialiana’s Michael Pirolo and team recently opened Bar Bucce and antipasti (with a few dinner-only grilled items) and beers (including a house exclusive by J Chef Michael Schulson brings his Philadelphia izakaya, Double Knot Located in the former Wynwood Kitchen & Bar space and grilled items in a gorgeous midcentury space The restaurant is adjacent to Wynwood Walls so diners enjoy a magnificent view of the famed graffiti art as they dine on the patio and savor their food and cocktails Chef Alejandra Espinoza moved her Michelin-listed Downtown Miami restaurant to a larger space in North Miami. The restaurant, Cotoa named after the Cotopaxi volcano in the Andes offers Ecuadorian dishes such as a catch of the day wrapped in banana leaves with a coffee marinade Try the lava cake inspired by the volcano the restaurant is named after for dessert Pastry chef Janet Hanze and husband Christian Stagg bring their Ecuadorian cafe to Brickell. This is the sixth location of Casa Nané and the first in the United States The cafe serves Hanze’s specialty cookies in flavors like Nutella chocolate chip and pistachio Colombian-based Mad Records Café is a combination cafe and listening lounge in Mimo’s Gold Dust Hotel while in the evening sip cocktails and spritzes — all with rotating DJ sets Chef and partner David Vito Quaderno opened Savia in Downtown Boca Raton with Sicilian dishes such as stuffed calamari, osso buco, and seafood linguini. Korean fried chicken restaurant Bonchon opened its first Miami location in South Beach. The restaurant offers chicken in several ways — wings, strips, drums, and boneless nuggets — with a choice of soy garlic, spicy, Korean barbecue, or half-and-half sauces. Other Korean favorites are available, such as bulgogi, potstickers, bibimbap, and chicken katsu. Oops. Something went wrong. Please enter a valid email and try again. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world The financial district of New York City.  The two Florida counties gained households earning well above six figures according to the report released Wednesday by the Citizens Budget Commission Almost 20,000 people with a per capita income of about $190,000 left New York City for Palm Beach during that time while more than 26,000 individuals with a per capita income of about $266,000 went to Miami-Dade As President Donald Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants the U.S.′ oldest immigration detention facility and one with a long history of abuse saw its prisoner population recently swell to nearly three times its capacity of 600 Oksana Tarasiuk caresses a box containing the ashes of her husband who died in ICE custody after being held at Krome Detention Center inside their apartment in Hallandale Beach Oksana Tarasiuk holds a cell phone displaying a picture of herself inside the couple’s apartment in Hallandale Beach Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Krome Detention Center Oksana Tarasiuk sits in the apartment she shared with her husband who died in ICE custody after being held in Krome Detention Center Oksana Tarasiuk wipes away tears as she talks about her husband at the couple’s apartment in Hallandale Beach Oksana Tarasiuk walks in the complex courtyard outside the apartment she shared with her husband Oksana Tarasiuk stands beside a box containing the ashes of her husband Oksana Tarasiuk looks in the mirror of the apartment she shared with her husband Oksana Tarasiuk cries as she talks about her husband MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff “There are 1700 people here at Krome!!!!,” one U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee texted a co-worker last month adding that even though it felt unsafe to walk around the facility nobody was willing to speak out Barely 11,000 migrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexican border in March their lowest level in at least a decade and down from 96,035 in December 2024 Krome is just one of five facilities that ICE directly runs — the others are in Buffalo Arizona and two in Texas — and can house detainees for more than 16 hours ICE had orders to round up migrants with few options on where to send them The vast majority of bed space is leased from local prisons jails or privately run facilities that have strict limits on how many detainees they are contractually obligated to accept As its concrete cellblocks began filling up federal workers started documenting the worsening conditions in weekly reports for the Department of Homeland Security’s leadership They worked their way up the chain through DHS’ Office of Immigration & Detention Ombudsman an independent watchdog established by Congress during the first Trump administration to blunt the fallout from a string of scandals about treatment at detention facilities The office went through four ombudsmen in two months as Trump officials surged arrests with no apparent plan on where to send them when the office’s 100 staffers — including a case manager at Krome — were placed on administrative leave in what officials described as an effort to remove roadblocks to enforcement “Rather than supporting law enforcement efforts they often function as internal adversaries that slow down operations,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said “We are practically kidnapped,” Osiris Vázquez who was detained while driving home from a construction job near Miami said he shared for two weeks a small room with some 80 men the fetid-smelling bathrooms were left unattended and food was restricted to peanut butter sandwiches no natural light,” recalled Vázquez in an interview where he hadn’t set foot in almost a decade he had to be hospitalized twice for a respiratory infection he says he caught at Krome three detainees have died while in ICE custody — two of them at Krome died after complaining to his wife about overcrowding and freezing conditions legally with his wife in August under a humanitarian program for people fleeing the country’s war with Russia He was sent to Krome after an arrest in south Florida for domestic violence and immediately got sick with a chest cold After being monitored for a week with high blood pressure he was taken to a hospital for seizure-like vomiting and shaking An ICE report said he appeared intoxicated and unresponsive at times Chernyak’s widow said that before her husband’s detention he was a “strong her husband struggled to communicate with guards about his deteriorating health but they ignored him,” said Oksana Tarasiuk in an interview didn’t comment on specific allegations of mistreatment but said it adjusts its operations as needed to uphold its duty to treat individuals with dignity and respect “These allegations are not in keeping with ICE policies practices and standards of care,” the agency said “ICE takes its commitment to promoting safe humane environments for those in our custody very seriously.” Krome has transferred out a number of detainees and conditions have improved But that could just be shifting problems elsewhere in the migration detention system at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami correctional officers last week had to deploy flash bang grenades pepper spray paint balls and stun rounds to quell an uprising by detainees two people familiar with the matter told the AP The incident occurred as a group of some 40 detainees waited almost eight hours to be admitted into the facility as jail officers miscounted the number of individuals handed over by ICE who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly would not confirm details of the incident but said that at no time was the public at risk “That has put a massive strain over our staff,” said Kenny X the president of the union representing workers at FDC Miami “We are doing the job of two agencies in one building.” Trump’s administration has yet to reveal his plans for mass deportations even as he seeks to eliminate legal status for 1 million migrants previously granted humanitarian parole or some other form of temporary protection The latest ICE data suggests so-called removal of migrants is actually below levels at the end of the Biden administration That means detentions are likely to rise and the need to house all the detainees will get more urgent Spending on new facilities is a boon for federal contractors whose stock prices have surged since Trump’s election But finding workers willing to carry out Trump’s policy remains a major challenge Only a handful of applicants showed up at a recent hiring fair in Miami organized by Akima Global Services a $2 billion federal contractor that staffs several immigrant detention centers “Many of these facilities have been chronically understaffed for years,” said Michelle Brané an immigration attorney and the last ombudsman during the Biden administration “These are not easy jobs and they aren’t pleasant places to work.” The facility was set up as essentially the nation’s first migrant detention center in the 1970s to process the large number of boat refugees fleeing Haiti almost no migrants were detained for more than a few days the facility was wracked by harrowing accounts of guards sexually assaulting or coercing sexual favors from female prisoners the facility appeared to have turned a corner with ICE even inviting the media to tour a first-of-its-kind mental health facility The facility housed 740 men and one woman on March 31 which reflects only the midnight count on the last day of the month That’s up 31% from just before Trump took office ICE refused to disclose Krome’s current capacity because of security concerns the ombudsman’s office has received more than 2,000 inmate complaints Brané said she worries that detainee deaths which started to rise during the Biden administration as arrests surged could spike without anyone on the ground to investigate complaints of mistreatment everything was just frozen and people were told to go home,” said Brané you’re taking away the oversight and you’re increasing the number of people you’re detaining a grassroots coalition of immigration activists and far-left groups organized a demonstration on the highway leading to Krome’s entrance calling for the closure of the center some holding pictures of migrants “kidnapped” by ICE and signs that read “American Gulag American Shame” and “Immigrants Make America Great.” Huber Argueta-Perez said he saw many of those same conditions during his detention at Krome last month was detained March 10 after dropping off his two American daughters at school in Miami He spent nine days sleeping on the concrete floor of a small He said he got feverishly sick from the cold but was repeatedly denied a sweater and medicines AP writers Michael Sisak in New York and Rebecca Santana in Washington contributed to this report Formula 1 has announced that the Miami Grand Prix will remain on the calendar through 2041 following a 10-year extension to its existing agreement with the promoter South Florida Motorsports – a new deal that will make Miami the longest contracted event on the F1 calendar the Miami Grand Prix has established itself as one of the most desirable sporting events in the world attracting fans from across the USA and around the globe with a perfect combination of thrilling racing on track and incredible entertainment off it NEED TO KNOW: The most important facts, stats and trivia ahead of the 2025 Miami Grand Prix The race has made a significant impact on the local economy and community generating more than US$1 billion in economic impact across its first three years The race organisers have also established internship programmes and promoted home-grown businesses each year to ensure that the legacy of the race is felt in the local area South Florida Motorsports was named 2024 Formula 1 Promoter of the Year in recognition of its outstanding delivery of the Grand Prix and continuous commitment to delivering an incredible sporting and entertainment event for fans the Miami Grand Prix has established itself as one of the most important and spectacular events on our calendar an extraordinary example of quality and vision that truly represents the spirit and ambition of Formula 1 in the United States “Extending this agreement until 2041 is a strategic milestone of enormous importance which strengthens our presence in America and consolidates the ever-deepening bond with our fan base there which is constantly growing and passionate like never before All this would not have been possible without the far-sighted vision and tireless commitment of Stephen Ross and Tom Garfinkel to whom I extend my sincere gratitude for the leadership support and dedication with which they have helped transform the Miami Grand Prix into a world-class event.” PADDOCK INSIDER: Norris needs to find his sweet spot again as Piastri leads the standings – Miami could be the ideal place to do it Managing Partner of the FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX added: “Securing a 10-year extension with Formula 1 through 2041 is an extraordinary milestone for all of us at South Florida Motorsports and a true testament to the hard work of our team the support of our community and the growth of the sport in the United States To have been granted this extension after only our third event speaks to what we have felt from the very beginning – the Miami Grand Prix is here to stay “I want to thank Stefano Domenicali and Formula 1 for believing in our vision as well as Stephen Ross for his investment and commitment to growing this event our goal has been to create a world-class race that also reflects the spirit of Miami — vibrant This long-term commitment allows us to continue innovating investing in the fan experience and deepening our impact across South Florida.” Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix in 2022 The 2024 race saw a circuit record of 275,000 fans attend the Miami International Autodrome across the weekend to see McLaren’s Lando Norris take his first Grand Prix victory as well as Abbi Pulling secure back-to-back race victories in F1 ACADEMY The Grand Prix attracted the largest US television audience of all time with 3.1 million viewers tuning in to follow the action F1 STORE: The ultimate Miami style guide Built around the iconic Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and seven matches at next year’s FIFA World Cup 5.41km circuit has 19 corners and three straights with drivers hitting an estimated top speed of 320km/h Max Verstappen won the inaugural race in 2022 and followed it up with another victory in 2023 before Norris took the chequered flag last year Don't miss your chance to experience the Miami Grand Prix.. VideoRACE START: Verstappen narrowly holds onto the lead in thrilling start to Miami GP VideoHIGHLIGHTS: Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 after thrilling race in Miami Red Bull's protest into Russell over yellow flags rejected by Miami stewards FACTS AND STATS: Piastri secures McLaren’s first victory hat trick in over 25 years playLeclerc: Great to see the growth of F1 in the United States (0:46)Charles Leclerc explains how Formula 1 has changed in the United States ahead of the Miami Grand Prix I could almost hear the seizing up of hearts and redlining of tempers among my fellow motorsports enthusiasts It sounded like an all-at-once combination of Nigel Mansell's engine kill switch (or whatever) at Montreal in 1991 and Juan Pablo Montoya after getting knocked on the noggin by a camera operator This isn't a straight-up, one-for-one comparison of the two races. That would be too soon, unfair and, quite frankly, foolish. The equivalent to sizing up Oscar Piastri vs when we do run this 4-year-old race up against its nearly 100-year-old granddaddy on the Mediterranean like one of those old-school car magazine Tales of the Tape the event we shall all witness this weekend doesn't look as janky as those who initially called it the "Parking Lot GP" sold us back in 2022 might I suggest grabbing a mojito and a pastel shirt and allowing me a moment to defend that statement of Miami as America's Monaco there aren't multimillion-dollar yachts floating nearby bobbing up and down in 26-century-old Port Hercules sipping champagne and awaiting race cars as they launch from the exit end of the tunnel and into the Nouvelle Chicane this weekend's racecourse isn't lined by the signature stone-and-wrought-iron-trimmed high-limit playgrounds of the rich But the venue F1 is racing around this weekend does carry the name of a casino, Hard Rock Stadium. There is indeed an entire armada of very fancy yachts packed with very fancy people gulping down very fancy drinks, although these yachts famously aren't actually floating instead anchored on trailers and surrounded by fake blue waters they are the best seats on the Miami GP circuit One of the few air-conditioned spots at what can be a steamy fan experience I didn't have to pay for the $180 carne asada nachos or the $280 lobster rolls They were given to me to eat on TV back in 2022 Because no sooner had I wiped the lemon aioli from the corner of my mouth than a dude crashed into my table like it was the first turn at Silverstone that same season "I gotta have another one of those empanadas Circulating around the Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium the Miami Grand Prix is a unique spectacle on the F1 calendar. Pauline Ballet - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images"I'm not going to act like I am some sort of auto racing expert because I'm not," the leader of the Black Eyed Peas a man who knows when tonight's gonna be a good night "But what I do know is when something is a party But the true allure of grand prix racing's signature old-school event and the aspect that will always protect its place on the schedule is the event itself The gold-plated barometer that has always been used to measure true F1 race weekend awesomeness that exclamation came from the lips of a famous person who all seemed to be very impressed with the number of famous people in attendance for the 2023 Miami GP even though they are all surrounded by other famous people all the time and LL Cool J," continued Tom Cruise excitedly Cole Trickle has strolled the Miami International Autodrome "I know this race is still very new and I know there are other amazing F1 venues in the United States now but I think this place has become the must-attend Stateside event." and one that needs to be made before we go any further is a true F1 road course and has no shortage of celebs See: de facto Austin mayor and United States Grand Prix host Matthew McConaughey which will hold its third edition in November it races directly down the Las Vegas Strip the map of which looks like the Klondike ice cream bear lying on its back (This is the part where American motorsports purists will scream "But what about the Grand Prix of Long Beach?!" Long Beach is amazing Anyone who has been there and seen racing machines streak through the Fountain Turn knows that and F1 was there between 1976 and 1983 before Champ Car/IndyCar took over and made it their own Miami sits perfectly between Austin and Las Vegas when it comes to an American F1 identity while not quite at the level of racing beneath the gaze of the Sphere emoji or the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere also features more local personality than a remote one needs only look up at the aqua-blue-and-coral coliseum that sits at the center of it all Because what three letters could possibly scream racing in the U-S-A more than roaring around a stadium made famous by the N-F-L "For me, that's an aspect of this location that I do love," Lewis Hamilton never the biggest fan of the Miami Autodrome circuit itself the venue formerly known as Joe Robbie Stadium The home of the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami Hurricanes and the former digs of the two-time World Series champion Marlins "When they moved a lot of our hospitality and events inside the stadium the second year walking onto that field was pretty amazing to think about all of the great moments that have happened there once powered by the downfield-heavy aerobatics of Dan Marino is now home to 1,000-horsepower downforce-heavy aerodynamic wonders The building where Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow once figured out how to defeat Bob Stoops and Sam Bradford to win the 2009 BCS Championship Game is now where F1 teams hunker down to devise their race strategies A race that runs through parking lots that are packed with tailgaters in the fall and rattles the building where Cam Ward worked his way to top pick of last week's NFL draft will spend this weekend with McLarens Red Bulls and Ferraris actually drafting and most definitely tailgating as they gobble up nearly 3½ miles and 19 turns in 90 seconds Is it the south of France? No. It's the south of Florida. And that's OK. Because if it's good enough for Brad Pitt, Shakira and Max Verstappen then America's Monaco should be plenty cool for the rest of us mere Miami Mortals "The idea behind the creation of this race was to showcase what we love about racing but also what we love about Miami," says Emerson Fittipaldi two-time Formula 1 world champion and longtime Miami resident but he did earn a pole and three podium finishes there Emmo also added a top-10 finish in the Champ Car version of the Miami GP in 1987 "This grand prix is a wonderful time at the racetrack I think that anyone who comes to the event or has come to the event And who doesn't want to have a wonderful time?" Inter Miami CF is waiving Julian Gressel, clearing the way for the midfielder to head to Minnesota United FC Gressel has long been reported to be heading out of South Florida After making 32 league and playoff appearances during last year's Supporters' Shield-winning campaign he has yet to see the field in a competitive match in 2025 and clearly didn't fit into the plans of manager Javier Mascherano who succeeded Gerardo "Tata" Martino after last season Gressel, the 2017 MLS Rookie of the Year, is a two-time MLS Cup winner, first with Atlanta United FC in 2018, and later with the Columbus Crew in 2023 He also was part of Altanta United FC's U.S as well as the Vancouver Whitecaps Canadian Championship sides in 2022 and 2023 Miami is waiving Gressel as a cost-saving measure in the hope that another team would pick up a portion of the player's salary which includes a guaranteed compensation for 2025 of $1.09 million According to MLS's roster rules for 2025: "If a player with a guaranteed contract is waived any interested MLS club will have 48 hours from the notice of Waivers to claim the player by notifying the League of the intention to claim the player and the amount of the player's Salary Budget Charge they wish to assume The player will be awarded based on a number of factors Waiver Order and which club is willing to absorb a Salary Budget Charge that is meaningfully higher than other clubs and at least $15,000 higher than Senior Minimum Salary." GiveMeSport was the first to report that Gressel would be heading to the Loons In a possibly related move, sources also tell ESPN that the Loons are also contemplating placing midfielder Hassani Dotson on the season-ending injury list Dotson underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee in late March Norris got a great start and was challenging Verstappen into the first couple of corners. But he got squeezed, ran wide and that allowed Piastri through. From there, the Australian picked off Antonelli and then Verstappen for the lead, built a huge gap and was imperious as he grabbed his third straight Grand Prix win Norris dropped to sixth after that first lap moment but quickly made his way back up through the field He had to work hard to get past Verstappen and by then his team mate had too big an advantage for Norris to overhaul as they built the field by over half a minute READ MORE: Norris concedes he 'paid the price' as he reflects on Lap 1 battle with Verstappen in Miami "It's a great feeling to have won the race today Max [Verstappen] put up a fight at the start and frustratingly I paid the price but that's just the way it can be in racing I'll take all these positives and get my head down at the factory to focus on Imola in two weeks' time.” “Today was an exceptional result for McLaren at the end of a remarkable weekend but was powerless to hold the faster McLarens at bay All of that contrived to drop him behind his team mate Russell benefitting from a cheap stop after starting on the hard tyre and managed to stay in front of the Dutchman to pick up yet another podium "Ultimately the McLarens had a decent advantage over the rest of the field so congratulations to them and we’re looking forward to the upcoming triple header in Europe and it was nice to take my first Sprint pole position I’m still gaining experience in terms of my race management and I am sure that will continue to get better as the season progresses I am now excited for the next race at Imola and my first ever home Grand Prix I am sure the atmosphere and support will be incredible so I am very much looking forward to the weekend there." "Kimi meanwhile showed his talent this weekend but had a race where he will take away some good learnings That is completely normal for a rookie driver The race management will come as he continues to build his experience and we’re now looking forward to the upcoming triple-header in Europe The next race will mark Kimi’s first ever home Grand Prix at Imola and I am sure he will be looking forward to that." "Whilst George benefited from the Virtual Safety Car Kimi lost out having stopped just before it came out We had to box him to protect from Albon in the Williams who had the chance to deploy the undercut Some traffic in the pit lane cost him and ultimately his pace on the Hard tyre consigned him to P6 It has still been another good weekend for Kimi though as he continues his development "McLaren were the class of the field once again today and we are working hard to close that gap we leave Miami pleased we have added more points to our tally compared to Red Bull and Ferrari but knowing we have got work to do if we are to challenge at the very front each weekend Hopefully we can make some gains in this area starting in Imola in two weeks’ time." but found himself under pressure from Piastri He kept pushing the Australian wide into Turn 1 but in the end out-braked himself and let the McLaren past those two swapping places multiple times before again the McLaren got through but got jumped by Russell in the pits courtesy of a VSC he picked up a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane and managed to put his foot down on the last few laps to pull a five-second gap to Hadjar behind to make sure he held on to the last point “Yesterday I said that I would try my very best and I gave it everything that I could but it ended up being a struggle out there but in the end it was impossible to keep them behind but of course that is part of racing and overall the pace wasn’t really there We had nothing to lose so I was just trying to have a bit of fun on the track and it was cool to be out there racing The race was unfortunately quite difficult for us in general and we ultimately lacked pace and struggled with the breaks Every time that I tried to get close or push a bit more It was really down to tyre management today and the track had quite high degradation which is not our strong suit at the moment We need a bit more performance to make sure we are more competitive “It was unnecessary for me to be in that position with the time penalty and it made things a lot more difficult in the race for me and my old teammate certainly did nothing to make my life easier in those last few laps I was pushing a lot and he kept coming back It was tough to keep the five second gap but I had to do what I had to do and I maximised the pace I am happy I was able to score points but again it wasn’t just me and it is something we have to look at it is tough to get the car in the place we want but we will work towards it and make up for it in the future I am feeling more confident in the car as the weeks go by and we will unlock it." "We gave it everything today but well done to McLaren they were in a different league so P4 and a double points finish is as good as we could get from an often chaotic Miami GP Max put up a staunch defence of his lead and position in the opening stint but the VSC gave others the opportunity to capitalise on Max’s earlier stop and ultimately cost him a podium finish P10 for Yuki who did well to hold onto his point in the end The race showed that we still have a lot of work to do on the car to find that ultimate race pace We’ll take our learnings back to Milton Keynes and come back with everything we have for our 400th race in Imola in a couple of weeks time." with their drivers swapping positions multiple times throughout the Grand Prix and managed to pull off a good overtake on Antonelli to climb to fifth That matched his best result of the season and made up for the P4 he lost in yesterday’s Sprint Sainz also scored after surviving some last-lap contact with Hamilton "I’m glad I could reset and go again after yesterday The car was quick and today was all about pure pace I had a good rhythm all race and I’m very happy with the result when you look at where we were 12 months ago This shows all the progress we’ve made at Grove and now we’ve shown the world that we can race at the top This won’t happen every race and we’ll definitely have to keep fighting The operational misunderstanding of yesterday put us on the back-foot from the beginning as I had to start the race on a used compound Avoiding Lando in Lap 1 when he rejoined the track unfortunately resulted in contact with Alex which damaged my floor quite badly for the rest of the race There was some miscommunication between our two sides of the garage that we will analyse internally with the damage I had it was inevitable that I would end up losing positions I did everything I could to hold on and stick with the cars ahead today we had very good pace and the balance of the car is the best it’s felt since the start of the season so we’ll try to take the positives and review everything as a team." but I’m really pleased for the team with the result today Given the setbacks we had yesterday morning to come back fighting with both cars in the top ten in Qualifying and to finish with both cars in the points is incredibly rewarding It’s a long season and teams will bring updates so it will be interesting to see how it all shakes out over the next few races but to score from five of the first six races is a different world to where we’ve been previously I couldn’t be more proud of the team and the world class drivers we have Alex and Carlos are really giving their all to this team and we are on a good pathway moving forwards." Ferrari appeared to get themselves into a pickle in Miami Hamilton climbed up through the field and had a cheap pit stop under the VSC then found himself right on his team mate’s tail on different strategies given he was on the faster mediums at the point - but the team only allowed it after three laps leading to Leclerc asking to be let through The team again allowed it but again after apparent delay we’ve made some solid steps forward this weekend and there are definitely learnings to take moving forward but considering where we started it was a decent recovery I’m starting to feel more at one with the car and I’m as motivated as ever to be fighting at the front but everyone is working incredibly hard behind the scenes and we’re hopeful of making progress in the coming races We’ll just keep pushing and stay focused on the work ahead." Lawson was tagged into a spin in the first corner by Doohan which dropped the Kiwi racer to last and also damaged his floor but ultimately retired thanks to that car damage knowing Tsunoda ahead had a time penalty coming He pushed and pushed late on to get within five seconds of the Red Bull winding up losing out by just over a tenth of a second "I’m not really happy with my driving today as I feel like I made some mistakes here and there We did several laps on hard tyres after the pit stop and overall it was an enjoyable race as it was a Qualifying battle with Yuki I knew I was still within the five second gap during the last lap as I had the gap difference live We missed a point by just one-tenth and a half I’m feeling confident heading to Imola next; I know the track well and I also won there in F2.” A big gap opened up into turn one so I went in and was following whoever was in front of me and then felt a hit from the side We took some big damage there and was holding out for some rain It's a shame because the team have done a great job this weekend and the car has been fast We'll reset ahead of the triple header keep looking forwards and keep improving things." It started with the fantastic reaction from the fans to our special livery and it continued on track with a fast paced rollercoaster for Isack and Liam then an incredible fight from P14 to P7 for Liam in the Sprint race before a penalty stripped him of his points Isack just missed the cut to Q3 by two hundredths of a second before missing the final point today by just 0.1s to Yuki after a very strong race Liam’s race however was ruined following a collision on lap 1 The good news is that our car and our drivers showed strong pace again this weekend even if the points didn’t come We will keep learning and pushing as hard as we can and we can’t wait to back on track in Imola in a couple of weeks Ocon could not convert his P9 grid slot into points in Miami as he lost out to a recovering Hamilton midway through the race parking up early on with what sounded like a PU problem That was his first retirement of the season to cap a difficult weekend for the rookie which saw him qualify in P20 twice “It was a solid race on our side but unfortunately we lacked a bit of pace to be fighting with the quicker guys in front We didn’t get very lucky as we didn’t pit under VSC had a couple of fights but they always ended the same way I think overall it’s been a strong weekend from the team and we need to keep that going once we find a bit more performance in the car there are some good learnings from this weekend and some good expectations for the upcoming races “It was going okay but I spent a good chunk of time in a DRS train which obviously wasn’t ideal for the tyres I think we had some pace but not enough to be in the points and it’s unfortunate that we weren’t able to finish the race I take away the positive that our pace and performance in the Sprint was competitive we tried to go forwards as much as possible but we had a PU failure Esteban’s first stint was okay – he was fighting against Hamilton pretty well and held him back for as long as he did so he drove well – but we didn’t get our pit stop timing correct so we got undercut by Hadjar That ruined it as in the second stint we couldn’t overtake him we could’ve had P10 and that’s the really disappointing thing sometimes we really nailed it; like in Q2 with Esteban There’s plenty of things that we need to understand today’s race pace and decision making because the pit stop didn’t work so we need to learn as a team and then put it right in Imola.” as he made contact with Lawson in Turn 1 on the opening lap and he could not limp back to the pits – parking up near an escape road and bringing out a VSC Gasly started from the pit lane after making some set-up changes overnight but he could only recover to P13 at the flag At least we are leaving Miami with one point following the Sprint Race yesterday We knew that today’s race was going to be tricky after having had a couple of issues on the car which we tried to fix for today I suppose we would have liked the rain to come during the race to give us a chance to fight but it did not come in the end We need to do some analysis on the performance we had here as we have been faster in previous races We have work to do between now and the next race in Imola.” “It was a tough end to the weekend for my side of the garage We were starting from the middle of the pack which always creates a challenge coming into the first few corners We were squeezed going into Turn 1 and with nowhere to go we had contact with [Liam] Lawson The damage was too much to make it back to the pitlane safely and we ultimately had to retire the car especially in managing the difficult weather conditions and I have felt comfortable in the car across the weekend Our focus now shifts toward the next few races We have the week ahead to reset and work to prepare for the upcoming triple-header as we head into the start of the European season.” “We leave Miami disappointed where ultimately we lacked performance to be competitive enough to fight for points Although we did not come away from Miami empty-handed Pierre was not happy with how the car felt in Qualifying and given his starting position we opted to make changes to his car and start from the pitlane so in a conventional dry race we tried to make progress and pitted Pierre under the second VSC Although we made up several positions ultimately it was only good enough for 13th Jack’s race unfortunately ended on the first lap after contact with Lawson at Turn 1 We have some time now between races to understand where we can improve and come back with some more performance for the European triple-header starting in Imola.” Hulkenberg started on the hard tyre and was the last man to pit but going long did not lead to the hoped for Safety Car He dropped down the order when he swapped to the mediums Bortoleto did not – he was radioing to say his power unit was suffering issues when he was called to the pits to retire having to park up off the track instead for his second DNF of the season “It’s been a pretty clean race today and felt like one of the better ones this year I managed to stay out of trouble at Turn One In contrast to most of the other cars I was on a reverse strategy starting with hard tyres to deliver a long first stint We didn't take the opportunity of the first Virtual Safety Car to make a pit stop which is something we need to review with the team it feels like we’ve taken another step forward this weekend With a bit more performance and improved car balance we believe we can get closer to fighting for points we’re now looking forward to starting the European part of the season.” "It was a decent race up to the point we had to retire and I felt we could’ve held that position to the end The pace was what we expected—we were a bit behind Haas and RB but still in the mix I started losing power on the straights in and eventually the car just shut down completely it looks like a fuel system issue that affected us but I haven’t had time to analyse it with the team yet especially as DNFs have been rare in my career We can still take quite a few positive from the weekend—our single-lap performance and the pace we had before the issue are points on which we can build We’ll look into everything we experienced this weekend and come back stronger for the next one." "Today’s race saw both our drivers get off the line well and deliver strong first stints we had to retire Gabriel due to a technical issue—potentially related to the fuel system—though we’ll know more once we’ve had a proper look at the car we may have benefited from boxing under the Virtual Safety Car and that’s something we’ll need to analyse carefully the team delivered two very clean pit stops—2.2 and 2.5 seconds—which is a real credit to the crew and we’ll take the lessons forward as we prepare for the European leg of the season." It was not to be for Aston Martin after a strong start to the weekend Alonso’s day made worse by a spin in the early stages of the race as he lost the rear by himself starting Alonso on the hard and Stroll the medium but to no avail We didn't have the pace the whole weekend We faced similar challenges today that we've had all season and couldn't capitalise on any chaos ahead of us We need to get better and hopefully in Imola take a step forward." "Difficult race for us today and very tricky conditions We just simply lack pace - we've been slow all season so far and today wasn't any exception With an uneventful race and no opportunities it just shows how we're not competitive and need to look at improving the car in all areas." "Today's results in the Miami Grand Prix are a reminder that we are simply lacking car performance There were very few opportunities to progress from our starting positions and the race turned out to be a comfortable one-stop race for the entire field It was important that we scored four points with Lance yesterday in the Sprint but under normal dry conditions we don't have a car capable of competing for points right now We need to continue to analyse where we can improve and work hard to be more competitive in Imola." “It was a very straightforward race as far as the tyres were concerned From the little data gathered over the weekend it had become clear that despite bringing a trio of compounds one step softer than last year’s in order to create more strategy choices it would probably still be a one-stop race and so it proved to be There was very limited degradation on the C3 and the C4 in fact on the latter it was even less than expected That explains why drivers who started on the Medium were able to extend their first stint to the halfway point of the race or even further especially as the Virtual Safety Car made it easier for the leaders to switch to the Hard compound "The low tyre degradation also contributed to the many battles especially early on when drivers were able to push as hard as they wanted It was a different scenario to the one we witnessed in Suzuka for example The track characteristics here are very different and it also demonstrates how difficult it is to have everything in place to produce the great show that the fans deserve to see.” MIAMI LOWDOWN: All the key moments as McLaren and Antonelli shine STRATEGY GUIDE: What are the tactical options for the Miami Grand Prix Stella ‘surprised’ by McLaren advantage after 1-2 in Miami as he hails particular area of engineering 'excellence' Max Verstappen admitted that his Miami Grand Prix was “a bit of a struggle” after slipping backwards from pole position to a final result of P4 with the Red Bull man conceding that he lacked paced in comparison to his rivals on a dominant day for McLaren Having initially held the lead off the line Verstappen faced a challenge from Lando Norris in Lap 1 before the Briton went wide allowing Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri through in the process the Australian then chased down Verstappen and eventually found a way past into P1 with a resurgent Norris soon following through to drop the World Champion down to third A Virtual Safety Car period later in the race saw George Russell leapfrog Verstappen for third via a well-timed pit stop for the Mercedes driver and while Verstappen tried to close in during the latter stages of the race Asked after the race if he could take any solace from doing some damage limitation – given the commanding pace displayed by the McLaren cars – Verstappen responded: “Yeah I mean I had nothing to lose so I just tried to have a bit of fun out there as well at the same time AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from the Miami GP as Piastri wins in dominant McLaren 1-2 “I said yesterday that I would try to do my very best and I think we did that today but unfortunately [we] just didn’t have the pace Verstappen admitted that he did not have the pace to keep up with the McLarens so it was just quite a bit of a struggle out there and then of course we got a bit unlucky with the VSC as well Pushed on whether he was at all surprised by the significant gap to McLaren – with Piastri being a whopping 39 seconds up the road from Verstappen at the finish line – Verstappen suggested that the advantage can ebb and flow depending on the circuit READ MORE: Driveable LEGO big builds welcomed to Miami drivers’ parade “It has been already their strength for a while so sometimes on a track where the deg is a bit lower of course you might not see it as much but on a track like this with thermal degradation it’s of course bigger,” the 27-year-old explained Driveable LEGO big builds welcomed to Miami drivers’ parade OFFICIAL GRID: Wet Miami race in prospect as Gasly starts from pit lane RACE START: Verstappen narrowly holds onto the lead in thrilling start to Miami GP Verstappen vs Norris into Turn 1 and Antonelli after redemption – What To Watch For in the Miami Grand Prix What the teams said – Sprint day and Qualifying in Miami A witness described the sight as "very concerning" Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE and was previously an entertainment reporter at The Messenger playHow Oscar Piastri made history at the Miami Grand Prix (0:55)Recap the numbers behind Oscar Piastri's Miami Grand Prix victory -- Oscar Piastri extended his championship lead to 16 points with a victory ahead of teammate Lando Norris at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday including reigning champion Max Verstappen who started from pole position with Piastri securing his fourth victory of the season by 4.6 seconds ahead of Norris attempted to pass Verstappen for the lead in the opening corner of the race but found himself hung out to dry on the outside of Turn 2 and dropped to fifth as Piastri moved up to third from fourth on the grid Piastri passed Andrea Kimi Antonelli for second place on Lap 4 and Norris recovered to third place by Lap 9 Verstappen provided a defensive masterclass holding off Piastri until Lap 14 and Norris until Lap 18 The superior pace of the McLarens was clear to see but Verstappen positioned his Red Bull in all the right places to delay the inevitable Once the two McLarens were in clear air at the front of the pack with Piastri managing the closing gap to his teammate Norris attempted to close in and chipped away at his teammate's lead over the second half of the race but ultimately was unable to muster a genuine challenge Oscar Piastri claimed his sixth career victory in Miami He becomes the third Australian driver with three consecutive wins after Alan Jones and Jack Brabham. Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesThe result means Piastri has extended his championship lead for the second race since taking the lead of the standings at the Bahrain Grand Prix Piastri said in a postrace interview he knew to avoid Verstappen at Turn 1 "I won the race that I really wanted to after a tricky day on Saturday," Piastri said "To come away with a win is an impressive result I was aware enough to avoid Max in Turn 1 and I knew I had a pace advantage I was struggling on the hard tyres but I had built a gap "Two years ago at Miami we were the slowest team Now to have won the Grand Prix by over 35 seconds to third is an unbelievable result." Norris said Verstappen put up a good fight as always: "I paid the price Unless you get it really right and you put him in the perfect position I paid the price for not doing a good enough job today Oscar Piastri is the first McLaren driver to win four of the first six races in a season since Mika Häkkinen in 1998 George Russell secured third place for Mercedes after benefitting from a pit stop under a virtual safety car which was deployed to remove the broken-down Haas of Oliver Bearman from the side of the race track Russell said he was pleased with a podium result "Really happy to come away with P3," he said afterward "I've been struggling this weekend personally and always on the backfoot." Hours after the race, Red Bull lodged a protest over Russell's result for allegedly failing to slow under yellow flags who had pitted under normal racing conditions had to settle for fourth place despite his heroics in the opening laps meaning he is now 32 points behind Piastri after losing 20 points to the McLaren driver over the course of the entire Miami Grand Prix sprint race weekend Alex Albon matched his best result of the season with a fifth-place finish ahead of Antonelli who also lost out on track position in the pit stops A disappointing weekend for Ferrari concluded with a tense battle between its drivers over seventh and eighth Lewis Hamilton cruised up behind Charles Leclerc on Lap 36 as his medium tires offered better performance than Leclerc's hards Ferrari initially told Hamilton to remain one-second behind Leclerc to benefit from DRS while maintaining position but the driver of car 44 replied saying: "This is not good teamwork Hamilton added in a separate message: "In China I got out the way [for Leclerc] Ferrari agreed to tell Leclerc to let Hamilton past Hamilton's tyres had started to go off and Leclerc was now on the radio asking to repass Hamilton so that he could chase Antonelli for sixth with Leclerc finishing 3.1 seconds off the Mercedes at the finish Carlos Sainz secured ninth for Williams after attempting to pass Hamilton on the final lap with Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda in 10th place - How Lego built life-size F1 cars for Miami GP driver parade play400,000 bricks at 20 km/h - Meet Miami's amazing LEGO cars (1:40)Laurence Edmondson travelled to Prague Czechia to see the Miami Grand Prix's amazing LEGO cars being built MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- It sounds like a 10-year-old's wildest dream: Take nearly 400,000 Lego bricks and build a life-size Formula 1 car capable of completing a lap of the Miami Grand Prix circuit The ambitious idea came about last year as the Danish company's senior management was visiting its model production factory in Kladno Tasked with dreaming up ideas to promote Lego's recently signed partnership with F1 the leadership team had its "what if?" moment "We were talking and we were brainstorming together and saying 'What could we do with F1 that would be completely epic and beyond anything we've done before?'" Julia Goldin chief product and marketing officer of the Lego Group what about full-size cars and what about drivable cars?' So it took a while because Senior designer Jonathan Jurion and engineering manager specialist Martin Šmida were given the task of making the vision a reality The goal: accurately reproduce life-size versions of the latest range of Speed Champions Lego F1 cars that not only look faithful to the product on sale in shops but are also capable of completing a full 3.3-mile lap of the Miami International Autodrome during F1's traditional prerace drivers' parade Lego has a long history of building accurate life-size models of various products for its parks only one of its full-size cars had been drivable even when held together with special construction glue but also because a drivable car would require a steel-frame chassis hydraulic brakes and a power steering system And then there was another challenge presented by the Miami project: Only one car would be built per team meaning each model would have to be big enough to accommodate two F1 drivers Speaking to ESPN in Kladno earlier this year Jurion held one of the Speed Champions models in the palm of his hand as he explained the process of scaling the 1/30th toy car up to a life-size construction trying to remodel it so it fits two minifigures," he said "Obviously a minifigure is not the same proportions as a human "We then take that design and try to upscale it so [the fully built life-size car] is a 30-times upscale of the original model you can buy in shops design each part and try to make it look as faithful to that as possible." Each life-size F1 car that Lego built for all 10 teams for the Miami drivers' parade is made up of 400,000 bricks. Hector Vivas/Getty ImageIn order to keep the build to the correct proportions while accommodating two drivers the cockpit area was elongated so that one driver could sit between the legs of his teammate (Who gets to sit up front in each car will be an interesting insight into the dynamics between teammates up and down the grid.) "So we actually got inspired by an airplane design for two people so they are sitting in tandem one behind the other," Jurion said but we think that we tried to do the biggest space possible for them to be inside." who was in charge of the construction of the car's mechanical underpinnings is proud of an additional feature to make the ride slightly more comfortable for the driver at the controls and because we don't know if the driver is smaller or taller "These pedals have the possibility to move 10 centimeters back and 10 centimeters forward." there was no instruction manual when the project first started Jurion used special software to map out the assembly of the bricks in layers to create the right shapes to mimic F1 body parts while incorporating specific team sponsor names in Lego form "We build bricks in the software as you would build bricks at home gluing the bricks until we have these wonderful cars on loan from the teams and F1 tire supplier Pirelli are the only visible parts of the construction not made from genuine Lego bricks Even the steering wheel has an outer casing assembled from Lego complete with switches and dials to look like the real thing The 400,000 bricks alone weigh 1,000 kilograms including the chassis supporting the structure that adds up to 1,500kg -- or just under two times the weight of a real F1 car Šmida's primary responsibility was to make sure the finished cars were up to the task of completing the lap under their own power The chassis not only had to be strong enough to support a ton of bricks (quite literally) but also house an electric motor and drivetrain capable of powering the whole construction to a maximum speed of just under 13 mph -- a number roughly in line with the speed of the flatbed truck used for standard driver parades at other circuits the project required 3,000 hours of development time and a further 19,000 hours of assembly time to build all 10 cars the models will go on a worldwide tour so both Lego and F1 fans can marvel at them Perhaps the hardest task of all for Goldin and her leadership team is to think of a way to up the game for Lego's next F1 project "That's the question that everybody is asking," Goldin said one of the things that we pride ourselves on is to never let our imagination be in any way constrained by what is considered possible It's always: Let's make the impossible possible And I'm confident that the creativity of our teams will bring another Ahead of their highly-anticipated entry as the grid's 11th team from 2026 onwards Cadillac have revealed their team logo and brand that will mark their Formula 1 identity and set them apart from their rivals for the upcoming seasons Leaning into their all-American reputation the team – who are backed by TWG Motorsports and General Motors (GM) – held a red carpet event in Miami following Saturday's Sprint and Qualifying to unveil their chosen branding READ MORE: Cadillac receive final approval to join Formula 1 grid in 2026 as 11th team With the 2025 season almost a quarter complete there is plenty of focus on Cadillac and the steps they take ahead of next year's first Grand Prix From their striking new branding to the constantly evolving reports surrounding their possible driver line-up the team's introduction to the paddock is undoubtedly set to shake things up Cadillac have taken on the experienced Graeme Lowdon, who was previously a key part of Manor's journey to F1, as Team Principal and will compete with Ferrari engines until 2029, with GM Performance Power Units LLC. having been officially approved as an F1 power unit supplier by the FIA from then TREMAYNE: The tragic story of Mark Donohue – The American racer with a streak of steel behind his ‘Captain Nice’ nickname playMax Verstappen's exclusive first interview since daughter's birth (1:17)Max Verstappen talks to Ryan McGee in Miami his first interview since his daughter was born Lando Norris said Max Verstappen was "not racing very smart" at the Miami Grand Prix and suggested the reigning world champion destroyed his own race Verstappen defended superbly for four laps against Norris as the pair battled for second place They narrowly avoided colliding at one point Oscar Piastri builds his lead over his teammate after an impressive fourth win of the season.. Norris had also run wide at the start while trying to pass Verstappen, a moment which allowed eventual race winner Oscar Piastri through Norris later said when racing Verstappen it is either "crash or don't pass." he said the Red Bull driver's aggressive approach to their battle was counterproductive "It was fine," he said when asked about it Piastri had managed to overtake Verstappen a few laps earlier although he did not get a move done immediately Norris closed the gap on Piastri after getting past Verstappen but never got close enough to challenge for the win keeping Norris behind or passing Verstappen Piastri said: "Both very different challenges our two cars were clearly the best in the field by some margin being his teammate now for a couple of years it's clearly going to be a strong fight between Lando and I Red Bull principal Christian Horner said the way Verstappen raced was "brave." "I was actually surprised that Max was able to hold them back for circa 14 laps or 13 I thought it was a very brave display," he said that may be a hurt to our own race because you're fighting hard I thought he did an outstanding job to keep Oscar behind as long as he did and then Lando." Alex Albon was left delighted with Williams' performance in Miami as a fifth-placed finish saw him bank more valuable points while team mate Carlos Sainz was left frustrated despite his P9 result With the Williams pair starting sixth and seventh the team knew points were on the cards – but when their drivers clashed on the opening lap In the end the car had more than enough pace to hold its own in the middle of the top 10 with Albon looking particularly quick after he got over some mechanical issues in the first stint we were struggling with engine temperatures so [it] was just really important to get past Carlos and then we caught up the Mercs,” Albon said about the early stage of the race I would even argue George [Russell] got a little lucky with the VSC The two Williams drivers fought hard in Miami with Albon coming out on top also just amazing to be able to see the podium – I had George and Max [Verstappen] in my vision in front of me the whole race without a Safety Car so yeah that is just testament to the progress we are making at Williams Albon later even went so far as to joke that he’d never seen Verstappen from start to finish in a race “even in my Red Bull days.” With Williams the only midfield team to score in Miami, there could have been much more to enjoy without the disappointment of the Sprint, when Albon finished fourth to earn five points. However, he picked up a time penalty for driving too slowly under the Safety Car which dropped him down the order and out of the points the Thai driver was keen to emphasize how well the car had performed across the entire weekend in Miami “The car has been feeling quick all weekend from the very first lap we drove around the track in FP1 I knew it would be a good weekend," he said "It’s not going to be like this every weekend It’s why yesterday [The Sprint] was so disappointing – because I thought we might not have a moment again to score points like that." While Sainz didn’t quite have the same pace as Albon in the Grand Prix after the duo swapped positions a handful of times in the early stages he still came home ninth to bag a points finish of his own But there were times where more could have been possible as the Spaniard was right on the tail of the two Ferraris and even made contact battling Lewis Hamilton on the final lap 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Albon and Sainz both complete overtaking moves on the same lap but I was starting on a four-lap used tyre when the others were on new tyres and I knew this was going to make me slower on the first stint and vulnerable,” he explained "On top of that I picked up damage in Turn 3 with Alex at the start with slight contact so I just made my first stint obviously very difficult with the used tyre and the damaged car “Still tried to hold on for my life with faster cars around me That gave a much shorter pit stop time to all the cars that stopped three laps later with the VSC I was vulnerable again… That’s why I’m frustrated and why today I think we should have scored bigger points.” Sainz was pleased to be fighting with the Ferrari and Mercedes cars on merit – even if he wound up finishing behind those two teams by the end 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Hamilton and Sainz bang wheels in last lap attack from the Spaniard on the Ferrari He added: “Very happy and proud as a team to be fighting the top four cars as also the Mercedes I felt like today we were almost quicker than them There will be tracks where we might have this opportunity again and I want to be the first driver to maximise it I think he [Hamilton] reacted a bit to my move it caught him a bit by surprise and he started moving left during braking which if you apply the rulebook to the letter you cannot do that as that is moving under braking everyone is going to be a bit on the limit.” READ MORE: ‘We made it count when it mattered’ – Russell satisfied with recovery to podium after troublesome Miami weekend The Miami stewards did look at the last lap incident between Sainz and Hamilton but deemed no further action to be the result with both drivers taking a share of the blame – Hamilton for braking earlier and Sainz for not pulling out of the move when he hadn’t earned the right to the corner Verstappen labels Miami Grand Prix ‘a struggle’ after slipping back to P4 as he reflects on gap to McLaren McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella was left smiling at the end of a dominant performance by his team with Oscar Piastri winning the Miami Grand Prix from Lando Norris With the team having already bagged a 1-2 in Saturday's Sprint the pace the papaya squad displayed in the Grand Prix itself had the paddock talking Piastri and Norris finished relatively close together with 4.6 seconds between the two team mates but third-placed George Russell was over 33 seconds behind Norris while Max Verstappen’s Red Bull – that had started on pole – was nearly 40 seconds adrift at the flag That gap was by far the most dominant performance of the season from any team and was gained after both Piastri and Norris had to climb back through the field in the early stages “I'm a little surprised that the gap we had today is as big as we saw,” Stella said after Sunday's Grand Prix “I thought that we could have had an advantage from a tyre management point of view but I didn't think that the tyre management would lead to this level of gap throughout the race “One of the matters that still in Formula 1 looks like it's a little bit of a black art I would say especially when it's hot there's another characteristic which I think works very well with our car you can see that is relatively closed from a bodywork point of view because there's been also great engineering going into the cooling system I think in these conditions we see the excellence of the engineering at McLaren has reached a point where it can make a difference to this kind of extent.” During the early stages of the Miami Grand Prix eventual winner Piastri had to overtake Kimi Antonelli – which he did with relative ease – and Max Verstappen to climb into the lead Norris had to pass even more cars to get to second after dropping to sixth on the opening lap with the Briton's bold attempt to get past polesitter Verstappen at the start failing to give him the reward he was after The 25-year-old conceded post race that he "paid the price" for the move and McLaren's electric pace could have allowed him to lift at that moment and fight back later from a higher position McLaren recorded a 1-2 in both the Sprint and the Grand Prix Stella explained: “Let's say that considering the situation [on Lap 1] it could have been better for Lando to just lift and make sure that he could keep the second position because the car we see was very fast and he would certainly have passed Max like Oscar and you have to approach with the mindset of reviewing where the opportunities lie and I think in this case Lando could have been a little bit more patient "But I quite like to see Lando aggressive going for overtaking the lead of the race and sometimes it's just the matter of a fraction of a second In this situation the stewards elected that there was no need to intervene but definitely the manoeuvre was quite at the limit.” with Verstappen forcing both Piastri and then Norris to try and go around his outside into Turn 1 Stella did admit that Norris lost time in his fight – while Piastri made it past the Dutchman cleanly Norris needed several goes and even had to give the place back at one point after overtaking off the track 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Norris comes out on top after epic battle with Verstappen for P2 This was the crucial period of the race where Piastri in free air was able to disappear up the road – leaving Norris too much to do once he did get into second place the lap time or race time was lost because he needed to give back the position,” elaborated Stella "It was fair to give back the position because when overtaking we exceeded the track limits so there's a few things that we need to improve “Certainly there are things to improve even from Oscar's side like if you look back at qualifying I think Oscar lost a little bit of rhythm from Q2 to Q3 so even in that case we have some opportunities I think both drivers are very open to this kind of review FACTS AND STATS: Piastri secures McLaren’s first victory hat trick in over 25 years Former F1 and Le Mans racer Jochen Mass passes away aged 78 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla -- George Russell kept his podium finish at the Miami Grand Prix after a post-race Red Bull protest was thrown out by the stewards Red Bull had claimed Russell broke yellow flag rules midway through the contest On Lap 33, shortly after Gabriele Bortoleto's Sauber had stopped on track due to engine trouble a radio message from Max Verstappen was played saying: "Check if George lifted Drivers are required to slow their speed in cautionary periods Verstappen ended up finishing behind Russell - in the closing stages a message from race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase encouraged the four-time world champion to stay within five seconds of the Mercedes driver In a visit to the stewards after the finish Red Bull attempted to argue that while Russell might have lifted off the throttle he had not done so enough to alter his speed sufficiently and within the requirements of the rules The stewards disagreed with their assessment Their verdict read: "It was evident from the onboard footage as well as from telemetry that Car 63 lifted the throttle when passing the yellow flag zone 25 percent and this resulted in a reduction of torque of approx 30 percent." The verdict meant the order was unchanged Oscar Piastri extended his lead at the top of the Formula 1 standings after leading home a dominant McLaren 1-2 in the Miami Grand Prix which came after a titanic battle for the lead with Max Verstappen The Dutchman led from pole having gone wheel-to-wheel with fellow front row starter Lando Norris through the opening turns with the McLaren driver running off track and losing several spots It fell to Piastri to launch a challenge and over the opening 14 laps he made several attempts to pass the reigning World Champion eventually prevailing as Verstappen ran deep at Turn 1 after a robust defence Norris also made his way through after several of his own attempts and with the forecasted rain not materialising Piastri managed the gap to claim a hat-trick of wins on the bounce extending his points lead over Norris to 16 beat Verstappen to the final step of the podium after benefitting from a mid-race Virtual Safety Car Watch the highlights from the 2025 Miami Grand Prix by hitting go on the video player above MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How Leclerc and Hamilton’s opposing Miami strategies culminated in fractious Ferrari radio exchanges Williams duo keen to 'play with strategies' as they target strong result in Miami after impressive Qualifying Red Bull have had their protest of George Russell rejected by the Stewards following the Miami Grand Prix resulting in the Mercedes driver keeping his podium finish ahead of fourth-placed Max Verstappen The Milton Keynes outfit submitted a protest earlier alleging that Russell had failed to slow under yellow flags which if successful could have led to a penalty that would have promoted the Dutchman to P3 as he crossed the line 2.3s behind the Mercedes When Ollie Bearman's Haas suffered a likely engine failure and became stranded on track Russell elected to pit for fresh tyres under the beneficial conditions brought about by the Virtual Safety Car and he ultimately returned to the track ahead of Verstappen in third when Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto pulled off the road with power unit problems another Virtual Safety Car was deployed with Verstappen – still behind Russell – asking his team to "check if George lifted Russell narrowly finished ahead of Verstappen in Miami Red Bull subsequently launched a protest into the Briton claiming he failed to slow under yellow flags after the Stewards met with representatives from both teams they concluded that the matter should be rejected told media prior to the outcome confirmation: "We felt that Russell has done something that is in breach of the regs as they are written so that's why we put a protest in today The regulations say there should be a reduction in speed and that is why Max flagged it immediately from what he saw within the cockpit." 2025 Miami Grand Prix: Russell emerges from the pits ahead of Verstappen to take P3 The document explaining the Stewards’ decision outlined that Red Bull accepted Russell did lift the throttle but believed this did not slow him down enough and therefore went against the regulations It added that there is no specific wording around whether reducing speed in a yellow flag zone means the "absolute speed" or "the speed relative to the regular racing speed" in that specific part of the track They concluded that Car 63 was "considerably slower than the regular racing speed" when the yellow flag was shown rejecting the protest and labelling it as "not founded" The outcome means that Verstappen stays in P4 for the Miami Grand Prix and is just six points ahead of Russell in the Drivers' Standings.