18:43
Antonelli being told "maybe light rain at Turn 7/8".
Antonelli celebrates making F1 history
F1 Miami LIVE: Antonelli wins grand prix, several drivers face investigations
Lap-by-lap commentary from the 2026 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix
KEY MOMENTS
- Antonelli wins chaotic Miami Grand Prix
- Safety car on lap six after two big crashes
- Gasly's Alpine flips in Turn 17 tangle
- Leclerc leads chaotic start
The fourth round of the 2026 Formula 1 season takes place at the Miami Grand Prix.
F1 returns following a five-week hiatus after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds were cancelled due to the conflict in the Middle East.
This weekend's Miami Grand Prix began with tweaks made to the power unit regulations, following meetings between F1 and its stakeholders during the month of April.
Most of the teams used the break as an opportunity to upgrade their cars, with Red Bull and McLaren bringing the most substantial update packages.
But it is still Mercedes who is the team to beat coming into Sunday's grand prix, after championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli topped qualifying.
After struggling in the sprint on Saturday, Antonelli snatched pole in a tense session that saw Red Bull's Max Verstappen his nearest challenger.
Ferrari will start third with Charles Leclerc, while sprint winner Lando Norris is fourth in the McLaren. George Russell will have to dig deep at a circuit he doesn't favour to get back on terms with his Mercedes team-mate Antonelli from fifth.
Lewis Hamilton was unhappy with his Ferrari in sixth in qualifying, while Oscar Piastri struggled to seventh in the second of the McLarens.
Alpine's Franco Colapinto was eighth in his second Q3 appearance in F1, while Red Bull's Isack Hadjar was due to start from ninth. However, he was disqualified from the result due to a technical infringement. It means Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) complete the top 10.
Thunderstorm warnings forced F1 to bring forward the start time of the Miami Grand Prix to 6pm BST, though it is still set to be a wet race.
This will be the first time the 2026 cars have raced in the wet, with most drivers yet to do any laps in the rain in these new machines.
2026 F1 Miami Grand Prix: Sunday schedule
Race (57 laps) - 6pm BST
03 May 2026
18:42
Verstappen is now fifth after those stops for Leclerc and Russell.
18:42
Lap 22/57
Leclerc comes out in 12th on hard tyres, so drops behind Russell. That hasn't worked out well for Ferrari. Right front was slightly slow off.
18:42
Leclerc in the pits from third.
18:41
Verstappen and Albon's crap at Turn 17 a few laps ago is being investigated now.
18:41
Lap 21/57
Russell has come in for hards.
Verstappen is up to sixth now and is still within a pitstop window of Norris.
Russell rejoins 12th.
18:39
Verstappen's pit-exit investigation is going to be looked at after the race.
That seems incredibly silly from the stewards, but there we go.
18:39
Lap 20/57
Onto lap 30. Norris's lead is up to three seconds now. That McLaren is really nursing its tyres well and is loving the clean air.
Antonelli is second and has a fading Leclerc well covered.
18:38
McLaren is telling Norris that the rain will be on lap 40! Let's see whose radar is right.
18:38
Lap 19/57
Norris leads.
Perez is being told there's a shower coming two-to-three laps and will come in sector two. Cadillac wan't to "survive" it.
18:37
Verstappen is now up to eighth.
18:36
Lap 18/57
The laps are coming thick and fast.
But no change at the lead. Norris is 2.2s clear of Antonelli, while Leclerc is in big trouble with Piastri, while Russell is not far behind.
18:35
Leclerc and Piastri swapped places this lap, but Leclerc is back in third. He's fading away from this victory battle now.
18:35
Lap 17/57
Onto lap 17. Norris leads by 2.2s from Antonelli and Leclerc.
Verstappen is now ninth ahead of Albon after a nice move.
Ocon has been noted for a yellow flag infringement.
18:34
Verstappen could be facing a penalty
Verstappen is being noted for crossing the white line at pit exit. That could be a penalty!
18:33
Piastri is fourth from Russell, Hamilton, Colapinto, Sainz, Albon, Verstappen, Bearman, Ocon, Lindblad, Bortoleto, Perez, Bottas, Alonso, Stroll.
18:33
Lap 16/57
Another lap down. Norris' lead is two seconds over Antonelli, who is holding Leclerc at bay.
Verstappen is now up to 10th ahead of Bearman. He's 13s down on the lead.
18:31
Make that 11th for Verstappen, as he puts a pass on Ocon.
18:31
Verstappen watch: he's now 12th on lap 15, about 12 seconds off the lead.
18:31
Lap 15/57
This is all playing into Norris' hands, who is now 1.5s clear at the start of lap 15.
18:30
Antonelli is back up to second ahead of Leclerc at Turn 11.
18:29
Lap 14/57
Leclerc takes second back into Turn 1. Norris leads by about a second.
18:29
Antonelli now gets ahead of Leclerc into Turn 17. That's second for him.
18:29
Russell complains he's in the "wrong start mode".
18:29
Norris goes around the outside of Leclerc into Turn 11 and takes the lead!