18:28
Verstappen is now up to 13th.
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
18:28
Norris sets a new fastest lap of 1m32.5s.
18:28
Lap 13/57
Leclerc leads onto lap 13. Norris is close behind in second.
18:28
Piastri complains about Russell after the McLaren overtook him for fourth: "That was super dangerous by Russell"
18:27
Leclerc holds off Norris, who holds off Antonelli. Verstappen is up to 15th ahead of Stroll.
18:26
Lap 12/57
Safety car is in and Leclerc leads Norris at the start of lap 12.
18:25
Safety car is in this lap.
18:24
Lap 11/57
Order after 10 laps
- Leclerc
- Norris
- Antonelli
- Russell
- Piastri
- Hamilton
- Colapinto
- Albon
- Sainz
- Bearman
- Ocon
- Lindblad
- Perez
- Bortoleto
- Stroll
- Verstappen
- Alonso
- Bottas
- Hulkenberg - retired
- Lawson - retired
- Gasly - retired
- Hadjar - retired
18:22
Some more images of the Lawson/Gasly incident
18:21
Verstappen is down in 16th after his stop under the safety car. Nobody ahead of his pitted, but he's got a job on to try and get himself into the mix when the others do stop.
18:21
Arvid Lindblad has just been told rain is 20 minutes away.
18:20
Retired - Nico Hulkenberg
Hulkenberg is in the pits now and he looks to have retired his Audi.
18:20
LAp 9/57
Safety car is still out on lap nine.
Leclerc leads Norris, Antonelli, Russell, Piastri, Hamilton, Colapinto, Albon, Sainz and Bearman.
18:19
Retired - Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson has retired after his contact with Gasly.
18:19
Carlos Sainz was not happy with Verstappen after a hard move: "He thinks he can do what he wants because he's racing the midfield."
18:19
Scary incident for Gasly.
Lawson is under investigation for that.
18:18
Verstappen apologised to his team after that spin. Looks like he just got a bit greedy on the throttle through Turn 2, though he was squeezed a little by Leclerc at the same moment.
18:16
Watch: Max Verstappen's spin at start of Miami GP
A replay of Max Verstappen's spin at the start of the Miami GP.
18:15
A replay of the Hadjar crash shows he hit the wall in that chicane at Turn 14/15 and broke his suspension.
Lawson locked up into Turn 17 and hit Gasly, who flipped his car!
18:15
Lap 7/57
Max Verstappen is in. He's onto the hard tyres.
18:13
Safety car - lap 6/57
The safety car is out.
Hadjar is furious with himself after that crash at Turn 14.
18:13
Crash - Pierre Gasly
Gasly has had a crash at Turn 17. His Alpine is on the tyre barriers!
18:12
Norris takes second from Antonelli.
18:12
Crash - Isack Hadjar
Hadjar has crashed!
18:12
Lap 6/57
Leclerc holds the lead at the start of lap six from Antonelli and Norris.