The 2026 Formula 1 season resumes this weekend, as the series makes its first of three visits to the United States of America, beginning with the Miami Grand Prix.
A recent addition to the calendar, the circuit around the Miami Dolphins' NFL stadium marks the fourth round of the 2026 season and the first race in five weeks.
The war in Iran forced F1 to cancel the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, meaning no racing took place in April. However, this offered the 11 teams plenty of time to work on car development.
More significantly, this weekend's Miami Grand Prix sees the debut of new engine regulations aimed at improving the qualifying spectacle, as well as safety, following the scary shunt for Ollie Bearman at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Reigning world champion Lando Norris will start on pole for today's sprint, having topped a tight sprint qualifying on Friday evening in Miami.
The vastly updated McLaren appears to be working well this weekend so far, with Oscar Piastri third after a scrappy lap in the sister car.
Mercedes looks to be on the back foot, as it elected against any major updates ahead of a significant package of upgrades for the Canadian Grand Prix in a few weeks.
Championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli was second on the grid in sprint qualifying, while team-mate George Russell was sixth.
Ferrari's updated car looked like it was delivering across Friday, but Charles Leclerc only came away with a best of fourth in sprint qualifying.
Max Verstappen was much happier with his Red Bull after Friday, claiming that he can "trust" it more than in the opening three rounds, as he starts fifth for the sprint.
The sprint will be followed by main qualifying for Sunday's race.
2026 F1 Miami Grand Prix: Saturday schedule
Sprint - 5pm BST
Qualifying - 9pm BST
Max Verstappen was unhappy with Lewis Hamilton when he tried to give him a place back in the Miami F1 sprint
The 2026 F1 championship standings after the Miami Grand Prix sprint
All the winners of F1 sprint races, since the format was introduced in 2021.
Full results from the 2026 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix sprint
Lando Norris triumphs to Miami Grand Prix sprint race win ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been given a five-second penalty for track limits. That drops him to sixth.
Antonelli has been noted for track limits again, which could net him a five-second penalty.
Lando Norris takes the chequered flag and wins the Miami F1 sprint!
It's his first win of the season and ends Mercedes' streak in 2026.
Oscar Piastri is second, while Charles Leclerc is third for Ferrari.
Kimi Antonelli holds the championship lead in fourth from Russell, Verstappen, Hamilton and Gasly for the final point.
Full results to follow...
Final lap.
Leclerc runs wide at Turn 11.
Two laps to go. Norris is now over four seconds clear of his team-mate Piastri.
Piastri, in turn, as the battle for second with Leclerc sewn up, barring any problems.
Hadjar makes a stunning move on Colapinto on the outside of Turn 4. That was for 10th, which doesn't score points in a sprint.
Three laps to go now and it looks like Piastri has this covered. The gap is back up to over a second as the Ferrari scrabbles for traction.
Four laps to go. Leclerc is right behind Piastri now!
The gap between Piastri and Leclerc has settled as we start lap 15.
Albon has rejoined in last after a nose change.
A replay of the earlier Verstappen/Hamilton battle.
Norris leads by three seconds now over Piastri, who is coming under greater threat from Leclerc.
Williams, meanwhile, is pitting Albon.
Leclerc continues to pull Piastri back to him. Gap is under a second at the end of this lap.
Further down the field, there's a great dice between the Williams duo for 14th. Sainz leads that for now.
Leclerc is coming back to Piastri again in the battle for second as they start lap 13. About 1.3s the gap.
Antonelli has now been given a black and white flag for track limits.
Standings after 11 laps
There was a bit of debris on track that Berman hit, but that looks to have cleared that off the line.
Ten laps completed. Norris leads Piastri, while Leclerc's holding third and fading away a bit.