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Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has been given a post-race penalty at the 2026 F1 Miami GP following a wild end to his race. Charles Leclerc has a crazy conclusion to the 2026 F1 Miami GP On the penultimate lap, he decided to let Oscar Piastri through on the back straight before turn 17, hoping…
Round 4 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed as the Miami GP race is in the books, view the full report here. Antonelli starts on pole For the third straight Grand Prix, Mercedes driver and championship leader Kimi Antonelli started on pole position. This time, however, he had Max Verstappen on the front…
A dramatic start shook up the order as drivers battled changing conditions and an earlier race time designed to avoid severe weather. Immediate incidents and bold overtakes defined the opening phase, setting the stage for an unpredictable contest, as battles at the front during the second half kept the classification order anything but settled. Ultimately,…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc qualified third for the 2026 Miami GP, one place up from fourth in Friday’s Sprint qualifying, but admitted he’s “not really” pleased with the car’s performance. Throughout the Miami race weekend Ferrari—Leclerc in particular—have been consistently in the mix, but have yet to challenge the front-runners. Across the Sprint sessions Ferrari trailed…
Oscar Piastri clearly struggled in the 2026 F1 Miami GP Qualifying; he only managed to qualify P7. A disappointing result after a successful McLaren 1-2 Sprint Race finish earlier at the 305. In the print media pen, Piastri talked about his qualifying struggles and feelings of the upgraded MCL40. Deployment issues made Q3 difficult for…
Lando Norris explained why McLaren’s pace fizzled out in the few hours between the Sprint Race and qualifying for the main F1 event at the 2026 Miami GP. Across the first two days of the race weekend Miami proved yet again to be a happy hunting ground for McLaren, with Norris securing Sprint pole on…
Lewis Hamilton was left “quite unhappy” after qualifying P6 for the 2026 F1 Miami GP, as the Ferrari driver believes a higher position was possible after the team made changes to his SF-26. The Brit has struggled to find pace throughout the weekend, with his P4 in FP1 marking his best result, before he dropped…
Isack Hadjar has been disqualified from Qualifying at the 2026 F1 Miami GP following a floor legality breach. The issue was referred to the stewards after post-Qualifying technical checks that were conducted before the matter was escalated for further review. The Frenchman qualified P9 on Saturday afternoon after finishing 9th in the Sprint Race earlier…
The 2026 F1 Miami GP has been a forgettable one for Mercedes’ George Russell thus far. The bad run only continued into a disappointing Qualifying session on Saturday. The Briton placed himself fifth on the grid and clocked in a time of 1:28.197. His fastest lap of Q3 was close to four tenths slower than…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen qualified on the front row for the 2026 F1 Miami GP, after a superb final effort which left him just 0.166s shy of Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes at the front of the field. The four-time world champion was full of praise for the work done by Red Bull over the 5-week gap…
