Oscar Piastri put in another championship-material drive in Miami to win 2025 Formula One Miami Grand Prix, seeing off his teammate, Lando Norris, to take his fourth win of the season and extend his lead in the Drivers’ Standings.
Norris finished second ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, while pole-sitter Max Verstappen lost the race lead on track and positions under a Virtual Safety Car, finishing fourth.
There was immediate action as the lights went off as Norris tried to tussle with Verstappen, which saw the Brit drop down the order while as the Dutchman locked up. Further down, Alpine’s Jack Doohan was also hit as he sustained a puncture that brought out the Virtual Safety Car, with Verstappen holding the lead from Andrea Kimi Antoneli and Piastri behind the top two. Doohan, having made contact with VCARB’s Liam Lawson, was forced to retire early from the race.
Piastri moved up to P2 on Lap 4, zooming past Antonelli on the main straight. On lap 9, Norris also went past the young Mercedes driver. The two McLaren drivers chased Verstappen, and Piastri eventually took the lead of the race on Lap 14, going around the Red Bull driver. Norris almost got Verstappen on the following lap at Turn 1 as well, but the reigning World Champion put his elbows out to keep hold of the second spot. Later in the lap, however, at Turn 11, the second McLaren driver made the move stick to move to P2—a good nine seconds behind the race leader and his teammate.
Further down, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Haas’ Esteban Ocon were locked in a battle before the latter came into the pits on Lap 23, which started a chain reaction as several cars came in for their stops. Verstappen was the first front-runner to come in on Lap 27 and rejoined in P7, while Piastri continued to lead—more than eight seconds clear of his teammate—as Russell moved up into the final podium place.
Haas’ Ollie Bearman, meanwhile, had a moment on Lap 29 as his engine gave out, ending his race due to a technical issue and bringing out the Virtual Safety Car once again. Norris was called in for his stop under the VSC. Piastri was also called in during the same lap. Most of the cars who hadn’t pitted used the VSC to get a cheap and quick stop.
As racing resuming on Lap 30, Piastri led from Norris, with Russell making up a spot over Verstappen thanks to a pit stop under the VSC. Behind them, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc lost a spot to his former teammate Carlos Sainz on Lap 31 as the Spaniard moved up to P7, with both Ferrari drivers behind him.
The VSC came out once again on Lap 33 as Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto retired after a technical issue. As racing resumed, Sainz found himself in a tussle with the Ferrari cars. Leclerc picked off Sainz on the main straight going into Turn 1, while Hamilton went outside both to slot in behind his teammate. A much faster yet frustrated Hamilton made his thoughts clear to his team while he was stuck behind Leclerc for a couple of laps before the team asked the Monégasque to swap positions on Lap 39.
Lawson became the fourth retiree of the race due to extensive damage from his opening-lap clash.
With ten laps to go, there wasn’t much action at the top, though Norris did cut down Piastri’s lead. It was the Ferrari drivers in the spotlight again, however, as Leclerc had come into the DRS range behind his teammate. On Lap 52, Hamilton was instructed to swap positions, with Leclerc finding pace to catch up. The swap took place the following lap at Turn 11.
The final few laps saw little action up front as Piastri breezed to his fourth win of the season ahead of teammate Norris. Russell finished third, holding off Verstappen, with Alex Albon, Antonelli, Leclerc, Hamilton, Sainz, and Yuki Tsunoda finishing in the points.
The Australian’s win in Miami sees him overtake Norris for career wins—with six—despite the latter having made his F1 debut a good five seasons before him.
Another one-two for McLaren sees them extend their Constructors’ lead, while Verstappen once again brings Red Bull the majority of the points. McLaren lead second-placed Mercedes by more than 100 points, with third-placed Red Bull a further 26 points behind Mercedes.
Piastri has now built a 16-point gap over Norris in the Drivers’ Standings, while Verstappen is third with 99 points, six points ahead of Russell, whose podium finish sees him bag a good haul of points as well. Antonelli also had a strong race and has moved up to seventh in the standings over Hamilton.
The grid will now take a two-week break before heading to Imola to kick off the second triple-header of the season.
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