As after each Grand Prix, it is time to discover the most striking statistics, the records that have been broken, the remarkable series still in progress or that stopped net during the last weekend …
Qualifications
Max Verstappen signed his third pole position of the season after those in Japan and Saudi Arabia. His advance in Miami – 0”065 – was the widest of the three!
He chained two poles in a row in Miami, but no pilot left the front line has never won the Miami Grand Prix. The statistic therefore continues with the victory of Oscar Piastri, who left 4th.
This pole marked the 106ᵉ for Red Bull in F1, only one unit of the historic Lotus total.
Lando Norris rose in 2ᵉ position – his first first line from Japan – and his very first Top 4 in Miami. Thanks to this result, the qualifying duel has now returned equally (3-3).
Kimi Antonelli achieved the best qualification of his young career in Grand Prix with 3ᵉ place, ahead of his teammate George Russell for the first time. He missed the first line of only 0’002. It was also the first time that the two Mercedes appeared in the top 6 in Miami.
Oscar Piastri, 4ᵉ, for the first time of the year missed the first line.
Carlos Sainz, 6ᵉ, equaled his good results of qualifications in Saudi Arabia. It was the third time that Williams was launched in the top 6 this season.
Alex Albon, 7ᵉ, allowed Williams to place his two cars in the first seven places for the first time.
Charles Leclerc, 8ᵉ, signed his less good qualification of the year. It was also the first time that no Ferrari had appeared in the top 7 of a departure in 2025.
Esteban Ocon, 9ᵉ, obtained its first entry into Q3 for Haas.
Yuki Tsunoda responded exactly his 2024 qualification result with Racing Bulls.
Lewis Hamilton, 12ᵉ, has not reached Q3 for the first time since his arrival at Ferrari, despite a chrono only 0”058 slower than that of Leclerc in Q2.
Gabriel Bortoleto, 13ᵉ, signed his best career qualification for Kick Sauber.
Jack Doohan has for the first time defeated Pierre Gasly in qualifying.
Liam Lawson, 15ᵉ, has improved its average position on the grid this season (16.0).
Nico Hülkenberg won a 16ᵉ place on the grid for the third time in four races.
Fernando Alonso, eliminated in Q1, was the only pilot to have reached Q2 with each race this season without ever reaching Q3.
Lance Stroll has undergone a fourth consecutive elimination in Q1.
Oliver Bearman finished last in SQ1 and Q1-Double underperformance for him.
The race
Oscar Piastri won a third consecutive Grand Prix for McLaren – a first since Mika Häkkinen between 1997 and 1998.
He signed his 6ᵉ career victory (one more than Lando Norris) and his 4ᵉ this season.
McLaren chained two victories in Miam. The race confirmed the curse of the first line in Miami: no winner has ever left for it, Piastri having started 4ᵉ.
It has been 32 consecutive Grands Prix that Piastri enters the points – the longest fourth series in history.
With Norris 2ᵉ, McLaren became the first stable to sign a double during a sprint and a Grand Prix on the same weekend.
It was only the fourth double McLaren in the race over the past fifteen years.
The last time McLaren had placed his two cars in front of everyone with more than 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the peloton dates back to Monaco 2007, with Alonso in front of Hamilton, Massa finishing more than a minute from the winner.
George Russell, 3ᵉ, signed his fourth podium of the season – as much as on the whole of 2024 – and offered Mercedes his very first podium in Miami.
Max Verstappen, 4ᵉ, finished out of the podium in Miami for the first time. It was his third absence of the top 3 in six races this season.
Alex Albon, 5ᵉ, equaled his result as Melbourne – his only other top 6 since his arrival at Williams in 2022.
Carlos Sainz, 9ᵉ, allowed Williams to register the points with his two cars for the second consecutive time.
Kimi Antonelli finished 6ᵉ for the fourth time in five Grands Prix.
Ferrari finished out of the top 5 for the first time in Miami.
Lewis Hamilton, 8ᵉ, only obtained one top 5 this season (in Bahrain) outside sprints.
Yuki Tsunoda, 10ᵉ, has scored points in both sprint and Grand Prix. Despite a five -second penalty for speeding in the stands, he has ahead of 0”168 Isack Hadjar.
Only five teams have scored points: McLaren, Red Bull, Mercedes, Williams and Ferrari – the minimum possible.
Fernando Alonso (15ᵉ) and Lance Stroll (16ᵉ) were the last two classified, finishing almost 20 seconds from the previous car. What a disaster for Aston Martin F1…
Jack Doohan abandoned, for the second time in the first round this season after Melbourne.
