ROUND

4

Miami Grand Prix

2026-05-03·57 laps

Kimi Antonelli claimed his third consecutive win of the season in a frenetic, incident-packed Miami Grand Prix. Chaos struck early as four cars retired within the first seven laps — Hulkenberg, Lawson, and, within seconds of each other, Gasly and Hadjar. Lando Norris took the fight to Antonelli throughout, setting the fastest lap of the race, but could not find a way past, finishing 3.264 seconds behind with Oscar Piastri completing an all-Mercedes-McLaren podium lockout in third. George Russell took fourth, ahead of Max Verstappen — who added a 5-second penalty for crossing the pit-exit white line — and Lewis Hamilton. The race turned dramatic again for Ferrari: Charles Leclerc, running sixth on the road, was hit with a 20-second penalty (a drive-through converted post-race) for repeatedly leaving the track without justification, dropping him to eighth and promoting Franco Colapinto to seventh for Alpine.

Race Winner

Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

Fastest Lap

1:31.869

Lando Norris

Conditions

☀ Dry

Circuit Profile

Miami International Autodrome

Lap length

5.412 km

Race distance

57 laps · 308.5 km

Tyre allocation

H C3 · M C4 · S C5

Pit-lane loss (model)

≈ 20 s

Tyre degradation

Medium

Overtaking

Moderate

Pit-lane loss, degradation and overtaking are PITWALL simulator inputs for this circuit, not official figures.

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Qualifying

POS	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	Kimi Antonelli	1:28.653	1:28.289	1:27.798	1
2	Max Verstappen	1:29.099	1:28.116	1:27.964	2
3	Charles Leclerc	1:28.938	1:28.315	1:28.143	3
4	Lando Norris	1:29.183	1:28.920	1:28.183	4
5	George Russell	1:29.492	1:28.477	1:28.197	5
6	Lewis Hamilton	1:29.483	1:28.477	1:28.319	6
7	Oscar Piastri	1:29.920	1:28.332	1:28.500	7
8	Franco Colapinto	1:29.584	1:28.975	1:28.762	8
9	Pierre Gasly	1:29.914	1:29.070	1:28.810	9
10	Nico Hulkenberg	1:29.645	1:29.439	—	10
11	Liam Lawson	1:29.595	1:29.499	—	11
12	Oliver Bearman	1:29.340	1:29.567	—	12
13	Carlos Sainz	1:29.540	1:29.568	—	13
14	Esteban Ocon	1:29.838	1:29.772	—	14
15	Alexander Albon	1:29.720	1:29.946	—	15
16	Arvid Lindblad	1:30.133	—	—	16
17	Fernando Alonso	1:31.098	—	—	17
18	Lance Stroll	1:31.164	—	—	18
19	Valtteri Bottas	1:31.629	—	—	19
20	Sergio Perez	1:31.967	—	—	20
21	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:33.737	—	—	21
22	Isack Hadjar	—	1:28.941	1:28.789	22

Grid to Finish

Places gained or lost between the starting grid (after penalties) and the flag, for 18 of 18 classified drivers.

Biggest gains

Gabriel BortoletoP21 → P12+9

Alexander AlbonP15 → P10+5

Oscar PiastriP7 → P3+4

Biggest losses

Charles LeclercP3 → P8-5

Max VerstappenP2 → P5-3

Sprint Race

POS	Driver	Time	Gap	Pts
1	Lando Norris	1755.045	Leader	+8
2	Oscar Piastri	1758.811	+3.766	+7
3	Charles Leclerc	1761.296	+6.251	+6
4	George Russell	1767.996	+12.951	+5
5	Max Verstappen	1768.684	+13.639	+4
6	Kimi Antonelli	1768.822	+13.777 (incl. 5s penalty)	+3
7	Lewis Hamilton	1776.710	+21.665	+2
8	Pierre Gasly	1785.570	+30.525	+1
9	Isack Hadjar	1790.391	+35.346	—
10	Franco Colapinto	1792.015	+36.970	—
11	Esteban Ocon	1812.017	+56.972	—
12	Oliver Bearman	1812.410	+57.365	—
13	Carlos Sainz	1813.549	+58.504	—
14	Liam Lawson	1814.403	+59.358	—
15	Fernando Alonso	1831.112	+76.067	—
16	Sergio Perez	1831.736	+76.691	—
17	Lance Stroll	1832.671	+77.626	—
18	Alexander Albon	1843.218	+88.173	—
19	Valtteri Bottas	1844.642	+89.597	—
20	Nico Hulkenberg	—	DNS	—
21	Arvid Lindblad	—	DNS	—
22	Gabriel Bortoleto	—	DSQ	—

Race Timeline

🚦LAP 1Lights out — 57 laps scheduled

🏎LAP 3Liam Lawson retires after just 6 laps, following an early retirement for Nico Hulkenberg.

🏎LAP 4Pierre Gasly and Isack Hadjar both retire within seconds of each other after just 4 laps.

🔧LAP 6First pit stop of the race: Max Verstappen switches to Hard

🏆LAP 26Race winner Kimi Antonelli makes stop 1, fitting Hard

🏎LAP 35Lando Norris sets the fastest lap of the race in his pursuit of race leader Antonelli, but cannot find a way past.

🔧LAP 41Last pit stop of the race: Fernando Alonso switches to Soft

🏎LAP 57Post-race, Charles Leclerc is hit with a 20-second penalty for repeatedly leaving the track without justification, dropping him from sixth on the road to eighth.

🏁LAP 57Chequered flag — Kimi Antonelli wins

Tyre Strategy

Every stint for the 18 classified drivers with recorded pit data (18 classified in total). Bar lengths are to scale with the 57-lap race distance.

P1Kimi Antonelli

M 26

H 31

P2Lando Norris

M 27

H 30

P3Oscar Piastri

M 28

H 29

P4George Russell

M 20

H 37

P5Max Verstappen

M

H 51

P6Lewis Hamilton

M 27

H 30

P7Franco Colapinto

M 31

H 26

P8Charles Leclerc

M 21

H 36

P9Carlos Sainz

M 28

H 29

P10Alexander Albon

M 27

H 30

P11Oliver Bearman

M 26

H 31

P12Gabriel Bortoleto

M 32

H 25

P13Esteban Ocon

M 31

H 26

P14Arvid Lindblad

M 28

H 29

P15Fernando Alonso

M 41

S 16

P16Sergio Perez

M 29

H 28

P17Lance Stroll

M 21

S 16

S 20

P18Valtteri Bottas

M

S 15

M 36

LAP 1LAP 29LAP 57

One-stop

16

Two-stop

2

Winner's strategy: Medium → Hard

Longest stint: Max Verstappen, 51 laps on Hard

Compound sequences used

Medium → Hard

15 driver(s) · best result P1

Medium → Soft

1 driver(s) · best result P15

Medium → Soft → Soft

1 driver(s) · best result P17

Medium → Soft → Medium

1 driver(s) · best result P18

Pit Stops & Neutralisations

First stops came between lap 6 and lap 41, with a median of lap 27.

Actual vs PITWALL Simulation

PITWALL model output · not official data

PITWALL replayed this race 40 times from the real starting grid, with all 18 finishers on the strategies they actually used. It then kept every rival's strategy fixed and tested alternative strategies for the winner, Kimi Antonelli.

Strategy	Stops	Avg finish	Win	Race time vs actual
ActualMHL26	1	P1.2	88%	—
SML22SL38	2	P1.0	100%	−2.6 s
MSL26	1	P1.0	100%	−2.3 s
HSL32	1	P1.0	100%	−2.2 s
MSL19SL38	2	P1.0	100%	−2.1 s
SML26	1	P1.0	100%	−2.0 s
SHL22SL41	2	P1.0	100%	−1.8 s

In PITWALL's model, Soft → Medium → Soft would have been 2.6 s quicker than the strategy Kimi Antonelli actually used.

Model check: with everyone on their real strategy, the simulated finishing positions were on average 2.9 places away from the real result, and Kimi Antonelli won 88% of the simulated races.

Retired cars are left out of the replay. Safety Car and VSC periods use the simulator's default length, because the race data records only when they were called. Model replay-2, computed 2026-10-23. How the simulator works and its limits →

Why They Lost

Strategy and race factors that shaped the result for drivers who finished behind Kimi Antonelli.

P17Lance StrollAston Martin

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 5 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 21 vs 26), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P18Valtteri BottasCadillac

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 20 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 6 vs 26), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P4George RussellMercedes

▸Pitted 6 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 20 vs 26), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P5Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing

▸Pitted 20 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 6 vs 26), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P7Franco ColapintoAlpine

▸Pitted 5 laps later than Kimi Antonelli (lap 31 vs 26), losing time on worn tyres before the stop.

P8Charles LeclercFerrari

▸Pitted 5 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 21 vs 26), exposing the next stint to more wear.
▸Started P3 and finished 5 places lower.

Strategy Breakdown

Replay any strategy in the PITWALL simulator →

POS	Driver	Strategy	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	M→HL26	1:33:19.273	+0.000	▶ Simulate
2	Lando Norris McLaren	M→HL27	1:33:22.537	+3.264	▶ Simulate
3	Oscar Piastri McLaren	M→HL28	1:33:46.365	+27.092	▶ Simulate
4	George Russell Mercedes	M→HL20	1:34:02.324	+43.051	▶ Simulate
5	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	M→HL6	1:34:08.222	+48.949 (incl. 5s penalty)	▶ Simulate
6	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	M→HL27	1:34:13.026	+53.753	▶ Simulate
7	Franco Colapinto Alpine	M→HL31	1:34:21.144	+61.871	▶ Simulate
8	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	M→HL21	1:34:23.518	+64.245 (incl. 20s penalty; P6 on the road)	▶ Simulate
9	Carlos Sainz Williams	M→HL28	1:34:41.345	+82.072	▶ Simulate
10	Alexander Albon Williams	M→HL27	1:34:50.245	+90.972	▶ Simulate
11	Oliver Bearman Haas	M→HL26	1:33:25.673	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
12	Gabriel Bortoleto Audi	M→HL32	1:33:28.626	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
13	Esteban Ocon Haas	M→HL31	1:33:33.146	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
14	Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls	M→HL28	1:34:04.054	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
15	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	M→SL41	1:34:34.237	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
16	Sergio Perez Cadillac	M→HL29	1:34:36.786	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
17	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	M→SL21→SL37	1:34:41.904	+1 lap	▶ Simulate
18	Valtteri Bottas Cadillac	M→SL6→ML21	1:34:27.528	+2 laps	▶ Simulate
19	Nico Hulkenberg Audi	M	—	DNF	—
20	Liam Lawson Racing Bulls	M	—	DNF	—
21	Pierre Gasly Alpine	M	—	DNF	—
22	Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing	H	—	DNF	—