2026 Miami Sprint Race Results: A Slow Race Shows How Fast McLaren is as Norris Dominates

Lando Norris converted a pole position to a sprint race win at a rather slow Miami sprint race. Kimi Antonelli received a 5-second penalty for track limits (reflected in the table below).

“Nice to be back on the top step! A good day for us,” Norris said.

“It was hot out there and sweaty. I was pushing, trying to find that balance of pushing and staying relaxed to not make mistakes.

“A good start to the weekend but now I’ve got to do it all over again.”

On whether McLaren will make any changes to his car:

“Probably not too many. It’s worked so far. We will change a couple things. There are a couple things I want to be different from yesterday that we will adjust.

“Hopefully we have a bit more to come, but I’m sure the others will too. We will keep our head down and keep pushing.”

Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc finished second and third respectively.

“The upgrades worked well. Thanks to the team that have done massive work over these five weeks,” the Ferrari driver said following the race.

“I’m not satisfied with P3. We wish we were higher but McLaren have brought significant upgrades as well and done a big step forward but we are not too far off.

“If we put everything together, we can start a bit higher up.”

Piastri, talking after his podium finish, said: “I’m mostly satisfied. There’s obviously a little bit to find to try to stay with Lando, but overall, it was a good morning.

“We’ll try to see what we can do for qualifying. I think everyone else will learn a lot, but so will we, so hopefully we can maintain that through the rest of the weekend.”

Miami Gardens
Sprint — Miami | 22 drivers

Pos Driver Team Tyre Best Last Gap Int Status 1 Lando NORRIS NOR #1 FL 1:31.885 McLaren M 1:31.885 1:32.914 LEADER — — 2 Oscar PIASTRI PIA #81 McLaren M 1:32.079 1:32.360 3.766 3.766 — 3 Charles LECLERC LEC #16 Ferrari M 1:31.964 1:33.250 6.251 2.485 — 4 George RUSSELL RUS #63 Mercedes M 1:32.387 1:32.425 +0.502 6.7 — 5 Max VERSTAPPEN VER #3 Red Bull Racing M 1:32.201 1:32.201 13.639 0.688 — 6 Kimi ANTONELLI ANT #12 Mercedes M 1:31.932 1:32.240 13.777 0.138 — 7 Lewis HAMILTON HAM #44 Ferrari M 1:32.448 1:33.926 +0.563 7.888 — 8 Pierre GASLY GAS #10 Alpine M 1:33.072 1:33.660 30.525 8.86 — 9 HAD #6 Red Bull Racing M 1:33.119 1:33.776 35.346 4.821 — 10 COL #43 Alpine M 1:33.139 1:34.124 36.97 1.624 — 11 BOR #5 Audi M 1:34.174 1:34.421 48.438 11.468 — 12 OCO #31 Haas F1 Team M 1:34.409 1:35.185 56.972 8.534 — 13 BEA #87 Haas F1 Team M 1:34.524 1:34.921 +2.639 0.393 — 14 SAI #55 Williams M 1:34.008 1:35.040 58.504 1.139 — 15 LAW #30 Racing Bulls M 1:34.204 1:35.412 59.358 0.854 — 16 ALO #14 Aston Martin S 1:34.720 1:35.146 76.06700000000001 16.709 — 17 PER #11 Cadillac H 1:35.015 1:36.168 76.691 0.624 — 18 STR #18 Aston Martin S 1:35.009 1:35.578 77.626 0.935 — 19 ALB #23 Williams M 1:33.473 1:33.663 88.173 10.547 — 20 BOT #77 Cadillac H 1:35.856 1:36.861 89.59700000000001 1.424 — 21 HUL #27 Audi M — — — — — 22 LIN #41 Racing Bulls M — — — — —