The curtain rises for the sixth round of this year’s Formula 1 World Championship. After a short break, Max Verstappen and Co. travel to the American east coast for the Miami GP. And the dominant topic this weekend is not the drivers, but Adrian Newey.
It’s the first weekend since Red Bull made it official: The star designer will leave the racing team in 2025 and until then will focus primarily on the hypercar rather than the Formula 1 car. Does this affect the racing team for the weekend and the rest of the season?
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Of course, points are still at stake for the drivers this weekend – twice as much. As in China, the Miami GP is a sprint weekend. This means: Formula 1 will start sprint qualifying on Friday (May 3rd) after just one training session. With our live ticker you will always stay up to date.
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Formula 1 – Miami GP schedule:
- Friday, May 3rd
6.30 p.m.: 1. Free training
10:30 p.m.: Sprint shootout - Saturday, May 4th
6 p.m.: Sprint
22.00 Uhr: Qualifying - Sunday, May 5th
10 p.m.: Miami Grand Prix
Sprint Miami-GP 13/19
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13/19: The decision has been made: 10 second penalty for Magnusson. Verstappen doesn’t notice any of the scuffles in midfield. As usual, the world champion takes his laps from the front.
10/19: The FIA has a lot to do today. Magnusson is also accused of a violation: he is said to have left the track to gain a lead over Hamilton. The scene is checked.
8/19: First Norris has to go out through no fault of his own, now he even faces a subsequent punishment. Because the McLaren driver ran across the track. The FIA summons him after the sprint race to make a decision.
4/19: The safety car goes back into the pit lane and the drivers can make a second start.
1/19: The first problem at start-up. Stroll and Alonso clashed and the safety car had to be brought out. Norris is also involved. For Stroll and Norris that was it, Alonso had to get to the end of the field.
Start: The second sprint of the year has begun.
5:39 p.m.: Incident in the pit lane: Esteban Ocon slightly touched Leclerc while leaving the garage. He receives a penalty of 10 seconds, which will be added after the race.
4:37 p.m.: Attention “Drive to Survive” fans – now there’s news from Netflix. The streaming service made an announcement. More here!
1:21 p.m.: Bad news for Valtteri Bottas. The Finn starts the sprint from 20th place. Because he hinders McLaren driver Oscar Piastri on a fast lap in SQ1, he is given a penalty.
12.55 p.m.: In the background of the Miami GP there is speculation about a possible driver change. More about it here!
Saturday, 9:18 a.m.: Have a beautiful good morning. Today things are happening in quick succession. The sprint race starts at 6 p.m. and just four hours later the qualifying for tomorrow’s Grand Prix takes place.
11:21 p.m.: Max Verstappen reacts completely surprised about first place. “What happened to the others, my lap wasn’t good,” he radios in surprise. In the subsequent interview he said about the driving experience in qualifying: “It was terrible. It wasn’t any fun to drive today.” And yet he comes first again. This Dutchman is unbelievable.
11:16 p.m./SQ3: But that would have been something too. Norris fails to confirm the form. Only 9th place on the sprint starting grid. In front, of course, Max Verstappen ahead of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez and a very strong Daniel Ricciardo in 4th place.
11:08 p.m./SQ3: There are seven minutes left to decide who will start the sprint as the leader tomorrow.
11 p.m./SQ2: What did they give Lando Norris’ McLaren? The Brit sets a clear top time in the second section, while Max Verstappen weakens. McLaren’s updates seem to be working.
Out is record world champion Lewis Hamilton and also his teammate George Russell! Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen and Yuki Tsunoda are eliminated along with the two Mercedes drivers. Also means: Nico Hülkenberg is once again in the third qualifying section.
10:51 p.m./SQ2: And then the remaining 15 drivers continue.
22.43 Uhr/SQ1: Not a good home appearance for Sargeant. Like his colleague Albon, he is thrown out. In addition, the two Saubers around Zhou and Bottas are thrown out, as is Gasly. Nico Hülkenberg made it into the second qualifying round with just under a tenth of a second.
22.30 Uhr/SQ1: The traffic lights turn green. Let’s start with the sprint qualification.
10 p.m.: In half an hour things will get serious in Miami for the first time. Will the Verstappen festival continue?
7:32 p.m.: It could be an interesting sprint qualification. Many drivers here have problems with slipping cars. But there hasn’t been a major impact yet.
Verstappen is once again leading the way, taking the best time ahead of Norris and Sainz.
7:00 p.m.: The session is now running again. Max Verstappen also braked. So far, no one has been able to get through training without any problems.
6:35 p.m.: But the red flags are waved just as quickly! Charles Leclerc turned his blue Ferrari under the bridge. The place is too narrow for the Monegasse to turn around on its own. Because there is a traffic jam behind him, the stewards interrupt the session. Not good news for Ferrari. Your top star probably won’t get any more practice before the shootout.
6.30 p.m.: The traffic lights turn green and off we go.
6:00 p.m.: In half an hour the twenty drivers complete their first laps of the weekend. Let’s see who gets used to the conditions on the American East Coast the fastest.
5:17 p.m.: The course is not particularly popular among fans. Red Bull boss Christian Horner has now made a crazy suggestion as to how the attractiveness could be significantly increased. You can read all the details here.
5 p.m.: The course of the weekend is quickly explained. Today there is only one training session, followed by the sprint shootout. So there isn’t much time to remember the special features of the route around the Hard Rock Stadium.
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4:23 p.m.: Adrian Newey’s departure news was of course THE news of last week. The rumor mill is also quickly bubbling about a possible Ferrari change for the designer. Soon-to-be Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton immediately gave a deep insight into his reaction when he was asked about the personality >>>
Friday, May 3rd, 4 p.m.: Hello and welcome. It is the sixth of 24 race weekends and Formula 1 is visiting Miami. Will the weekend be more of a show than a race? We’ll find out.