After the short classification, sprint classification or sprint shootout of the 2024 Miami GP of F1 this Friday, this is how the grid is formed for the sprint race that will be held on Saturday and that will give the first points of the weekend. The Mercedes will be forced to come back if they want to reach the points zone, which this Saturday will be from 1st to 8th place.
Note:
This is the starting order of the sprint race of the Miami GP of F1 2024
1º
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
2º
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
3º
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
4º
Daniel Ricciardo*
RB
5º
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
6º
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
7º
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
8º
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
9º
Lando Norris
McLaren
10º
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
11º
George Russell
Mercedes
12º
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
13º
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
14º
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
15º
Yuki Tsunoda
RB
16º
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
17º
Guanyu Zhou
Sauber
18º
Logan Sargeant
Williams
19º
Valtteri Bottas*
Sauber
20º
Alexander Albon***
Williams
*Daniel Ricciardo has a grid sanction for the Miami GP due to his accident in China, but it is for Sunday’s grid, not for this sprint, since the FIA does not consider the sprint as a ‘race’
**Valtteri Bottas, sanctioned with three positions for disturbing Piastri in the sprint classification. Since he had placed 18th, he only lost one to leave last on the grid
***Alexander Albon, with the changes in the configuration of his car after the sprint shootout, will start from the pitlane in the sprint race
Summary of the Miami sprint classification:
Was it the Miami GP pole position for Verstappen?
No. With this, Verstappen has only achieved pole sprint this weekend, but it does not count towards the pole position in the Dutchman’s statistics. That honor will go to the Miami GP whoever leads the classification on Saturday night, when he will once again be the favorite.
In 2021, the first year of the sprint format, the pole went to the winner of the sprint race, who then started first in the main race.
How does Fernando Alonso perform in the F1 sprint race at the Miami GP?
Fernando Alonso will start eighth in the sprint race of the 2024 F1 Miami GP, closing the fourth row, with his teammate Lance Stroll in front (seventh, on the same row) and Lando Norris behind, ninth.
How does Carlos Sainz perform in the F1 sprint race at the Miami GP?
Carlos Sainz will start fifth the Miami GP sprint race, on the third row of the grid, with Daniel Ricciardo in front and Oscar Piastri behind, on the same row.
How does Checo Pérez fare in the F1 sprint race at the Miami GP?
Sergio Pérez will start third in the sprint race of the F1 Miami GP, on the second row just behind Leclerc, and just in front of Ricciardo.
Starting grid for the Miami sprint according to qualifying results
(before the sanction was applied to Bottas)