Leclerc handed huge Miami GP penalty after battle with Verstappen and Russell
Charles Leclerc has been handed a 20-second post-race time penalty for a last-lap incident at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. Leclerc suffered a high-speed spin on the final lap of the Miami race, avoiding a huge accident but still suffering front-left car damage after tapping the Turn 3 wall. As a result Leclerc lost a […]
F1’s rule tweaks got a first examination in Miami – here’s how it went down
After an enforced five-week break there was a lot riding on Formula 1’s return in Miami this weekend. The US race saw the series premiere a handful of modifications designed to improve the safety and spectacle of the new-for-2026 regulations, which have received a mix reception since their debut. For the 2026 season, F1 rolled […]
Verstappen penalised for crossing pit exit but keeps fifth place at F1 Miami GP
Max Verstappen has been handed a five-second penalty for crossing the pitlane exit line at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix but retains his fifth place due to an even bigger penalty for Charles Leclerc. Verstappen, who had dropped down the order after spinning at the start, made an early pitstop on lap 6, capitalising on an […]
Why Lawson wasn’t penalised for flipping Gasly in Miami GP
Liam Lawson has avoided a penalty for clashing with Pierre Gasly during the Miami Grand Prix because his Racing Bulls suffered a gearbox failure moments before the crash. On lap five Gasly went to overtake Lawson into the Turn 17 hairpin and was hit by the Racing Bulls driver, sending the Alpine into a flip and […]
What F1 stands to gain from a wet Miami GP
It has long been fashionable for the Cassandras of the F1 paddock to cry woe, woe and thrice woe from the Thursday of a race weekend onwards, based on the weather forecast for Sunday. In Miami, this has been lent an additional significance – and not just because the start of Sunday’s race has been […]
Hadjar to be excluded from Miami GP qualifying over technical breach
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar is set to be thrown out of qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix for falling foul of the Formula 1 technical regulations. During scrutineering Hadjar’s RB22 was found to be illegal due to the dimension of the floor board, which was found to be protruding two millimetres beyond the dimension defined in […]
Why Norris expects F1 drivers to still “get penalised” for trying to go quicker after rule tweaks
During the race weekend in Miami, drivers have been able to get their first taste of the changes to the technical regulations. The tweaks to energy management are intended to address the, at times, dangerous closing speeds and make qualifying more on the limit, but the FIA and Formula 1 immediately made it clear that […]
Why Albon’s track-limits strike in F1 Miami GP sprint qualifying came too late
As the clock ticked down during the second phase of qualifying for the Miami GP sprint race, Formula 1’s world TV feed briefly cut to the incongruous spectacle of Liam Lawson sitting in his car in the Racing Bulls garage. Lawson had been eliminated in the first phase of sprint qualifying but his team was […]
Red Bull’s Miami GP updates have «almost halved» gap to F1 frontrunners
Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull’s wealth of upgrades for the Miami Grand Prix have so far «almost halved» the gap to the leaders, but still sees weaknesses in this year’s RB22 to work on. Red Bull caught the eye with its own interpretation of the «Macarena» rear wing; when the active aero system is […]