Formula 1 News: Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 in 2025 GP of Miami

The superior McLarens destroyed the field in the 2025 GP of Miami at the Miami International Autodrome, with Oscar Piastri winning his 4th F1 race of the year.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris easily passed polesitter Max Verstappen in the Red Bull sled and left him 40s behind at the finish, such is the dominance of their superior McLaren designed by Rob Marshall.

“I won the race that I really wanted to – yesterday was tricky, Qualifying was one of my trickiest sessions of the year so to come away with the win is an amazing result,” said a happy Piastri.

“I was aware enough to avoid Max in Turn 1, and from then I knew I had a good pace advantage. The car was incredible today.

“The hard stint I was struggling a little bit, so there are some things to work on. Got to keep learning, but very happy to be leaving Miami on top.”

“Two years ago here we were the slowest team, I think we got lapped twice. Here, we just won the race by 35 seconds.” That is because Chief Designer Rob Marshall was poached from Red Bull and has made the McLaren unbeatable. Marshall was the man who made the Red Bull so fast a few years ago, but Adrian Newey got the credit, so Marshall bolted to McLaren to prove a point.

“It’s never the best feeling [to be P2] but the team has done an amazing job, so I can’t fault them at all,” said Norris.

“We were up the road so it is a good feeling. Oscar drove well, Max put up a good fight as always so it is what it is. I paid the price for not doing a good enough job today, but still happy to be second.”

Verstappen lost the final podium position because George Russell’s Mercedes gained 10-seconds on him because he pitted under a Virtual Safety Car. Russell was 37s behind Piastri at the finish – and out to lunch.

“”Really happy to come away with P3 as I have been struggling this weekend personally,” said Russell.

“Well done to the McLaren, they were just too far down the road. Lando is upset with me as we had a crash in the Lego race and I hurt his leg!”

It was the 4th win of the year for Piastri and his 6th F1 career win and his third straight win. Piastri now has more wins than his teammate Lando Norris.

Alex Abon rounded out the top-5 for Williams, 48.1s behind Piastri.

Kimi Antonelli was 6th for Mercedes ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton 7th and 8th for Ferrari, 57s and 60s behind Piastri respectively.

Carlos Sainz Jr. and Hamilton banged wheels on the final lap as Sainz tried to out brake the Ferrari at the end of the long back straight.

Yuki Tsunoda, meanwhile, grabbed the final point on offer in P10 for Red Bull.

Two F1 drivers have been summoned to see the stewards in Miami following the race.

Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly will visit the stewards’ room over alleged yellow flag infringements.

Three virtual safety cars were deployed during the race for mechanical-related retirements, with the neutralization forcing all cars to follow a time delta.

However, Sainz and Gasly could be in trouble for failing to slow under the yellow flags.

Sainz ended the race in ninth place, securing another two points for Williams.

While he could be dealt a time penalty for an infringement, his points could be safe as Sainz classified 14 seconds ahead of Yuki Tsunoda.

Gasly, meanwhile, crossed the line in 13th and outside the points.

2020 GP of Miami Results – 57 Laps

* Provisional results.