McLaren driver Oscar Piastri received his fourth race of 2025, beating teammate Lando Norris in an action-packed Miami Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri made it a hat-trick of wins with victory within the Miami Grand Prix as McLaren loved a one-two on the rostrum to proceed their dominant Formulation One season.
The Australian driver completed 4.6 seconds forward of British teammate Lando Norris, with George Russell of Mercedes ending third however 37.6 seconds behind.
The victory on Sunday was the third in a row for Piastri after his wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and his fourth within the six races thus far this season.
4-time world champion Max Verstappen, who began on pole, completed in fourth place with Alex Albon of Williams fifth and 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes in sixth.
“I used to be conscious sufficient to keep away from Max in flip one, and from then I knew I had a great tempo benefit,” Piastri mentioned. “The automobile was unimaginable immediately.
“The onerous stint I used to be struggling a little bit bit, so there are some issues to work on. Received to continue to learn, however very glad to be leaving Miami on prime.
“Two years in the past right here, we had been the slowest workforce, I feel we obtained lapped twice. Right here, we simply received the race by 35 seconds,” he added.
Piastri, who began at fourth on the grid, grabbed the lead on lap 14 when Verstappen took the within line however was too late on the brakes and went vast.
“Brakes man, truthfully, ineffective,” the Dutchman instructed his workforce radio and the Purple Bull driver, a two-time winner at Miami, was to not get a sniff of the lead once more.
Norris went on the hunt for Verstappen however by the point he obtained forward, after some jousting on lap 17, Piastri had opened up a 9-second lead.
“It’s by no means the very best feeling (to be second) however the workforce has accomplished an incredible job, so I can’t fault them in any respect,” mentioned Norris.
“We had been up the highway so it’s a good feeling. Oscar drove properly, Max put up a great combat as at all times so it’s what it’s. I paid the worth for not doing a ok job immediately, however nonetheless glad to be second,” he mentioned.
Russell had completed behind his teammate Antonelli in qualifying however after some frustration within the dash race as properly, he was glad to be on the rostrum.
“Actually glad to return away with P3 as I’ve been struggling this weekend personally. Nicely accomplished to the McLaren, they had been simply too far down the highway,” he mentioned.
It was one other disappointing day for Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc ending seventh and Lewis Hamilton a spot behind.
Hamilton, in his first season with the Italian workforce, expressed frustration along with his workforce’s techniques a number of occasions through the race, particularly after he was instructed to let Leclerc cross him.
Williams driver Carlos Sainz confronted a steward investigation after his aggressive try and overtake Hamilton on the ultimate nook resulted in a conflict of wheels.
