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 to date 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 tempo benefit,” Piastri stated. “The automobile was unbelievable right now.
“The onerous stint I used to be struggling a bit of bit, so there are some issues to work on. Bought to continue learning, however very blissful to be leaving Miami on prime.
“Two years in the past right here, we have been the slowest staff, I feel we received 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 extensive.
“Brakes man, actually, ineffective,” the Dutchman informed his staff radio and the Pink 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 received forward, after some jousting on lap 17, Piastri had opened up a 9-second lead.
“It’s by no means the perfect feeling [to be second] however the staff has carried out a tremendous job, so I can’t fault them in any respect,” stated Norris.
“We have been up the highway so it’s a good feeling. Oscar drove effectively, Max put up combat as all the time so it’s what it’s. I paid the worth for not doing a ok job right now, however nonetheless blissful to be second,” he stated.
Russell had completed behind his teammate Antonelli in qualifying however after some frustration within the dash race as effectively, he was glad to be on the rostrum.
“Actually blissful to come back away with P3 as I’ve been struggling this weekend personally. Properly carried out to the McLaren, they have been simply too far down the highway,” he stated.
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 staff, expressed frustration along with his staff’s ways a number of instances through the race, particularly after he was instructed to let Leclerc move him.
Williams driver Carlos Sainz confronted a steward investigation after his aggressive try to overtake Hamilton on the ultimate nook resulted in a conflict of wheels.
