Oscar Piastri tops red-flagged Miami GP practice as Lando Norris faces two trips to the stewards.
Piastri comfortably led the way with a time of 1:27.128s, more than three-tenths of a second faster than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with new father Max Verstappen, following the birth of daughter Lily early this week, 0.430s down in his Red Bull.
2 May 2025
Ian Parkes
RacingNews365

It was a lively one hour of practice for the Miami GP, and eventful for different reasons for the McLaren boys. On-song Oscar Piastri topped the shortened sole practice session for the Miami Grand Prix that proved eventful for McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.

Within minutes of the session starting, Norris radioed in that he could feel tools inside his cockpit. "You left so many tools in the cockpit. Everything is just falling apart," he said. On returning immediately to his pit box, the Briton removed two items.

With five minutes remaining, however, a spin from Haas' Oliver Bearman out of Turn 11 before sliding into a wall at Turn 12 brought out the red flags and an effective halt to the session. It prevented Norris from mounting a challenge to Piastri. The Briton had just purpled the middle sector only to abort in the final sector when the session was halted.

‘Piastri comfortably led the way’;

https://racingnews365.com/oscar-pias...o-the-stewards


Miami GP: Free Practice 1 Results
Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Formula 1 Miami GP from Miami International Autodrome.
3 May 2025
Mat Coch
Speedcafe

Pos Num Driver Team Laps Diff Best
1 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren – Mercedes 22 1:27.128s
2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 22 0.356s 1:27.484s
3 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Honda 20 0.430s 1:27.558s
4 55 Carlos Sainz Williams – Mercedes 23 0.550s 1:27.678s
5 23 Alex Albon Williams – Mercedes 25 0.827s 1:27.955s
6 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls – Honda 23 0.840s 1:27.968s
7 63 George Russell Mercedes 26 0.930s 1:28.058s
8 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull – Honda 21 1.027s 1:28.155s
9 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 28 1.099s 1:28.227s
10 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin – Mercedes 24 1.115s 1:28.243s

‘Free Practice 1 Results’;

https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2025-m...nal-autodrome/


What happened in sole F1 Miami GP practice session
May 2, 2025
Josh Suttill
The Race

Formula 1’s first and only practice session at the Miami Grand Prix was prematurely ended by a crash for Haas driver Ollie Bearman. Of those who were able to complete their soft tyre runs McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was fastest with a 1m27.128s, over three tenths quicker than Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Max Verstappen, who missed Miami media day on Thursday as partner Kelly Piquet gave birth to their daughter Lily, was third quickest for Red Bull, four tenths slower than Piastri.

The Williams duo of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon were fourth and fifth ahead of the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar. On mediums Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli led a one-two before the soft tyre running commenced. Their best medium efforts left them seventh and ninth at the flag with a soft-tyre shod Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda splitting them.

Norris will be involved in two post-session stewards investigations. The first is for his McLaren team releasing his car in an unsafe condition at the start of FP1, with a torch seemingly having been left in the car during his first trip out of the garage. The second will be centred on whether Esteban Ocon’s Haas impeded Norris, with the duo almost coming to blows into Turn 17.

‘What happened’;

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/w...ctice-session/


2025 Miami GP FP1: Norris forced to pit after McLaren leave tools in his cockpit
May 2, 2025
Formula One - Official Site (Video)

Lando Norris had to return to the pits immediately in first practice after he discovered his mechanics had left some tools inside his cockpit before sending him out on track.

‘Tools in his cockpit’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/20...28579584912349


Why Red Bull sees ‘little risk’ introducing floor upgrade at F1 Miami GP
May 2, 2025
Dan Lawrence
Motorsport Week

Red Bull Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan said the team sees little risk in introducing a floor upgrade to the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix Sprint weekend. The Miami International Autodrome, as has become custom, hosts a Sprint, meaning Red Bull has only one practice session to bed in the floor alterations, but Monaghan doesn’t see that being an issue. Moreover, the alterations should aid Red Bull in its attempts to improve through corner balance.

“That’s why we brought it,” he told select media, including Motorsport Week on Friday. “It’s reasonably stable. We can bring it at relatively low risk because it’s a Sprint race. And it’s an opportunity to do it, we were able to do it. People work really hard in the factories, put it on the car and enjoy the benefits.”

After a difficult Bahrain GP weekend, Red Bull worked hard to bring upgrades to Miami and Monaghan said, “the complaints we had, we’ve addressed some,” before adding, “Have we done it wholly? Probably not. Will we continue? Yes. It won’t be a sort of turnkey solution to unlock if you like, it’s going to be incremental improvements on the car,” Monaghan continued.

‘Attempts to improve through corner balance’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/...t-f1-miami-gp/