Showing posts with label Miami GP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami GP. Show all posts
Monday, 4 May 2026
Sunday, 3 May 2026
F1 STEWARDS CALL MAX VERSTAPPEN TO REPORT DUE TO VIOLATIONS | MIAMI GRAND PRIX
🚨 The FIA to hold multiple investigations post race involving Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and George Russell
TO RUN IT DOWN:
• Max Verstappen will be investigated for crossing line at pit exit
• Charles Leclerc & George Russell will be investigated for causing a collision at T17
• Max Verstappen & George Russell will be investigated for causing a collision at T1
• Charles Leclerc will be investigated for leaving the track multiple times & gaining an advantage
Credit: F1GuyDan
#F1 #miamigp
Saturday, 2 May 2026
LANDO NORRIS BEATS KIMI ANTONELLI FOR MIAMI GP SPRINT POLE
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| May 1, 2026; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; McLaren driver Lando Norris (1) during Sprint qualifying before the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images |
McLaren's Lando Norris beat out Mercedes' young star and Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli for pole position in spring qualifying Friday at the Miami Grand Prix.
Norris emerged from a one-lap shootout in SQ3 0.222 seconds better than Antonelli, with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in third, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc fourth and Red Bull's Max Verstappen fifth.
The Brit earned McLaren's first P1 of the young season with his SQ3 time of 1:27.869.
"It was great, a perfect result for us," Norris said, per Formula1.com. "A nice way to reward the team. We've got a lot of new upgrades on the car, so it's nice to feel some grip again and nice to reward the guys and the girls that have put a lot of work into this. I've always loved Miami, both on and off the track. It's a good result for us. Of course, it's just the beginning of the weekend, still a long way to go but nice to kick it off by doing this."
Norris is the reigning F1 World Drivers' champion and won seven Grand Prix last year; he also earned his first F1 victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Italian Antonelli has won each of the last two F1 stops, the Chinese and Japanese Grand Prix, starting from the pole each time.
Next comes the Sprint on Saturday at noon. The Miami Grand Prix is slated for Sunday afternoon.
--Field Level Media
Friday, 1 May 2026
THE 2026 RULE CHANGE HIT MIAMI FIRST | HERE'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS WEEKEND
Formula 1 didn’t wait for the off-season to fix its problems. Three races in, the FIA called an emergency meeting, got unanimous agreement from every team, and pushed through four regulation changes that take effect this weekend at the 2026 Miami Grand Prix. It’s the first race back after an unplanned five-week break due to the war in Iran, and the first big test of these regulation changes.
Here’s what changed and why it matters this weekend in Miami.
Superclipping Is Getting Reined In
This is the one fans have complained about most. Superclipping is what happens when the car harvests energy to recharge its battery while still at full throttle — meaning the driver has the pedal pinned, but the car slows down anyway. On a straight. For no visible reason. It looked strange on television and felt worse from the cockpit.
The fix: maximum permitted energy recharge per lap drops from 8 MJ to 7 MJ, while peak superclip power increases from 250 kW to 350 kW. Less time recharging, faster when it happens. In practice, drivers should spend roughly two to four seconds per lap in superclip instead of the six to eight we’ve seen through the first three rounds. Not eliminated, but meaningfully reduced.
Corner Deployment Is Now Capped
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The second change addresses something drivers have flagged as genuinely dangerous. When a car activates its electrical boost exiting a corner, the sudden surge in power creates extreme closing speeds on the following straight. The car behind goes from a manageable gap to near-collision territory in a fraction of a second.
The fix: power deployment outside of the main acceleration zones — corner exit to braking point — is now capped at 250 kW, with the boost limited to 150 kW above the current power level at activation. Full 350 kW is still available where it belongs. The dangerous spikes are gone.
Race Starts Have a New Detection System
Starts have been a problem all season. Under 2026 regulations, drivers must rev at high RPM for 10 seconds before lights out to spool the turbo, while simultaneously managing battery reserves from the formation lap. In fact, four-time world champion Max Verstappen has botched every start this year. He’s not alone.
The new start detection system more precisely identifies car movement off the line and tightens the deployment window at the moment the lights go out. It won’t be visible to fans watching at home, but teams will feel it immediately. If it works, the chaos that has reshuffled the order three weekends running should stabilize.
Updated Wet Weather Protocols
The least dramatic change on paper, but potentially the most relevant this weekend at the 2026 Miami Grand Prix. New rules and systems govern how power deployment changes in wet conditions. Given Sunday’s forecast of an 88% chance of rain and a 53% chance of thunderstorms, this one could matter more than any of the others.
Under U.S. law, any outdoor event must be halted if lightning is in the area — which means this race could be red-flagged even without standing water on the track. The FIA has a contingency plan ready. The updated wet-weather protocols are part of it. That includes limiting MGU-K deployment under low-grip conditions, such as rain. That means that boost mode is unavailable.
Miami is the test bed. Five weeks of work, four unanimous changes, one race weekend to find out if any of it produces better racing. Watch the first lap carefully — and keep an eye on the sky.
- Scott Gulbransen
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Friday, 2 May 2025
LANDO NORRIS CLEARS UP CONTROVERSY OVER LEGALITY OF MIAMI DISCO BALL
Lando Norris caused a stir online with his mirror ball crash helmet for the Miami Grand Prix - but there is no reason for F1 fans to worry.
Lando Norris unveiling a mirror ball-design crash helmet for the Miami Grand Prix sparked concerns about whether or not he was allowed to race with it.
With the special edition lid made with the stones from a disco ball, fans online highlighted some of the pit falls of the helmet, including added weight and safety issues.
However, the McLaren driver has confirmed he will actually be wearing a vinyl - or sticker - replica of the one-off at the Miami International Autodrome, in a video shared by the team's social media accounts.
Referring to the original as the "un-raceable version", the 25-year-old nonetheless maintained it was the "cooler, more real" product.
The new look is a tribute to the celebrations enjoyed by the five-time grand prix winner and the Woking team in Florida 12 months ago, when the British driver took his first victory in F1.
Norris has let his creative juices flow with past helmet designs for the round in the Sunshine State, previously using basketball and beach ball-themed lids there.
- RacingNews365 Staff
Thursday, 11 July 2024
F1 ANNOUNCES SPRINT RACE CALENDAR FOR 2025, BELGIUM REPLACES AUSTRIA
Brazil will host its fifth sprint race since F1 introduced the shortened-race format; Austria drops off schedule
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Formula 1 has announced the six grand prix weekends that will feature sprint events in 2025, with Spa-Francorchamps reinstated as Austria drops off for the first time since 2021.
Five of the events on the sprint calendar remain the same from 2024's schedule; China and Miami will continue to host Saturday races, as will Austin, Brazil, and Qatar.
Belgium had previously held a sprint race in 2023, although this was omitted alongside the Azerbaijan sprint from this year's calendar as the returning Chinese Grand Prix and the Miami round were installed as new hosts.
The return of a sprint race to the Belgian Grand Prix weekend comes at the expense of the Austrian Grand Prix, which first hosted a sprint in 2022 and remained on the schedule for the next two seasons.
Having held a sprint in every season since the format was introduced in 2021, the Sao Paulo Grand Prix will continue to do so having produced a series of highly acclaimed shorter races.
Both Qatar and the United States Grand Prix were first introduced to the sprint calendar in 2023 when the number of 100km races was increased from three to six, and remain on the bill for both this season and next.
F1 has also revealed an increase in viewing figures for sprint weekends over 'normal' weekends featuring three practice sessions, underlining its decision to continue with the format.
It is expected that the current layout used in 2024, in which the sprint race takes place on Saturday prior to grand prix qualifying, will remain in place.
This had been changed for this season to allow parc ferme to open between the sprint race and qualifying proper, ensuring that teams could address any mistakes in set-up to account for the loss in practice time.
The changes ensured that the sprints became more of a standalone event, rather than directly affecting the full-length grand prix, and now does not penalise drivers for any set-up changes between the sprint race and the grand prix.
Due to the revisions to the 2025 calendar over 2024, this ensures that the China and Miami sprints are no longer in consecutive weekends, while all three sprint rounds following the summer break are also more spaced out.
2025 F1 sprint race calendar
Chinese GP - Shanghai International Circuit - 22 March
Miami GP - Miami International Autodrome - 3 May
Belgian GP - Spa-Francorchamps - 26 July
US GP - Circuit of the Americas - 18 October
Sao Paulo GP - Autodromo de Interlagos - 8 November
Qatar GP - Losail International Circuit - 29 November
- Jake Boxall-Legge
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