2024 Miami Grand Prix

2024 Miami Grand Prix
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Layout of the Miami International Autodrome
Race details
Date	May 5, 2024
Official name	Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2024
Location	Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida
Course	Purpose-built temporary circuit
Course length	5.412 km (3.363 miles)
Scheduled distance	57 laps, 308.326 km (191.584 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:27.241

The 2024 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2024) is a Formula One motor race set to be held on May 5, 2024, at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is the sixth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the second Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format.

Background

The event is being held across the weekend on May 3–5 at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens for the third time in the circuit's history. The Grand Prix is the sixth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship, the third running of the Miami Grand Prix, and the first time that it features the sprint format.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the World Drivers' Championship with 110 points, 25 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez in second, and 34 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 195 points, led the Constructors Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 151 and 96 points, respectively.

Entrants

See also: 2024 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.

Penalties

Daniel Ricciardo of RB carries a three-place grid penalty for the main race for overtaking Nico Hülkenberg of Haas under safety car conditions at the preceding Chinese Grand Prix.

Practice

The only free practice session was held on May 3, 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC–4), and was topped by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari. A red flag was called early into the session when the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc spun out in turn 16 and was unable to move.

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying was held on May 3, 2024, at 16:30 local time (UTC–4), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.

Sprint qualifying report

During the first segment, the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas nearly collided with Oscar Piastri of McLaren as he was starting his flying lap. The incident was investigated by the stewards after the sprint qualifying session. Alexander Albon of Williams had his initial track time, that placed him in 16th, deleted for track limits, dropping him down to 20th. In the second segment, Mercedes was investigated for pit lane infringement after team personnel were seen without protective gear as Lewis Hamilton was entering the pit lane. The stewards took no further actions. In SQ3, drivers began running soft tyres with the Haas of Nico Hülkenberg making his first lap in the remaining four minutes of the segment.

In SQ1 and SQ2, Lando Norris of McLaren, whose car received upgrades, set the fastest lap in both sessions. However, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who found difficulties in his tyres, took pole position and was joined by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in the grid's front row. Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez qualified in third with Daniel Ricciardo of RB joining him in fourth, the team’s best result for the season. After performing well in the first two segments, Norris qualified ninth. Bottas was given a three-place grid penalty for the sprint for impeding Piastri, dropping him to 20th from 18th in the starting grid.

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:28.194	1:28.001	1:27.641	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.537	1:27.977	1:27.749	2
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:28.681	1:27.865	1:27.876	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	1:28.700	1:28.122	1:28.044	4
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:28.435	1:28.262	1:28.103	5
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.056	1:28.163	1:28.161	6
7	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.807	1:28.323	1:28.375	7
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.192	1:28.189	1:28.419	8
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.939	1:27.597	1:28.472	9
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.040	1:28.330	1:28.476	10
11	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.387	1:28.343	N/A	11
12	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.736	1:28.371	N/A	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:28.873	1:28.379	N/A	13
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:28.377	1:28.614	N/A	14
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	1:28.687	No time	N/A	15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:29.185	N/A	N/A	16
17	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:29.267	N/A	N/A	17
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:29.360	N/A	N/A	191
19	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:29.551	N/A	N/A	18
20	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:29.858	N/A	N/A	PL2
107% time: 1:34.094
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Valtteri Bottas received a three-place grid penalty for the sprint for impeding Oscar Piastri in SQ1.
• ^2 – Alexander Albon qualified 20th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified during parc fermé conditions.

Sprint

The sprint was held on May 4, 2024, at 12:00 local time (UTC–4), and was run for 19 laps.

Sprint race report

Alexander Albon started from the pit lane due to suspension changes during parc fermé. Going into turn one, Lando Norris was collected a three-car pileup consisting of Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, with Stroll pushing Alonso into Norris' right-rear. This spun the McLaren on the track, leaving it with terminal damage, Alonso with reduced performance, and a retirement for Stroll. Stewards investigated the incident and determined against further action. Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon had already received a ten-second penalty for contact with Charles Leclerc before the race; Ocon had to replace the front wing. Ocon would serve the penalty during the ensuing safety car period. Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo, having taken advantage of Sergio Pérez making a mistake, defended his third position until Pérez overtook the Australian on lap five. Ricciardo had to defend against Carlos Sainz Jr. and the sole remaining McLaren of Oscar Piastri.

Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen was defending his Haas against Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver was pushed off the track, while Magnussen received two ten-second penalties for dangerous driving. Yuki Tsunoda took the opportunity to overtake both cars. Hamilton received a drive-through penalty following the race, which was converted into a 20-second time penalty, due to speeding in the pit lane during the safety car period. This moved Tsunoda up to the points; Pierre Gasly of Alpine barely missed out on points, and Logan Sargeant achieved his joint highest finish after the 2023 United States Grand Prix, finishing in tenth. Ricciardo also achieved his joint highest finish after the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix, finishing fourth.

Max Verstappen achieved the fastest lap, led all laps and won the sprint ahead of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez.

Sprint classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	31:31.383	1	8
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	+3.371	2	7
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	+5.095	3	6
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	19	+14.971	4	5
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	19	+15.222	5	4
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+15.750	6	3
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	19	+22.054	10	2
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	19	+29.816	15	1
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	19	+31.880	16
10	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	19	+34.355	18
11	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+35.078	17
12	63	George Russell	Mercedes	19	+35.755	11
13	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	19	+36.086	PL
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+36.892	19
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	19	+37.740	13
16	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	19	+49.3471	12
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	19	+59.409	8
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	19	+1:06.3032	14
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1	Collision damage	7
Ret	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	0	Collision	9
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:30.415 (lap 4)
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Lewis Hamilton finished eighth, but received a drive-through penalty converted into a twenty-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
• ^2 – Kevin Magnussen finished tenth, but received three ten-second time penalties and one five-second time penalty. The first three for leaving the track and gaining an advantage and the other for exceeding track limits.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on May 4, 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC–4), and determined the starting grid order for the main race.

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.689	1:27.566	1:27.241	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.081	1:27.533	1:27.382	2
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:27.937	1:27.941	1:27.455	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.772	1:27.839	1:27.460	4
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.913	1:27.871	1:27.594	5
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.032	1:27.721	1:27.675	6
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.159	1:28.095	1:28.067	7
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.167	1:27.697	1:28.107	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:28.383	1:28.200	1:28.146	9
10	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	1:28.324	1:28.167	1:28.192	10
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.177	1:28.222	N/A	11
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:27.976	1:28.324	N/A	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:28.209	1:28.371	N/A	13
14	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.343	1:28.413	N/A	14
15	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.453	1:28.427	N/A	15
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:28.463	N/A	N/A	16
17	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.487	N/A	N/A	17
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	1:28.617	N/A	N/A	201
19	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:28.619	N/A	N/A	18
20	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:28.824	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 1:33.827
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Daniel Ricciardo received a three-place grid penalty for overtaking Nico Hülkenberg under safety car conditions at the previous round.

Race

The race will be held on May 5, 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC–4), and is set to be run for 57 laps.