The most important facts and trivia ahead of the Miami GP – Formula 1
2025-05-01T13:31:32Z
Formula 1 heads stateside this weekend for Round 6 on the calendar, the Miami Grand Prix. Ahead of the race, Need to Know is your all-in-one guide with statistics, driving pointers, strategy tips and plenty more.
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The Miami Grand Prix weekend will begin with a new name at the top of the championship standings, after Oscar Piastri’s commanding performance last time out in Saudi Arabia saw him claim a third win of the season as well as moving up to the head of the leaderboard.
That off-track moment in the rain-affected Australian Grand Prix aside, Piastri has been in consistently strong form so far in 2025 – and while he now becomes the hunted rather than the hunter, McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes that the 24-year-old will only get stronger.
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However, the weekend ahead could pose some interesting challenges for Piastri from his rivals. Lando Norris might be trailing his team mate by 10 points in the standings, but the Briton scored a memorable debut victory at last year’s race in Miami – could a return to the scene of his triumph help him to climb back to the top?
Max Verstappen, meanwhile, is another driver to experience past success at the Miami International Autodrome, having taken two Grand Prix wins as well as proving victorious in the Sprint back in 2024. After being hit with a five-second time penalty in Jeddah, the Red Bull man will likely be keen to make up for that disappointment this weekend.
Elsewhere, Ferrari arrive into the event off the back of Charles Leclerc claiming his first podium of the year in Saudi Arabia, while Mercedes faced a low-key outing at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. It will be fascinating to see which team has the better performance in Miami.
And behind them, the midfield battle remains thrillingly close. A double-points finish last time out has given Williams a firm grip on P5 in the standings – but Haas remain only five points behind, while Aston Martin, Racing Bulls, Alpine and Kick Sauber follow. Will the addition of the Sprint this weekend help any of those teams to grab some valuable extra points?
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