Oliver Oakes resigns as Alpine Team Principal

Alpine has announced the immediate resignation of its team principal, Oliver Oakes. He had been in the role for little more than nine months, having taken over from his predecessor Bruno Famin at the end of last year. The team’s executive advisor Flavio Briatore will cover the duties performed by Oakes in addition to his existing role.

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Piastri leads home dominant McLaren 1-2 in Miami

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won for the fourth time in six races this year as he beat team-mate Lando Norris in an action-packed Miami Grand Prix. Both McLaren drivers fought intense battles with early leader Max Verstappen’s Red Bull as they moved up to the front of the field. Piastri, who started fourth, drove a race of clinical excellence to pass both Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and then Verstappen to assume the lead, before managing his gap to his pursuers to the end. Mercedes’ George Russell benefited from one of three virtual safety-car periods to vault ahead of Verstappen and take the final podium place.

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Verstappen surges to pole position ahead of Miami GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole position at the Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen headed Norris by 0.065 seconds while Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli grabbed third ahead of the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Mercedes’ George Russell was fifth ahead of the Williams of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, as Ferrari struggled, with Charles Leclerc eighth and Lewis Hamilton down in 12th.

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Norris wins chaotic Miami Sprint ahead of Piastri

Lando Norris took advantage in a dramatic sprint race in tricky, changeable conditions at the Miami Grand Prix to claim victory from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, with Lewis Hamilton enjoying a well-timed strategy call by his Ferrari team to take third place. The defending world champion, Max Verstappen, had a shocker, demoted from fourth to 17th after he was penalised for an unsafe release in the pit lane by his Red Bull team.

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Antonelli storms to maiden pole ahead of Miami Sprint

Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli became the youngest driver to take a Formula 1 pole position for the sprint event at the Miami Grand Prix. The 18-year-old beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, the championship leader, by 0.045 seconds. The second McLaren of Lando Norris was third ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Antonelli’s team-mate George Russell was fifth fastest, 0.309secs slower than the Italian rookie. It was an outstanding performance from Antonelli, the first time he has beaten Russell in qualifying this season.

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