2025 Miami Grand Prix – Sprint qualifying F1 results (Miami)

Thomas Maher 02 May 2025 9:52 PM

Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, 2025 Miami Grand Prix.

Here are the full results from the sprint qualifying session at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix.

Here are the complete results from the Sprint qualifying session at the Miami International Autodrome for the Miami Grand Prix.

Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli has finished with the fastest time in Sprint Qualifying in Miami, with the 18-year-old Italian getting the better of his more experienced rivals to clinch top spot for Saturday’s Sprint race at the Miami International Autodrome.

SQ3:

With the cars heading out on track on the soft tyres for the final part of sprint qualifying, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was the first flying lap lodged with a 1:27.070.

George Russell then beat that by almost three-tenths of a second to put Mercedes on top with the first 1:26 minute lap of the session, with Verstappen then embarking on the task of cooling his tyres to evaluate another flying lap while Russell withdrew to the pits to see if any drivers could beat his time.

With Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton popping into second, Verstappen then nabbed back the provisional pole position, but it was Antonelli who lit up the timescreens to set a 1:26.482 to finish his first session on top as an F1 driver.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri took second place for McLaren with a time 0.045 down on Antonelli, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Verstappen.

Russell was fifth, with Charles Leclerc sixth for Ferrari ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

Eighth place went to Williams’ Alex Albon, ahead of Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.

1. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:26.482
2. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.045
3. Lando Norris McLaren +0.100
4. Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.255
5. George Russell Mercedes +0.309
6. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.326
7. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.548
8. Alex Albon Williams +0.711
9. Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +1.061
10. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.308

SQ2:

Oscar Piastri had the measure of Lando Norris on the first flying laps in SQ2, going almost two-tenths of a second clear of his teammate.

Kimi Antonelli was third ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell, while quite a few drivers left it until the last few minutes to set their only times of the session.

Verstappen went quickest on his second run to do a 1:27.245, before his time was pipped by a tenth by Lando Norris while Piastri elected to stay in the pits.

The session ended with Norris quickest ahead of Verstappen and Piastri, Antonelli, and the two Ferraris.

Eliminated were Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Haas’ Esteban Ocon, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson, and Williams’ Carlos Sainz.

The Spaniard made an error on his flying lap, locking up heavily into Turn 11 and sliding off the track. Apologising for his mistake, he meandered his way back to the pits having failed to put in a lap time.

1. Lando Norris McLaren 1:27.109
2. Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.136
3. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.245
4. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.275
5. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.358
6. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.437
7. George Russell Mercedes +0.557
8. Alex Albon Williams +0.588
9. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.657
10. Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.664
11. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.741
12. Esteban Ocon Haas +0.961
13. Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.058
14. Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.266
15. Carlos Sainz Williams No time

SQ1:

With all the drivers mandated to use the medium compound for the first part of sprint qualifying, the 12-minute session began with a squabble in the pitlane as the queue to peel out onto the track saw Jack Doohan complaining about an unsafe release from Liam Lawson.

Max Verstappen immediately got down to business with a 1:27.953 on the medium tyre compound, eclipsed quickly by Lando Norris as the McLaren man went 0.063 quicker than Verstappen, with Oscar Piastri slotting into third place.

Kimi Antonelli then underlined Mercedes’ strong start to the weekend by going quickest of all with a time 0.032 quicker than Norris, while Charles Leclerc slotted into seventh behind Lewis Hamilton as the Monegasque tapped the wall at Turn 16.

In the dropzone, Gabriel Bortoleto was another one to touch the wall at the same point, while Yuki Tsunoda was left with plenty of work to do after his first flying run as he could only manage 17th. Isack Hadjar was another with plenty of pressure with two minutes remaining in SQ1, as the Racing Bulls driver had his first flying lap time deleted for exceeding track limits.

Tsunodaa was duly eliminated as he failed to get around in time to do another flying lap, with his first lap having been compromised by a lock-up into Turn 17, while the same happened to Haas’ Ollie Bearman.

The other eliminations were Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, Doohan, and Bortoleto. Doohan was furious on team radio after the chequered flag, feeling that he had been held up as part of his release from the garage in the closing stages as both he and Gasly were released at the same time – Doohan requiring a pushback from the pit wall as a result having been unable to turn due to the presence of his teammate.

The session ended with George Russell quickest, ahead of Antonelli, with Alex Albon third ahead of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz.

Miami GP: Kimi Antonelli puts rivals in the shade as strategy blunders define Sprint quali

1. George Russell Mercedes 1:27.688
2. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.170
3. Alex Albon Williams +0.171
4. Lando Norris McLaren +0.202
5. Carlos Sainz Williams +0.211
6. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.263
7. Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.265
8. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.543
9. Esteban Ocon Haas +0.615
10. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.637
11. Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.657
12. Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.706
13. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.767
14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.854
15. Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.226
16. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.340
17. Jack Doohan Alpine +1.483
18. Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +1.558
19. Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +1.624
20. Ollie Bearman Haas +2.137