And with that, our coverage of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix concludes
Congratulations to Lando Norris and McLaren on their fantastic accomplishment in South Florida.
Thank you all for following along, have a great rest of your Sunday
22:01
The champagne sprays all over the McLaren man
And he deserves every bit of it
22:00
DRIVER OF THE DAY
As if it could be anyone else?
21:56
For Lando Norris, this was a tale of two weekends
What started with frustration on Saturday, turned into elation on Sunday
21:52
CLASSIFICATION
Here's the results for everyone who scored points
Lando Norris, McLaren 1:30:49.876
Max Verstappen, Red Bull +7.612
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +9.920
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +11.407
Sergio Perez, Red Bull +14.650
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes +16.585
Yuki Tsunoda, VCARB +26.185
George Russell, Mercedes +34.789
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +37.107
Esteban Ocon, Alpine +39.746
21:49
Lando drinks it all in while talking to Jenson Button
21:47
Verstappen is gracious in defeat to his friend
"I'm very happy for Lando, it's been a long time coming, and it's not gonna be his last one"
21:43
Lando embraces his crew in celebration
He hugs his McLaren crew people as he celebrates the victory
21:39
Important to note that no pole winner has ever won the Miami Grand Prix
2022: Pole - Leclerc, Winner - Verstappen
2023: Pole - Perez, Winner - Verstappen
2024: Pole - Verstappen, Winner - Norris
21:36
Verstappen comes in second with Leclerc in third to fill out the podium
Verstappen was 7.6 seconds behind the race winner. An unbelievable gap to Norris.
21:34
HE'S DONE IT! LANDO NORRIS HAS WON THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX
Lando Norris has fulfilled his promise to win a grand prix in a McLaren! The papaya team has done it! Lando has done it! He can now call himself a F1 Grand Prix winner!
21:33
LAST LAP
This is something that will surely bring a smile to many Formula One fans' faces
21:30
Lap 53 - Albon with a massive lockup and he goes off the track
Albon was able to spin his car around to keep going and avoid a safety car, but you can imagine the McLaren fans were a bit concerned for a second
21:26
FIVE LAPS TO GO
Can Lando keep his nerve here for the final few laps?
21:21
Lap 48 - Alonso gets past Ocon to move up into ninth place
That was a tasty little battle between the two former teammates
21:20
10 LAPS TO GO
Will Norris be able to hold on for the final few laps?
21:17
Lap 46 - Norris has a gap of 4.7 seconds on Verstappen
It could all be happening for Lando in Miami
21:15
Lap 44 - Piastri's set the fastest lap
In replacing his front wing, he switches over to mediums and is going faster than everyone else on the track despite being in P19
21:12
15 LAPS TO GO
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21:11
Lap 42 - Norris sets another fastest lap!
He's got an advantage of nearly three-and-a-half seconds over Verstappen
21:10
Lap 40 - Magnussen gets noted for failing to properly serve his penalty
Call this a bit of Sargeant's Revenge?
21:09
Lap 40 - A disaster for Piastri as he loses two places!
McLaren is telling him to pit due to front wing damage, an awful result for Piastri
21:08
Lap 40 - Sainz and Piastri continue to fight!
The Aussie loses his place to the Ferrari driver, but then takes it back on the pit straight!
21:07
Lap 39 - Verstappen's on the radio
He's complaining about being unable to turn the car - which might explain the 2.8sec gap
21:05
20 LAPS TO GO
Here's your top ten so far
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21:03
Lap 36 - No further investigation in the Piastri-Sainz incident
A bit of a surprise there, to be honest. The Spaniard's just going to have to keep working on gettting past the Aussie.
21:03
Lap 36 - Norris is gaining an advantage over Verstappen
It's a gap of nearly two seconds now as Norris keeps growing that gap over the Red Bull
21:00
Lap 34 - Stewards investigating Piastri pushing Sainz off the track
Yeah Piastri's probably going to have to give the place back on this one
20:59
Lap 34 - Norris jumpes to a lead of nearly 1.5 seconds over Verstappen
Regardless of the lead, Norris has Verstappen out of DRS range
20:57
Lap 33 - We're back under green flag racing
Norris is able to hold Verstappen off on the straight
20:56
LAP 32 - Safety car is ending
This should be great fun between Norris and Verstappen
20:54
Magnussen gets a ten-second time penalty
The stewards say that the wreck with Sargeant was Magnussen's fault
20:54
LAP 30 GRID UPDATE
Lando took the lead after Piastri boxed for hards and thanks to the safety car, he gets a free pit stop.
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20:48
Lap 28 - Logan Sargeant has crashed in his home race and we have a full safety car
Sargeant's off the track and into the wall and his home grand prix has ended in disaster.
The blame for that wreck might lie on Kevin Magnussen. Logan tried to get back onto the racing line and K-Mag sent it up the inside after turn two and spun the Williams off the track.
20:42
LAP 25 GRID UPDATE
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20:40
Lap 24 - Verstappen pits as Piastri takes the lead
Verstappen heads into the pits for hard tires giving Piastri the lead
20:39
And after about 20-30 seconds we're back
20:39
Lap 23 - Virtual Safety Car to clear the damage
Everone's going to slow down a bit so the stewards can take care of things
20:38
Lap 21 - Leclerc goes past Hamilton as Verstappen knocks a cone onto the track from turn 15
The Ferrari on a fresher set of hards is able to tightly cruise past Hamilton.
Meanwhile, there's a bollard on the track just before the start of the back straight after Verstappen went off the road at the chicane and ran straight through the cone. It's not clear why there's not a safety car yet, it's a dangerous part of the track
20:35
LAP 20 GRID UPDATE
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20:33
Lap 20 - The leaders have started to pit for hard tires
Hamilton did so a while ago, but Perez just recently stopped for new hards. Leclerc goes for the hards on lap 20.
20:30
Lap 17 - About six cars at the back of the pack have stopped for new hard tires
But those cars are all at the back. The undercut isn't looking that good right about now.
20:27
LAP 15 GRID UPDATE
A number of cars have pitted for hard tires, so here's how the grid currently looks
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20:23
LAP 13 - Now Russell overtakes Hulkenberg
Hulkenberg heads into the pits to swap for hards alongside a number of others
20:21
Lap 12 - Albon is the first one to pit for hards
The hard compound could theoretically last the entirety of the race but that's something no one can obviously do.
Albon's the first guinea pig to try things out.
20:20
LAP 11 - Hamilton finally bests Hulkenberg
Hamilton was able to hold off the Haas machine as Nico was fighting George Russell - who was on his tail with DRS on the back straight
20:18
LAP TEN GRID UPDATE
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20:17
No further investigation for a Perez false start
The decision just got handed down by the stewards
20:16
Hamilton's on the hunt
Lewis is still stuck behind Hulkenberg as he struggles to get past the Haas
20:15
This is how close Sergio Perez was to taking out his own teammate
Yeesh.
20:14
Perez is noted for a possible false start
The Red Bull may have jumped early off the line
20:11
Lap 5 - Piastri passes Leclerc on the back straight!
An amazing move by the Aussie to go alongside Leclerc and then use the length of his car at the apex to force his way ahead up the inside into P2
20:10
LAP FIVE UPDATE
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20:08
LAP 3 - No wrecks so far, Verstappen's already out of DRS range
Not that Sergio Perez didn't try his hardest to cause havoc on the first turn, but we're free of a wreck so far this race.
Verstappen got a great start out of the gate and he's 1.5 seconds ahead of Leclerc in second place
20:06
Hamilton's under pressure from Yuki Tsunoda
The Briton is struggling with the Japanese star behind him and isn't able to get past the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg
20:05
Got a battle between the Alpines just before the back straight
Gasly and Ocon aren't playing nice
20:04
Sergio Perez goes Bonzai into the first corner and almost takes out his teammate!
We almost had absolute chaos as Perez nearly clipped the back of Verstappen and went directly across the Ferraris and off the track before re-joining in fourth
20:03
LAP 1 - THE LIGHTS ARE OUT AND WE'RE UNDERWAY FROM MIAMI
This first corner has been a bit of a tricky one in the past, so let's see if it rears its ugly head again
20:00
Formation lap is underway!
Any minute now, we'll see the five lights on and then off
19:56
FIVE MINUTES TO GO
Get yourselves comfortable for what should be a very interesting race
19:51
The national anthem has been sung by Marc Antony and we're almost set for race time
Less than 10 minutes to go!
19:44
15 MINUTE WARNING
The drivers are making their way to the grid
19:39
First and second place are pictured alongside some top music stars
Max Verstappen takes a picture alongside Lisa from the K-Pop supergroup BLACKPINK while Charles Leclerc is seen with British songwriter Ed Sheeran
19:34
Drivers are making their way to the track as we are under half an hour to go until lights out
19:19
Travis Kelce is also in the building
No signs of his better half though...
19:10
Donald Trump is at the race
The former president was seen chatting with McLaren CEO Zak Brown before the race proceedings got underway.
Trump's had some controversy around him when it comes to this race specifically - as a $250,000/person fundraiser in his name was shut down before the race started. You can read more about that in the link below.
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Formula 1 - Miami Grand Prix recap: Lando Norris claims his first victory ahead of Max Verstappen in front of A-Listers, including Donald Trump on star-studded race weekend