Piastri begins strong in the P1 of Miami F1; Sainz 4th and Alonso 10th

The Miami 2025 Grand Prix of the F1 with Sprint format started Friday with the only training session, known as practice or P1, which for 60 minutes gave the pilots and equipment the opportunity to try different configurations before reaching the Sprint classification, where everyone will begin to squeeze their cars to 100%.

At the end of the first hour of action in the Miami GP, which passed without too many problems, with the exception of a Bearman accident at the end of the session, Oscar Piestri marked the best time with a 1: 27,128, something that allowed him to overcome Charles Leclerc by 0.356s.

Completing the Top 3 was Max Verstappen, although at a difference of 0.4s with respect to the Mercedes British. The fourth position was by surprise for the Williams of Carlos Sainz (+0.550s), while his partner Alex Albon was fifth (+0.827s)

Sixth was Isack Hadjar (+0.840s), while George Russell was seventh despite having not done a return with soft tires (+0.930s), with Yuki tsunoda eighth (+1,027s)

The Top 10 of the P1 was completed by Andrea Kimi Antonelli (also with half gums like his partner) and a Fernando Alonso who with a 1: 28,243 stayed at 1,115s of the best reference.

Some pilots, such as Lando Norris or Lewis Hamilton, could not complete a quick lap with the soft tire due to the British accident of Haas F1 Team.

Practice results (P1) of the Miami 2025 GP of the F1

Summary of the Practice (P1) of the Miami 2025 GP of the F1

The first and only free training session of the Miami 2025 Grand Prix of the F1 started with a lot of track action and a strange event, and that Lando Norris had to return to Boxes because he carried “a tool in the Cockpit” that ended up being a flashlight of a considerable size.

In the first laps of the pilots to the Miami Autodrome, practically all chose the average tire, with the exception of the two Racing Bulls, who carried the hardest compound.

Max Verstappen, premiering paternity, was the first to go down to 1:29, but the 1: 29,798 of George Russell immediately later was faster and that allowed Mercedes to be placed at the top of the time table. Then, the times began to go down and came 1: 28,634 of Verstappen to recover first place.

The two Aston Martin completed an installation return with soft tires, surely to “clean them” for the sprint classification of this night or the Saturday classification.

At 0.5s from Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon were placed second and third, ahead of the two Ferrari, with an Oscar Piestri that was sixth to a second of the best reference so far.

George Russell was the first to overcome Verstappen with a 1: 28,488, while the McLaren, who also went down to 1:28, stayed at 0.3s from the time of the British pilot of Mercedes, who further lowered the reference to 1: 28,058.

Behind, Alonso could not go from the 17th position, just ahead of his partner and the two cars of the Sauber F1 Team team, which closed the classification.

After 20 minutes of session all the pilots were returning to boxes little by little to change the adjustments of their cars, before returning to the asphalt again with yellow gums, in most cases, used.

The first pilot who dared to mount the soft tire to make a classification simulation was Nico Hulkenberg, who with a 1: 29,750 could not go from a poor 19th place.

Lando Norris and Esteban Ocon were very close to starring in a strong accident in the final part of the rear line when the British tried to dodge the Haas and he turned away at the same time.

After a kind of “career simulation”, the pilots spent mass for the second time through boxes to mount soft tires and try to make a quick turn before the sprint classification of this same night in Miami.

Hulkenberg, with his soft used, placed himself ninth, while Alonso was the second to try his luck and ascended to the eighth position waiting for the rest of the pilots.

Carlos Sainz scored a 1: 27,678 that allowed him to lead the time table and overcome Alex Albon for 0.2s. Yuki Tsunoda, with Red Bull, could not with the Williams and stayed at 0.4s from Spanish, while Isack Hadjar was somewhat closer to Racing Bulls (+0.3s).

Max Verstappen was the first of the favorites to complete his return and with a 1: 27,558 surpassed Sainz for 0.1s, but Charles Leclerc quickly snatched first place, seconds before Oscar Piestri with a 1: 27,128 climb to the top.

Alonso tried a second attempt with used soft and improved his chrono in two tenths to place tenth at 1.1s from the McLaren Australian record.

In the absence of four and a half minutes to the end, Oliver Bearman suffered an accident and caused the first red -weekend red flag and aborted the rapid return attempts of some pilots such as Lando Norris. The Mercedes, on the other hand, did not even assemble the soft tires.