After a brief pause after the Gran Abia Saudi 2025, where Oscar Piastri, the driver of the McLaren team won, the lights go out once again on the track: this weekend the Miami Grand Prix is lived.
In addition, we have the second sprint of the 2025 season of Formula 1: This is the first short race that takes place in America (the first was in the Chinese Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton, from Ferrari, won his first and only victory so far this season).
McLaren pilots have shown that they have the best car on the grill, but everything can happen with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) at the wheel.
How was the grill for the F1 sprint race in Miami 2025?
The afternoon of this Friday was very exciting in the Miami International Autodrome, since one of the season’s roakies gave a huge surprise when the pole position took.
This is Kimi Antonelli, who managed to make the best time in the Sprint classification of the Miami Grand Prix, when making a turn in 1: 26,482, just 45 thousandths less than the current World Cup leader, Oscar Piastri.
The Sprint starting grill this Saturday is as follows:
- Some Antonelli (Mercedes)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Isack Hadjar (RB)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Nico Hülkenberg (kick clean)
- Esteban Ocon (Haas)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Liam Lawson (RB)
- Carlos Sainz (Williams)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Jack Doohan (Alpine)
- Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)
- Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber)
- Oliver Bearman (Haas).
F1 dates and schedules: When and what is the Sprint race of the Miami 2025 Grand Prix?
The sprint is lived in the Miami International Race Track Saturday May 3 at 10:00 in the morningtime of central Mexico.
These are the rest of the schedules this weekend:
- Carrera Sprint: Saturday, May 3 – 10:00 a.m. (Time of Central Mexico).
- Miami GP classification: Saturday, May 3 – 14:00 hours (Time of Central Mexico).
- Miami GP career: Sunday, May 4 – 14:00 hours (Time of Central Mexico).
In the Sprint you run approximately one third of the typical distance of a Grand Prize and lasts 30 minutes. Although it is short, this race is important, since the first eight to arrive total points for the pilot championship of Formula 1 and for builders.
The points in a sprint are distributed as follows:
- 1st place: 8 points
- 2nd place: 7 points
- 3rd Place: 6 points
- 4th place: 5 points
- 5th Place: 4 points
- 6th place: 3 points
- 7th place: 2 points
- 8th place: 1 points
F1 LIVE: Where do you see the Miami 2025 sprint race from Mexico?
If you want to follow every second of the Sprint race, you have several transmission options; However, you must keep in mind that none of them is free, because the events of Formula 1 are passed through paging streaming and television platforms.
The options you have to see the Miami Grand Prix, as well as the Sprint race this Saturday, are the following:
- FOX Sports México
- FOX Sports Premium
- F1TV
Besides, The Financial Sports It offers live -by -minute live coverage for those who do not have access to these platforms.
calendar: What are the Sprint races of Formula 1 in 2025?
The Sprint of the Miami Grand Prix is the second that is held this season, since 6 races of this format were scheduled throughout 2025.
The sprint calendar that is missing is as follows:
- Miami Grand Prix: May 2-4
- Belgium Grand Prix: June 27 to 27
- United States Grand Prix: October 17 to 19
- Grand Prix of Sao Paulo: November 7 to 9
- Qatar Grand Prix: November 28 to 30
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