Miami F1 Records & Statistics

Miami F1 records and Miami International Autodrome statistics

Miami International Autodrome is one of the newest Formula 1 circuits, but its short history has already produced a Ferrari front-row lockout, three Scuderia Grand Prix podium finishes, Lando Norris’s first Formula 1 victory and several changes to the circuit’s qualifying and race-lap records.

Formula 1 first raced around the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens in 2022. Five Miami Grands Prix have been completed through 2026, with Ferrari still searching for its first victory at the circuit despite beginning the inaugural race from first and second on the grid.

Miami International Autodrome joined Formula 1 in 2022

The inaugural Miami Grand Prix took place on 8 May 2022, adding another United States venue to the Formula 1 World Championship.

The circuit was created around the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens rather than using the traditional city-centre street layout associated with races such as Monaco.

Although temporary sections form part of the venue, the circuit was designed to create the character and appearance of a permanent Formula 1 facility.

The Miami F1 circuit measures 5.412 km

Miami International Autodrome is 5.412 km long and contains 19 corners.

The Miami Grand Prix is contested over 57 laps, producing a race distance of 308.326 km.

The circuit runs anti-clockwise and combines fast sequences, long straights, heavy braking zones and a particularly slow technical section late in the lap.

Formula 1 considered dozens of layouts before choosing the Miami circuit

The final Miami International Autodrome was selected only after an extensive design process.

Thirty-six different potential configurations were simulated before the current 19-corner layout was chosen.

The result is a circuit that winds around the Hard Rock Stadium while combining characteristics normally associated with both permanent tracks and temporary street circuits.

Miami has three long straights and major braking zones

Straight-line speed and braking performance are especially important in Miami.

The circuit contains three significant straights, with major overtaking opportunities created by the heavy braking zones at Turns 11 and 17 as well as the approach to Turn 1.

Teams therefore need enough aerodynamic efficiency for the high-speed sections without sacrificing the grip required through the slower corners.

The opening sector is one of Miami’s fastest sections

The first sector features a flowing sequence where drivers need to maintain momentum while positioning the car precisely between the barriers.

Small mistakes can compromise several corners rather than only one, making front-end confidence particularly valuable.

The character then changes later in the lap as the circuit becomes progressively slower and more technical.

Turns 6 to 8 place particular stress on the front tyres

The long multi-apex left-hand sequence through Turns 6, 7 and 8 is one of Miami’s distinctive challenges.

The sustained cornering load can make front-tyre management important during the Grand Prix, while the exit is critical because it feeds onto a long period of acceleration.

A poor exit can therefore cost time not only through the corner itself but all the way towards the next heavy braking zone.

The Turn 14-15 chicane is Miami’s slowest technical challenge

Miami’s late-lap technical section contrasts sharply with the faster parts of the circuit.

The approach to the Turn 14-15 chicane rises before dropping again on exit, requiring precise positioning at relatively low speed.

The section has repeatedly punished drivers who attack the kerbs too aggressively or lose control while trying to maximise the exit.

Miami International Autodrome was resurfaced for 2023

The circuit surface was changed after Formula 1’s inaugural Miami weekend.

A complete resurfacing was carried out ahead of the 2023 Grand Prix, changing grip characteristics and helping drivers generate significantly faster qualifying times than during the first event.

The subsequent improvement in outright performance can be seen clearly when comparing the circuit’s 2022 and 2025 qualifying benchmarks.

Charles Leclerc took pole for the first Miami Grand Prix in 2022

Ferrari immediately established itself at the front when Formula 1 arrived in Miami.

Charles Leclerc took pole position for the inaugural Grand Prix with a 1:28.796.

Carlos Sainz qualified second with a 1:28.986, giving Ferrari the entire front row for the first Formula 1 race ever held at Miami International Autodrome.

Ferrari locked out the front row in Miami’s inaugural qualifying session

The 2022 result remains one of Ferrari’s strongest qualifying performances at the circuit.

Leclerc and Sainz occupied first and second ahead of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, giving the Scuderia an ideal opportunity to become Miami’s first Formula 1 winner.

Ferrari has not repeated that front-row lockout through the completed 2026 Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix in 2022

Ferrari could not convert its qualifying advantage into victory.

Max Verstappen moved ahead during the race and won the 57-lap Grand Prix in 1:34:24.258.

Charles Leclerc finished second, only 3.786 seconds behind, while Carlos Sainz completed the podium in third.

Ferrari scored a double podium in the first Miami Grand Prix

Although victory escaped the Scuderia, Ferrari began its Miami history with both cars on the podium.

Leclerc’s second place and Sainz’s third remain Ferrari’s strongest combined Grand Prix result at Miami International Autodrome through 2026.

It is also the only Miami Grand Prix in which two Ferrari drivers have stood on the podium together.

Charles Leclerc narrowly missed the fastest lap in Miami in 2022

Max Verstappen also recorded the fastest lap of the inaugural race with a 1:31.361.

Charles Leclerc was only 0.127 seconds slower with a 1:31.488, while Carlos Sainz recorded a 1:31.790.

Ferrari therefore came extremely close to adding the inaugural Miami fastest lap to its pole position and double podium.

Sergio Perez took pole for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix

The qualifying order changed dramatically during Formula 1’s second visit to Miami.

Sergio Perez secured pole for Red Bull with a 1:26.841, while Carlos Sainz qualified third for Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc qualified seventh after an accident brought the final phase of qualifying to an early conclusion.

Max Verstappen won from ninth on the grid in Miami in 2023

Verstappen began the 2023 Grand Prix only ninth but produced one of the circuit’s most impressive recovery drives.

He worked his way through the field and ultimately defeated teammate Sergio Perez by 5.384 seconds.

Fernando Alonso finished third, while Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were fifth and seventh respectively for Ferrari.

Max Verstappen set the official Miami race-lap record in 2023

Verstappen’s 2023 victory also produced a record that remains intact through 2026.

He completed lap 56 in 1:29.708.

That is still the official Formula 1 race-lap record for Miami International Autodrome.

Ferrari returned to the Miami Grand Prix podium in 2024

Charles Leclerc produced Ferrari’s third individual Miami Grand Prix podium during the 2024 event.

Max Verstappen started from pole, with Leclerc second and Carlos Sainz third on the grid.

The Scuderia therefore again placed both cars near the front before the race, although a different driver ultimately produced the weekend’s biggest result.

Lando Norris scored his first Formula 1 victory in Miami in 2024

The 2024 Miami Grand Prix became a landmark race in Lando Norris’s career.

The McLaren driver took advantage of the race circumstances and strong pace to secure his maiden Formula 1 Grand Prix victory.

Norris finished 7.612 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari at +9.920.

Charles Leclerc finished third for Ferrari in Miami in 2024

Leclerc’s third place was his second Miami Grand Prix podium in three appearances after finishing second in the inaugural 2022 event.

Carlos Sainz finished fifth in the second Ferrari.

The result raised Ferrari’s circuit total to three individual Grand Prix podium finishes, a figure that remains unchanged through 2026.

Charles Leclerc also finished second in the first Miami Sprint

The 2024 weekend was the first Miami Grand Prix event to include Formula 1’s Sprint format.

Max Verstappen won the Sprint, but Charles Leclerc finished second for Ferrari, 3.371 seconds behind.

Carlos Sainz finished fifth, giving Ferrari points with both cars.

Miami has hosted a Sprint every year since 2024

The Sprint became a regular part of the Miami weekend from 2024 onwards.

Ferrari has achieved a Sprint podium in each of the first three Miami Sprint events: Charles Leclerc finished second in 2024, Lewis Hamilton third in 2025 and Leclerc third in 2026.

These Sprint results are statistically separate from the circuit’s Grand Prix wins, podiums, pole positions and fastest laps.

Max Verstappen set the Miami qualifying record in 2025

Outright qualifying performance reached a new level during the 2025 Miami Grand Prix weekend.

Max Verstappen took pole position with a 1:26.204.

That remains the fastest official Formula 1 qualifying lap recorded at Miami International Autodrome through the completed 2026 event.

The 1:26.204 Miami qualifying record survived the 2026 regulations

Formula 1’s major technical regulation change for 2026 altered car performance considerably.

Kimi Antonelli took the 2026 Miami pole with a 1:27.798, leaving Verstappen’s 2025 benchmark untouched.

The circuit therefore has two clear current records: Verstappen’s 1:26.204 qualifying benchmark from 2025 and his 1:29.708 official race-lap record from 2023.

Lewis Hamilton reached the Miami Sprint podium for Ferrari in 2025

The 2025 Sprint produced one of Ferrari’s strongest moments of an otherwise difficult Miami weekend.

Heavy rain created unpredictable conditions, and Lewis Hamilton made an early move from intermediate tyres to slicks as the circuit dried.

The strategy paid off and Hamilton finished third behind Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Charles Leclerc did not start the 2025 Miami Sprint

Charles Leclerc’s Sprint ended before the competitive laps had even begun.

The Ferrari driver aquaplaned in heavy rain while travelling to the grid and hit the barriers.

The damage prevented him from taking the start, leaving Hamilton as Ferrari’s only representative in the Sprint.

Ferrari struggled in qualifying for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix

The main qualifying session did not reproduce Ferrari’s front-running Miami performances from earlier seasons.

Charles Leclerc qualified eighth with a 1:26.754.

Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 and qualified 12th with a 1:27.006.

It was the first Miami Grand Prix qualifying session in which neither Ferrari started from the first three rows.

Ferrari finished seventh and eighth in Miami in 2025

Oscar Piastri led a McLaren one-two in the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, winning ahead of Lando Norris.

Ferrari remained outside the podium fight, with Charles Leclerc classified seventh and Lewis Hamilton eighth.

The two Scuderia drivers were separated by 3.150 seconds at the finish.

Charles Leclerc gave Ferrari another Miami Sprint podium in 2026

Ferrari returned to the Sprint podium during the most recent Miami weekend.

Lando Norris won ahead of Oscar Piastri, while Charles Leclerc finished third for the Scuderia.

Lewis Hamilton added two Sprint points in seventh place.

Kimi Antonelli took pole for the 2026 Miami Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli secured the fifth Grand Prix pole position awarded in Miami with a 1:27.798 for Mercedes.

Max Verstappen qualified second, while Charles Leclerc put Ferrari third on the grid with a 1:28.143.

Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth in the second Ferrari with a 1:28.319.

Charles Leclerc challenged for the lead at the start in Miami in 2026

Ferrari became directly involved in the fight for victory during the opening stages of the 2026 Grand Prix.

Leclerc attacked the leading cars into Turn 1 as polesitter Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen both encountered difficulties under braking.

The Ferrari moved into the lead during the chaotic opening phase before Antonelli eventually fought his way back ahead.

Kimi Antonelli became the first Miami winner to start from pole

The first four Miami Grands Prix had all been won by drivers starting outside the front row.

Antonelli changed that statistic in 2026 by converting pole position into victory for Mercedes.

He completed the 57 laps in 1:33:19.273 and finished 3.264 seconds ahead of Lando Norris.

Mercedes became the third constructor to win the Miami Grand Prix

Antonelli’s victory added Mercedes to Miami’s short list of winning constructors.

• 2022: Red Bull – Max Verstappen.
• 2023: Red Bull – Max Verstappen.
• 2024: McLaren – Lando Norris.
• 2025: McLaren – Oscar Piastri.
• 2026: Mercedes – Kimi Antonelli.

Red Bull and McLaren therefore share the constructor wins lead with two Miami victories each, while Mercedes has one. Ferrari is still searching for its first.

Max Verstappen remains the most successful Miami Grand Prix driver

Verstappen remains the only driver to have won the Miami Grand Prix more than once.

His victories came in 2022 and 2023.

Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Kimi Antonelli each have one victory through the completed 2026 event.

Max Verstappen also holds the Miami pole-position record

Five Miami Grands Prix have produced four different polesitters.

• 2022: Charles Leclerc – Ferrari.
• 2023: Sergio Perez – Red Bull.
• 2024: Max Verstappen – Red Bull.
• 2025: Max Verstappen – Red Bull.
• 2026: Kimi Antonelli – Mercedes.

Verstappen is therefore the only driver with two Miami Grand Prix pole positions.

Ferrari has one Miami Grand Prix pole position

Ferrari’s only Miami pole remains Charles Leclerc’s 1:28.796 from the inaugural 2022 event.

The Scuderia has nevertheless remained close to the front of the grid in several subsequent seasons, including second and third in 2024 and third and sixth under the new regulations in 2026.

No Ferrari driver has added a second Miami pole through 2026.

Ferrari has three Grand Prix podium finishes in Miami

Ferrari’s Miami podium record is concentrated in the circuit’s first three seasons.

• 2022: Charles Leclerc – P2.
• 2022: Carlos Sainz – P3.
• 2024: Charles Leclerc – P3.

Leclerc therefore accounts for two of Ferrari’s three Miami Grand Prix podium finishes.

Ferrari has not yet won the Miami Grand Prix

Victory remains the major result missing from Ferrari’s Miami record.

The Scuderia came closest during the inaugural event, when Charles Leclerc started from pole and finished only 3.786 seconds behind Max Verstappen.

Ferrari also placed both cars on the podium that day, but neither Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz was able to prevent Red Bull from taking the first Miami victory.

Ferrari has not recorded a Miami Grand Prix fastest lap

The Scuderia has also yet to claim an official Grand Prix fastest lap at Miami International Autodrome.

Charles Leclerc came particularly close in 2022, when his 1:31.488 was only 0.127 seconds slower than Max Verstappen’s fastest lap.

The outright official race record remains Verstappen’s much quicker 1:29.708 established one year later.

Ferrari has three separate Miami Sprint podiums

Ferrari’s Sprint record is stronger than its recent Grand Prix results might suggest.

• 2024: Charles Leclerc – P2.
• 2025: Lewis Hamilton – P3.
• 2026: Charles Leclerc – P3.

The Scuderia has therefore placed a driver on the podium in every Miami Sprint held through 2026.

Lewis Hamilton achieved Ferrari’s best 2026 Miami Grand Prix result

Hamilton finished the latest Miami Grand Prix sixth in the official classification.

He crossed the line behind several of the leading Mercedes, McLaren and Red Bull cars but moved ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in the final classification.

It was Hamilton’s best Miami Grand Prix result as a Ferrari driver after finishing eighth for the Scuderia in 2025.

Charles Leclerc was classified eighth in Miami in 2026

Leclerc had been a major factor at the front during parts of the 2026 race and remained in contention for a podium until the closing stages.

Oscar Piastri passed the Ferrari for third late in the race before Leclerc spun and lost further positions.

A 20-second post-race penalty for repeatedly leaving the track without a justifiable reason subsequently dropped Leclerc to eighth in the official classification.

Ferrari’s complete Miami Grand Prix record through 2026

Ferrari has competed in all five Formula 1 Grands Prix held at Miami International Autodrome.

The Scuderia has recorded no Grand Prix victories, one pole position, three individual podium finishes and no official Grand Prix fastest laps through 2026.

Charles Leclerc owns Ferrari’s only circuit pole and two of its three Grand Prix podiums, while Carlos Sainz supplied the other podium with third place in 2022.

Ferrari has additionally scored three Sprint podiums at Miami, one in every Sprint held at the venue from 2024 through 2026.

Miami’s current Formula 1 lap records

• Fastest qualifying lap: Max Verstappen – 1:26.204, Red Bull, 2025.
• Official Grand Prix lap record: Max Verstappen – 1:29.708, Red Bull, 2023.
• Ferrari’s only Grand Prix pole: Charles Leclerc – 1:28.796, 2022.

Unlike many historic Formula 1 venues, Miami has used the same 5.412 km basic circuit configuration throughout its World Championship history, making comparisons between its annual lap records considerably more straightforward.

Miami has produced five Grands Prix and four different winners

The completed races from 2022 through 2026 have already produced considerable variety.

Max Verstappen won the first two editions before Lando Norris won in 2024, Oscar Piastri in 2025 and Kimi Antonelli in 2026.

Verstappen is therefore the only repeat winner after the circuit’s first five Formula 1 Grands Prix.

Compare Miami with Formula 1’s other United States circuits

Miami forms part of a long and varied Formula 1 history in the United States. You can compare its records with the Circuit of The Americas F1 Records & Statistics page and the Las Vegas F1 Records & Statistics page.

Historic American venues including Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, Riverside and Sebring also have their own dedicated circuit records pages in our Formula 1 statistics section.

Miami F1 records are updated through the 2026 Grand Prix

The latest completed Miami Grand Prix took place on 3 May 2026.

Kimi Antonelli won from pole for Mercedes ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Lewis Hamilton finished sixth for Ferrari, while Charles Leclerc was classified eighth following a post-race penalty.

Max Verstappen continues to hold both major outright circuit benchmarks: the 1:26.204 qualifying record from 2025 and the 1:29.708 official Grand Prix lap record from 2023.

Why Miami has already built a distinctive Formula 1 record

Miami International Autodrome does not have the decades of history associated with circuits such as Monza, Silverstone or Monaco, but its first five Formula 1 seasons have established several memorable records.

Ferrari locked out the front row for the inaugural race and immediately scored a double podium. Max Verstappen became the circuit’s first winner and later established its race-lap record, while Lando Norris achieved his maiden Formula 1 victory there in 2024.

The circuit has since produced another McLaren victory through Oscar Piastri and a Mercedes win through Kimi Antonelli, while Ferrari continues to pursue the first Miami Grand Prix victory missing from its circuit record.

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