Miami Grand Prix: Interesting statistics

      Some interesting statistical calculations based on the results of the Miami Grand Prix…

      Qualification

      By winning qualifying in Miami, Max Verstappen claimed the 43rd pole of his career, the third of the season and the second at this track.

      Lando Norris' second place is his best result in Miami. For the 18th time in his career, Lando started from the front row, including ten starts from first place and eight from second. Jochen Rindt had the same number of starts from the front row. Lando equalized the score against his teammate – they are now 3-3 after six qualifiers.

      Kimi Antonelli qualified third, achieving the best result of his career and for the first time ahead of his experienced teammate George Russell in qualifying.

      Having qualified fourth, Oscar Piastri started outside the top three for the first time this season.

      George Russell showed fifth time both in the sprint qualification and in the main qualification.

      Carlos Sainz qualified sixth, his teammate Alex Albon seventh, and for the first time this season, both Williams drivers started in the top seven. As at McLaren, the score in this team is equal – 3:3 after six Grands Prix.

      Eighth place is Charles Leclair's worst result this season. For the first time this season, there were no Ferrari cars in the top seven.

      Esteban Ocon's ninth place is his best result this season.

      For the first time, Lewis Hamilton did not qualify for the final after joining Ferrari, although in the second session he lost to team-mate Charles Leclair by only 0.058 seconds.

      The 13th place is Gabriel Bortoleto's best result in his career.

      Qualifying 14th, Jack Duane beat Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly for the first time.

      Race

      Oscar Piastri won the Miami Grand Prix for the sixth time in his career and the fourth this season. Piastri became the first McLaren driver to win three Grands Prix in a row after Mika Hakkinen (Spain’97, Australia’98 and Brazil’98).

      Piastri earned points for the 32nd Grand Prix in a row - he is in fourth place in Formula 1 history after Lewis Hamilton (33 from Japan’16 to France’18) Max Verstappen (43 from Emilia-Romagna’22 to Saudi Arabia’24) and Lewis Hamilton again (48 from Great Britain’18 to Bahrain’20).

      The trend continued – all four past Miami Grand Prix were won by a driver who did not start from pole position.

      The McLaren team became the first to achieve a winning double in both the sprint and the main race in the same weekend.

      Finishing third, Mercedes' George Russell reached the podium for the fourth time this season, the same number of podiums he had during the entire 2024 season. This is Mercedes' first podium in Miami. Russell surpassed the milestone of 800 career points.

      Max Verstappen failed to reach the podium in Miami for the first time, finishing the race 4th.

      Finishing fifth, Alex Albon repeated his best result of the season. Carlos Sainz finished the race 9th – for the second race in a row, Williams scored points with two cars.

      Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli finished sixth for the fourth time in the last six races.

      Yuki Tsunoda scored points in Saturday's sprint and Sunday's race, surpassing the milestone of 100 career points.