Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari after the McLaren ace took full advantage to make his pitstop under the safety car, unlike all his rivals.
2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix results
| Cla | Nº | Driver | Car / Engine | Laps | Gap |
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 57 | – |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 57 | -7.612 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 57 | -9.920 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 57 | -11.407 |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 57 | -14.650 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 57 | -16.585 |
| 7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB/Honda RBPT | 57 | -26.185 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 57 | -34.789 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 57 | -37.107 |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 57 | -39.746 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 57 | -40.789 |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | 57 | -44.958 |
| 13 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | 57 | -49.756 |
| 14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber/Ferrari | 57 | -49.979 |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB/Honda RBPT | 57 | -50.956 |
| 16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber/Ferrari | 57 | -52.356 |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 57 | -55.173 |
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 57 | -1’04.683 |
| 19 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 57 | -1’16.091 |
| – | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams/Mercedes | 27 | – |
2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix report
Polesitter Verstappen led the charge to Turn 1, as his team-mate Sergio Perez divebombed down the inside of the Ferraris but locked up and went straight on – just missing Verstappen.
Leclerc ran second from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz initially, but a fast-starting Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – from sixth on the grid – snatched third from the Spaniard around the outside at Turn 2, while Perez recovered in fifth, ahead of Norris.
Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) passed Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, which started on hard tyres among a mostly medium-shod field, for seventh. Further back, the Alpines raced wheel to wheel through the Turns 13-14-15 and 16 sequence in an argument over 13th, with Pierre Gasly grabbing the spot after a brush of wheels.
Verstappen pulled clear of Leclerc’s DRS range, leaving the lead Ferrari prone to Piastri and Sainz. Piastri DRS-ed past Leclerc at Turn 17 at the end of lap four but was already 2s behind Verstappen.
Perez fell away from the leaders, into the clutches of Norris. Hamilton regained seventh from Hulkenberg on the approach to Turn 11 on lap seven, with Lewis reporting “we nearly had a big crash there” as he was…
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