What we learned from the 2025 F1 Miami GP sprint race and qualifying

Miami is the second sprint weekend of the 2025 F1 season meaning, in theory, the shortened race should give us insight into how the grand prix might fair. But, that has been made tricker after rain affected proceedings. Nevertheless, enough was still learnt ahead of Verstappen starting on pole with Norris in second...

Rain: the greater equaliser. And, after two laps behind the safety car in Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix sprint race, all 20 drivers - okay, all 19 (sorry Charles) - sat twiddling their thumbs in the pitlane. As equals. Waiting for the rain to subside.

When the race finally got properly started after another two laps following the safety car, the snippets of rain cells that pockmarked the weather radar never really came into play. Instead, it was up to the drivers to apply their own senses of when the circuit was ready for slicks, and to then help their teams make the right calls on when to pit.

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Jake Boxall-Legge

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Author Jake Boxall-Legge

Jake studied engineering at university, as his original ambition was to design racing cars. He was bad at that, and thus decided to write about them instead with an equally limited skillset. The above article is a demonstration of that. In his spare time, Jake enjoys people, places, and things.