Oscar Piastri wins a lively F1 Miami Grand Prix to extend his championship lead
Oscar Piastri won an action-packed Formula 1 race full of wheel-to-wheel battles Sunday, extending his championship lead over fellow McLaren driver Lando Norris, who finished in second place.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Oscar Piastri won an action-packed Formula 1 race full of wheel-to-wheel battles Sunday, extending his championship lead over fellow McLaren driver Lando Norris, who finished second.
The Miami Grand Prix secured the city's place on the Formula 1 calendar with a contract extension through 2041, reflecting a huge bet by the sport on the growing U.S. market.
The opening sequence proved crucial for Piastri. He qualified fourth, two positions behind Norris, but got ahead of his teammate as Norris tangled with Red Bull pole-sitter Max Verstappen in the first few corners and lost positions. Norris fell to sixth place accused Verstappen of pushing him off the track.
Verstappen, the reigning four-time world champion, aggressively defended against the charging McLarens of Piastri and then Norris, but he was ultimately unable to keep them behind. Verstappen and Norris battled for second place over multiple laps and traded positions before Norris won out. Meanwhile, Piastri built up a 9-second gap out front that was important to his win.
Norris closed the gap significantly in the final stretch of the race, but he ran out of laps and finished 4.6 seconds behind Piastri.
Rating: 5