{"id":254377,"date":"2026-05-01T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254377\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:21:10","slug":"ferraris-leclerc-fastest-in-miami-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254377\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari’s Leclerc fastest in Miami practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in practice at the Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Leclerc was 0.164 seconds clear of Verstappen, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri third fastest ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton as the season resumed following a five-week break.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes, who have won the first three races of the season, had a troubled session.<\/p>\n

George Russell had a turbo problem early on, which was fixed by a reset in the garage, and could manage only the sixth-fastest time, 0.790secs slower than Leclerc.<\/p>\n

He was one place behind team-mate and championship leader Kimi Antonelli, who did not get a chance to run on the soft tyres at the end of the session because Mercedes were investigating an engine problem on his car.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the teams have introduced significant upgrades and practice was extended by 30 minutes to allow teams time to understand the implications of rule changes<\/a> that have been made to the complicated engine-management rules.<\/p>\n

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World champion Lando Norris was seventh fastest in the other McLaren, ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar and Williams’ Carlos Sainz.<\/p>\n

Miami is a sprint weekend, which means there is a qualifying session that will set the grid for the shorter sprint race at 16:30 local time (21:30 BST).<\/p>\n

Piastri had a small brush with the wall right at the end of the session, which was otherwise uneventful apart from a number of drivers running wide at the end of the long straights as they explored their braking points.<\/p>\n

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