Norris Wins Miami Sprint With Help From Safety Car

Miami Grand Prix

Venue: Miami International Autodrome Dates: 2-4 May Race start: 21:00 BST connected Sunday

Coverage: Live commentary of qualifying online; title connected BBC Radio 5 Live from 20:00 BST and unrecorded matter updates connected BBC Sport website and app

Lando Norris hit McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to triumph a chaotic wet-dry Miami Grand Prix sprint title pinch thief from nan information car.

Piastri led from thigh 1 aft passing pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes astatine nan first area of nan title but nan information car costs nan Australian nan title win.

Piastri pitted 1 thigh earlier Norris arsenic nan way dried retired but nan information car was sent retired while Norris was pitting for his slick tyres.

That slows nan cars connected way and gave Norris capable clip to rejoin successful nan lead.

The information car was caused by a clang betwixt Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin and Liam Lawson's Racing Bull astatine Turn Two but that was not nan only play successful nan race.

Max Verstappen vanished 4th connected nan roadworthy down Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari but was penalised 10 seconds for an unsafe merchandise from his pit stop, which caused him to collide pinch Antonelli.

Verstappen was demoted to 17th and past by nan penalty.

The incident was a awesome rustle to nan Italian, because it prevented him making his pit extremity and he had to rejoin nan way and do different thigh earlier pitting again. Antonelli ended up finishing retired of nan points successful 10th.

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