The 2023 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on May 7, 2023, at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the fifth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

Despite Sergio Pérez taking pole position, the race was won by his Red Bull Racing teammate Max Verstappen from ninth, ahead of Pérez and Fernando Alonso.

Background The event was held across the weekend of May 5–7, 2023. It was the fifth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the World Drivers' Championship with 93 points, 6 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez in second, and 33 ahead of Fernando Alonso in third. Red Bull Racing, with 180 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Aston Martin and Mercedes, who were second and third with 87 and 76 points, respectively.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.

Track changes The first and second DRS activation points were moved farther ahead, being positioned after turn 9 and after turn 16, respectively.

Qualifying Qualifying was held on May 6, 2023, at 16:00 local time (UTC−4).

Qualifying report During the first segment, a potential impeding incident between Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen was reported, though no further action from the race stewards was taken. By the end of the session, the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, Yuki Tsunoda, Lance Stroll, and Logan Sargeant were all knocked out of the session. This was McLaren's first double Q1 exit since the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix.

The second segment saw Sergio Pérez make contact with the wall at turn four, his car was undamaged. Alexander Albon, Nico Hülkenberg, Lewis Hamilton, Zhou Guanyu, and Nyck de Vries were all knocked out. The third segment saw the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc spin out and hit the wall at turn 7, following a similar incident during the second practice session; the session was stopped prematurely, bringing a red-flagged end to the session. Leclerc started seventh; Pérez took his third career pole position ahead of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr.; Haas's Kevin Magnussen took fourth. Max Verstappen was unable to set a time and ended up ninth after Leclerc's crash brought out the red flag; Valtteri Bottas was also unable to set a time.

Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3111 Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:27.7131:27.3281:26.8411214 Fernando Alonso1:28.1791:27.0971:27.2022355 Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari1:27.6861:27.1481:27.3493420Haas-Ferrari1:27.8091:27.6731:27.7674510 Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:28.0611:27.6121:27.7865663 George RussellMercedes1:28.0861:27.7431:27.8046716 Charles LeclercFerrari1:27.7131:26.9641:27.8617831 Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:27.8721:27.4441:27.935891 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:27.3631:26.814No time91077 Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:27.8641:27.564No time101123 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:28.2341:27.795N/A111227Haas-Ferrari1:27.9451:27.903N/A121344 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:27.8461:27.975N/A131424 Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:28.1801:28.091N/A141521 Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:28.3251:28.395N/A15164 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.394N/AN/A161722 Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:28.429N/AN/A171818 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:28.476N/AN/A181981 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.484N/AN/A19202 Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:28.577N/AN/A20107% time: 1:33.478Source:

Race The race was held on May 7, 2023, at 15:30 local time (UTC−4).

Race report

Polesitter Sergio Pérez kept the lead going into the first turn; his teammate Max Verstappen, who started in ninth, lost a position as both he and Esteban Ocon were passed by Valtteri Bottas, but regained it going into turn twelve (got past Ocon with Bottas maintaining 8th). Meanwhile, Nyck de Vries's car locked up, going into the rear of Lando Norris' McLaren, and Lewis Hamilton was caught behind Nico Hülkenberg. Norris and De Vries found themselves at the back of the grid, Norris seventeenth and De Vries eighteenth. Logan Sargeant went into the pit lane on lap two to swap his front wing, switching his medium tyres to a hard compound in the process. Norris, who started the race on the soft compound, followed suit; Oscar Piastri also did so by lap five. Charles Leclerc tried to pass the Haas of Kevin Magnussen for seventh, but he went wide at turn one. His teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up going into the pit lane, coming out in seventh place; he was given a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final finishing position was not affected. Having locked up in the pit lane the lap prior, Sainz then locked up again at turn one while trying to pass Hülkenberg. With Fernando Alonso going into pit lane soon after Sainz had stopped, he exited in fifth and passed both Sainz and Ocon.

Verstappen made his way up the field, starting with the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas. He soon found himself behind Leclerc and Magnussen, passing both for sixth. He then passed George Russell, Pierre Gasly, Sainz, and Alonso. Verstappen slowly made his way up to Pérez and he passed his teammate during the closing stages of the race. He won the race, with Pérez and Alonso making up the final two places on the podium, respectively.

Race classification DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredPoints11 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT57 1:27:38.241926211 Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT57 +5.384118314 Fernando Alonso57 +26.305215463 George RussellMercedes57 +33.229612555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari57 +42.511310644 Lewis HamiltonMercedes57 +51.249138716 Charles LeclercFerrari57 +52.98876810 Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault57 +55.67054931 Esteban OconAlpine-Renault57 +58.123821020Haas-Ferrari57 +1:02.94541 1122 Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT57 +1:04.309171218 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes57 +1:04.754181377 Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57 +1:11.637101423 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes57 +1:12.861111527Haas-Ferrari57 +1:14.950 12 1624 Zhou Guanyu57 +1:18.44014 174 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes57 +1:27.717161821 Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT57 +1:28.94915 1981 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes56 +1 lap19 202 Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes56 +1 lap20 Fastest lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:29.708 (lap 56)Source: Notes – Includes one point for fastest lap. – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final position was not affected by the penalty.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Max Verstappen1192 Sergio Pérez1053 Fernando Alonso754 Lewis Hamilton565 Carlos Sainz Jr.44Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points1 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT22421023 Mercedes964 Ferrari785 McLaren-Mercedes14Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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