Antonelli becomes the third driver to win his first three races consecutively, Mercedes overtake Williams for third place on the list of most podium finishes and Colapinto records the best result of his career to date. Here are the facts and statistics from the 2026 Miami Grand Prix!
ANTONELLI WINS THE 2026 MIAMI GRAND PRIX
For the third race in a row, Kimi Antonelli took victory in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix. Antonelli becomes only the third driver in F1 history, after Damon Hill and Mika Hakkinen, to take all of his first three wins at successive events.
This is the first time an Italian driver has won three Grands Prix in a row since Alberto Ascari took seven successive wins from the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix to the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix.
Antonelli became the fourth different driver to win at Miami International Autodrome, while Mercedes became the third different team to win at the track.
This is Mercedes’ first streak of four consecutive wins since the 2020 season.
Antonelli recorded the 316th podium finish for Mercedes in Formula 1. It saw the team overtake Williams for the third-most podiums for a constructor in the sport’s history. Williams had sat in the top three positions on the list since the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix.
The 2026 Miami Grand Prix was the first time that a race at Miami International Autodrome was won from the front row of the grid. Antonelli did so despite becoming the first polesitter not to lead at this circuit at the end of the opening lap.
Antonelli is yet to finish below second place in any Grand Prix this season.
This is the first time an Italian driver has led the Drivers’ Championship after successive races since Michele Alboreto led for five races in a row between the 1985 Canadian and German Grands Prix.
ON THE PODIUM
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri joined Kimi Antonelli on the podium at the 2026 Miami Grand Prix. The double podium result for McLaren saw the team overtake Red Bull for the most podium finishes in Miami.
Norris secured his first top three result as the reigning World Champion. This was his best result since winning the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
For the first time since the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, Norris recorded the fastest lap of the race.
Recording his third podium finish in Miami, Norris equalled Max Verstappen for the most top three finishes at Miami International Autodrome. This was the third year in a row that Norris finished on the podium in Miami.
Piastri finished on the podium for a second consecutive race, meaning he’s finished on the podium in every Grand Prix he has started so far this season.
IN THE POINTS
George Russell finished fifth in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, scoring points for a 20th successive race weekend. It was his 16th successive finish in the top six positions.
With Antonelli winning and Russell fourth, this was the first time both Mercedes finished in the top four in the Miami Grand Prix.
Finishing fifth in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, Max Verstappen became the sixth driver to have scored points in as many as 200 Grands Prix.
This is the first time Verstappen has finished outside of the top four at as many as four consecutive races since the start of the 2018 season.
This was Verstappen’s worst result to date in Miami, having never previously finished outside of the top four.
Verstappen led a single lap of the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, making this the 20th consecutive season in which a Red Bull driver has led a Grand Prix. Red Bull are the third team to reach the milestone. McLaren hold the record for most consecutive years in which a team has led laps, having led in all 34 years from 1981 to 2014. Ferrari are the only other team to lead laps in as many as 20 years in a row, having done so twice – from 1950 to 1972 and from 1993 to 2019.
Over the 2026 Miami Grand Prix weekend, Verstappen became the first driver to score as many as 100 points at Miami International Autodrome.
Lewis Hamilton finished sixth in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, equalling his best result at Miami International Autodrome. From the five races to date at the circuit, the 2025 race – in which he finished eighth – is the only time Hamilton has not finished sixth.
Of drivers who’ve appeared at every Miami Grand Prix to date, Hamilton is the only one who has never finished in a worse position than where he started.
Finishing seventh in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto recorded his best-ever Grand Prix result, bettering his eighth place in the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Colapinto recorded Alpine’s best ever result in the Miami Grand Prix. Their previous best was eighth, recorded in 2022 and 2023.
Charles Leclerc finished sixth on the road before a post-race time penalty dropped him to eighth in the final order. This was Leclerc’s worst result to date in Miami. He, George Russell, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz are the only drivers to score points in every Miami Grand Prix so far.
Of drivers who finished the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, only Leclerc and Verstappen finished in a worse position than where they started. Leclerc lost five places, while Leclerc lost three.
With Carlos Sainz finishing ninth and Alex Albon tenth, Williams recorded their first double points finish since the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix.
Sainz scored points for the second time this year, having also finished ninth in the Chinese Grand Prix.
This was the first time that Sainz gained positions from where he started in the Miami Grand Prix.
Albon’s tenth place in the 2026 Miami Grand Prix marked the first time he has scored a point in a Grand Prix since finishing seventh at Monza in 2025.
THE OTHER FINISHERS
Having been lapped in 13th place, the final lap of the 2026 Miami Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix lap at Miami International Autodrome which Esteban Ocon did not complete. Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are now the only drivers to complete all 285 Grand Prix racing laps at the venue to date.
For the first time this year, both Aston Martin drivers finished a Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso came home 15th, while Lance Stroll reached the chequered flag for the first time this season in 17th place.
This was the second year in a row that Aston Martin failed to score a point in Miami.
THE RETIREES
Isack Hadjar crashed out of the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, recording his second DNF of the season.
As a result of Hadjar’s retirement, Ferrari and Mercedes are now the only teams to see both cars score points in every running of the Miami Grand Prix to date.
Liam Lawson’s run of two points-scoring Grands Prix came to an end in a collision with Pierre Gasly. This was the Racing Bulls driver’s first DNF since the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.
Lawson is yet to finish a Grand Prix in Miami, having also retired on his first appearance here last year.
Gasly’s retirement made the 2026 Miami Grand Prix the first race this year in which he failed to score a point. This was his first DNF since the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg failed to finish for the second time this year, having recorded a DNS at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.