Miami International Autodrome joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2022 and has since hosted three races. Here are all the facts and stats you need to know about the track ahead of the Miami Grand Prix weekend!
Track length: 5.412km
Race length: 308.326km
Laps: 57
Turns: 16
Circuit opened: 2022
F1 first visited: 2022
Races held: 3
Track Record: 1:26.814, Max Verstappen, Q2, 2023
Lap Record: 1:29.708, Max Verstappen, 2023
RACE WINNERS IN MIAMI
The Miami Grand Prix joined the Formula 1 calendar for the first time in 2022, making 2022 the first season since 1984 in which two races were held in the United States.
There have been two different race winners so far at the Miami Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen took victory in both of the first races at Miami International Autodrome and also won the Sprint over the 2024 Miami Grand Prix weekend. Lando Norris claimed his first F1 victory in the 2024 Miami Grand Prix
Verstappen’s two Miami Grand Prix victories mean that Red Bull is the team with the most wins at the track. McLaren have won here once.
The Netherlands is the nation with the most wins here, with Britain being the only other nation to have won so far.
Max Verstappen currently holds the record for most consecutive Miami Grand Prix wins, with two, winning in 2022 and 2023.
Red Bull became the first team to record a 1-2 finish at the venue in the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with Sergio Perez following Max Verstappen home.
The three races so far at Miami International Autodrome have been won by relatively small margins. The smallest winning margin to date is 3.786 seconds in 2022, while the largest is 7.612 seconds in 2024.
The average winning margin from the two races held at Miami International Autodrome is 5.594 seconds.
ON THE PODIUM AT THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX
Six different drivers have finished on the podium in the two races held to date in Miami.
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are the only driver to record multople podium finishes at the Miami Grand Prix.
All six of the previous Miami Grand Prix podium finishers are on the current grid. Max Verstappen became the first driver to record three podiums at the track in 2024, while Charles Leclerc became the second driver to record multiple top three finishes here. Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris each have a single top three finish at Miami International Autodrome.
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Red Bull are the team with the most Miami Grand Prix podiums
Red Bull have recorded four podium finishes at the Miami Grand Prix – the most of any team to date at the track. Ferrari are the only other team with multiple podiums here, with three, while Aston Martin recorded their first top three finish at the track in 2023, while Lando Norris’ win in 2024 was McLaren’s first podium result at the track.
Three nations have multiple podiums in Miami.
With three podiums for Verstappen, the Netherlands is the nation with the most top three finishes at the Miami Grand Prix. Monaco and Spain are tied for second on the list, with two apiece, while Mexico and Britain are the other nations with podium results here.
MIAMI POLESITTERS
There’s yet to be a repeat Miami Grand Prix polesitter. Each race here to date has had a different polesitter. Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen have taken a single pole each at the track.
Red Bull are the team with the most poles in Miami, having secured pole here in the last two seasons.
Monaco, Mexico and the Netherlands are tied for most poles at the track.
There has been a single front row lock-out in Miami
In the inaugural race, Ferrari became the first – and so far only – team to lock-out the front row at the Miami Grand Prix.
The average pole margin in Miami is 0.231 seconds
Sergio Perez holds the record for the largest pole margin at Miami International Autodrome, having taken pole by 0.361 seconds in 2023. The smallest pole margin here belongs to Max Verstappen, who secured the front spot by 0.141 seconds in the 2024 race.
SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
The Miami Grand Prix has never been won from pole position
A front row starter is yet to win the Miami Grand Prix. Max Verstappen won the 2022 Miami Grand Prix from third on the grid and won again from ninth on the grid in 2023. Lando Norris took victory from fifth on the grid in 2024.
Despite never winning, the polesitter has never failed to lead the Miami Grand Prix at the end of Lap 1.
In all of the first three races at Miami International Autodrome, the polesitter finished as runner-up in the race.
Two podiums from outside the top three on the grid
Verstappen’s 2023 and Norris’ 2024 wins from ninth and fifth on the grid respectively are the only podium finishes to date at Miami International Autodrome which have come from outside of the top three grid positions.
While all of the top three starters finished on the podium in 2022, there’s yet to be a Miami Grand Prix in which the top three finished in the same order as they started.
In the three races to date, the polesitter has finished as runner-up and the driver starting second has finished third.
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SUNDAY STATISTICS
171 laps have been raced to date at Miami International Autodrome. 12 drivers have completed all 57 laps of all three races so far. Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Alpine have completed every lap of both races.
Max Verstappen has led the most laps in Miami, having spent 106 laps at the front of the field. Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are the other drivers who’ve led laps at the track.
The most laps led in a single race here is 48, for Max Verstappen in 2022.
The highest number of drivers to lead a lap in a single Miami Grand Prix is 3, which happened in 2022 and 2024.
The Safety Car has made two appearances at the Miami Grand Prix, in 2022 and 2024. The Virtual Safety Car also made an appearance in both of those races. There was also a Safety Car period in the 2024 Sprint event at the track. The 2023 Miami Grand Prix was uninterrupted.
There’s yet to be a red-flagged Miami Grand Prix, nor has there been a race at Miami International Autodrome which failed to reach its full distance.
There have been no rain-affected sessions to date at the circuit.
The shortest race to date at the track is the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, which was won in a time of one hour and 27 minutes. The 2022 race was seven minutes longer and is the longest so far at the track.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap in both of the first races at the circuit, while Oscar Piastri set the fastest lap in 2024.
The race winner has been voted Driver of the Day at every Miami Grand Prix to date.
Every driver finished the Miami Grand Prix in 2023
Of the 60 cars which have started races here, 54 have finished. That gives an overall finish rate of 90%.
All 20 drivers finished the 2023 Miami Grand Prix. The fewest number of finishers is 15, which happened in 2022.
19 of the 20 finishers finished on the lead lap in the 2024 race.
There’s yet to be a first lap retirement at Miami International Autodrome – though Lando Norris retired on the opening lap of the Sprint in 2024.
CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY
Given its place early on in the calendar, it’s no surprise that no titles have been decided yet at the Miami Grand Prix.
The winner of the Miami Grand Prix has gone on to win the title in both years that the event has been held.
The polesitter at Miami International Autodrome has never gone on to win that year’s title.
Charles Leclerc led the title race after the Miami Grand Prix in 2022 but failed to win the championship. Ferrari were the leading team after the 2022 race and also failed to win the title.
The largest points lead held after the Miami Grand Prix is 19, for Charles Leclerc in 2022.
