Lando Norris secured an impressive sprint race victory in F1 Miami Sprint after holding off strong pressure from Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc. Kimi Antonelli slipped down the order following a late time penalty in a dramatic Formula 1 showdown.
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Antonelli lost one position at the start, Piastri and Leclerc jumped behind Norris, who was saving the leader status.
In the first laps Antonelli tried to catch Leclerc, who was defending the 3rd place. The Mercedeses were following the Monegasque, but they had to check backward to Hamilton often.
In the start of 8th lap, Russell and Antonelli swapped, but the championship leader backed to 4th in the middle sector.
At halftime Norris was leading confidentiality ahead of his teammate. However Piastri had to check the mirror frequently, because Leclerc was driving closely.
The Ferrari driver was following by 1 second Piastri permanently, but in the 18th lap Leclerc made a mistake.
At the end of lap 19th, Norris secured the sprint victory ahead of Piastri and Leclerc.
Antonelli and Russell came 5-6th only. However the Italian got a 5 seconds time penalty because of track limits. It meant a 6th position to Antonelli. The point scorers positions finished by Verstappen, Hamilton and Gasly.
Coming up the qualifying of the Grand Prix.
The full results of the Sprint race according to FIA.com:
