Method 1 returns after an enforced five-week break with the Miami Grand Prix on the Miami Worldwide Autodrome, from 1-3 Could.
Spherical 4 in the US can be the second dash occasion of the now 22-race season.
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World champion Lando Norris put his upgraded McLaren on pole place for the 19-lap dash race – the primary non-Mercedes automotive to take action this season.
Norris was 0.222 seconds faster than title chief Kimi Antonelli, together with his team-mate Oscar Piastri ending third.
Teenager Antonelli is 9 factors away from Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the prime of the drivers’ championship due to his back-to-back wins in China and Japan.
Saturday’s dash begins at 17:00 BST whereas lights out for Sunday’s 57-lap grand prix is at 21:00.
Session begin occasions and BBC protection
Commentary of the race will probably be accessible throughout BBC Radio 5 Stay, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport web site and app.
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You can even hear by asking most sensible audio system to “play BBC Radio 5 Stay” or “play BBC Radio 5 Sports activities Further”.
Be sure that to hear to each episode of the For the primary time this 12 months, the post-race present for each grand prix is accessible to observe on BBC iPlayer and YouTube.
Instances BST
Saturday, 2 Could
Dash: 17:00-18:00 (BBC Radio 5 Sports activities Further and Sports activities Further 3, BBC Sounds and sensible audio system)
Qualifying: 21:00-22:00 (BBC Radio 5 Sports activities Further, BBC Sounds and sensible audio system)
Sunday, 3 Could
Race: 21:00 (build-up from 20:00 on BBC Radio 5 Stay, BBC Sounds and sensible audio system)
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What’s the Miami climate forecast?
The forecast says there may very well be rain on race day in Miami.
Saturday’s dash occasion and foremost qualifying is about for dry and sunny circumstances, with tempertaures as excessive as 34C.
Issues take a activate Sunday, nonetheless, as thundery showers are predicted all day, together with the beginning of the grand prix at 4pm native time.
How does the dash race work?
George Russell (centre) swapped locations 5 occasions with former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton (proper) in the beginning of the China dash race [Getty Images]
The format has one slight tweak for the 2026 marketing campaign due to Cadillac’s arrival because the eleventh workforce on the grid.
Dash qualifying has three periods, the place now the six slowest automobiles are eradicated from the primary two as an alternative of 5.
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These periods, often called SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, final 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.
This makes up the grid for the dash race, which is 100km.
The highest eight finishers rating factors, from eight for first place to 1 for eighth spot, which is able to get added to the general drivers’ championship standings.
Briton Russell beat the 2 Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton on the opening dash race in China in March.
Following Miami, the opposite dash occasions happen in Canada, Silverstone, Zandvoort and Singapore.
