Lando Norris took advantage in a dramatic sprint race in tricky, changeable conditions at the Miami Grand Prix to claim victory from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, with Lewis Hamilton enjoying a well-timed strategy call by his Ferrari team to take third place.
The defending world champion, Max Verstappen, had a shocker, demoted from fourth to 17th after he was penalised for an unsafe release in the pit lane by his Red Bull team. It was a blow to the Dutchman’s title defence as he dropped to 21 points behind Piastri who leads the championship. Verstappen said he was relieved no one was hurt and the Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, said it had been “human error”
