HIGHLIGHTS: Catch the action from FP1 in Miami as Piastri sets the pace

Championship leader Oscar Piastri picked up from where he left off in Saudi Arabia by topping the sole practice session for the Miami Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver set the pace with an effort in the final moments of the session that was curtailed four minutes early when Haas’ Ollie Bearman found the wall at Turn 12.

FP1: Piastri leads Leclerc and Verstappen during sole Miami GP practice session

Piastri’s 1m 27.128s benchmark proved 0.356s faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third – a further 0.074s in arrears. Lando Norris could only manage the 12th fastest time in a session that began with his team sending him out on track with some loose tools inside the cockpit.

It proved to be a strong practice for Williams with Carlos Sainz fourth and Alex Albon fifth, ahead of Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar. Mercedes' George Russell topped the times early on before ending up seventh with the top 10 rounded out by Yuki Tsunoda, Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso, with Lewis Hamilton down in 13th position.

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