Mercedes Antonelli won his third Grand Prix in a row, but once again he had to work hard for the victory. He lost the lead off the line after locking up into Turn 1, and spent the early part of the race swapping positions with both Leclerc and Norris as those three battled up front. The youngster was lying second behind Norris when the team called him in to undercut his rival, which worked perfectly. He found himself on fresh tyres in the lead of the race, and managed to soak up the pressure from the World Champion behind to win by just over three seconds. Russell also had to work hard for his points in Miami. He was further back early on, but the team pitted him early and that made his race. He wound up undercutting Leclerc for starters, and while he then lost out to the Ferrari man, he was able to chase him down late on. But it was a messy end for Russell, who made contact with Verstappen fighting for position, made contact with Leclerc too and crossed the line with sparks flying from a damaged front wing endplate. Kimi Antonelli, 1st "That was not an easy race at all but I’m so happy we were able to bring the victory home. My start wasn’t as bad as in the Sprint, but we still lost a position. I then lost a place to Lando (Norris) before the Safety Car, but we were able to fight back. Our pace was strong, I was able to stay close, and then the team did a brilliant job with the strategy. The undercut worked out just about perfectly and, despite the McLaren coming out just ahead, we were able to get past with our tyres being up to temperature.