Miami International Autodrome
Miami Grand Prix
Is the Miami Grand Prix Good for Racing?
Yes, and the long straights are why. F1 counted 80 overtakes in the 2025 race. The 1.28km run into the Turn 17 hairpin gives a car with a tow a proper look under braking, and Turn 11 does the same job at the end of the first straight.
The pole lap on the right shows it. It hit 343km/h and spent 54% of its distance at full throttle with only eight braking zones.
In 2026 Kimi Antonelli took the lead from Charles Leclerc into Turn 17 on lap 4, lost it a lap later and still won.
Miami International Autodrome
Strategy Factors
2026 Miami Grand Prix
What to Look Out for at the Miami Grand Prix
Expect the race to be neutralized. Miami had a Safety Car in two of its four races before 2026 and a Virtual Safety Car in three, and 2026 brought another inside ten laps after crashes for Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly. With a green-flag stop costing 18.76s, pitting under yellow is a big saving.
The start is short and busy. Pole is only 184m from the first braking point, and Max Verstappen spun after touching Leclerc at Turn 1 in 2026. Light rain fell later on, though never enough for intermediates.
F1 preview giving the 18.76s pit loss, the Safety Car record, the 184m run to Turn 1 and 2025 overtakes.
Describes the Turn 11 and Turn 17 braking zones and lists the three Straight Mode zones.
Race account covering the Turn 1 contact, the early Safety Car, light rain and Verstappen's hard-tire stop.
2026 Miami Grand Prix Results and Pay
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22 Drivers
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| 1 |  Kimi Antonelli Mercedes | Mercedes | 3 | $3.4m | $15.4m | $18m | 25 | |
Kimi Antonelli Salary
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| 2 |  Lando Norris McLaren | McLaren | 8 | $30m | $69.5m | $80m | 18 | |
Lando Norris Salary
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| 3 |  Oscar PiastriMcLaren | McLaren | 7 | $13m | $40.5m | $50m | 15 | |
Oscar Piastri Salary
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| 4 |  George RussellMercedes | Mercedes | 5 | $34m | $50m | $40m | 12 | |
George Russell Salary
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| 5 |  Max Verstappen Red Bull | Red Bull | 4 | $70m | $90m | $200m | 10 | |
Max Verstappen Salary
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| 6 |  Lewis Hamilton Ferrari | Ferrari | 2 | $60m | $70m | $580m | 8 | |
Lewis Hamilton Salary
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| 7 |  Franco Colapinto Alpine | Alpine | 0 | $500k-1m | $1.5m-2m | $5m | 6 | |
Franco Colapinto Salary
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| 8 |  Charles LeclercFerrari | Ferrari | 6 | $34m | $46m | $70m | 4 | |
Charles Leclerc Salary
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| 9 |  Carlos Sainz Williams | Williams | 0 | $13m | $16m | $50m | 2 | |
Carlos Sainz Salary
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| 10 |  Alex AlbonWilliams | Williams | 0 | $12m | $15m | $15m | 1 | |
Alex Albon Salary
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| 11 |  Oliver Bearman Haas | Haas | 0 | $1m | $1.5m | $1m | 0 | |
Oliver Bearman Salary
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| 12 |  Gabriel Bortoleto Audi | Audi | 0 | $2m | $3m | $3m | 0 | |
Gabriel Bortoleto Salary
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| 13 |  Esteban OconHaas | Haas | 0 | $7m | $9m | $21m | 0 | |
Esteban Ocon Salary
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| 14 |  Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls | Racing Bulls | 0 | $500k-1m | $1m-1.5m | $1m | 0 | |
Arvid Lindblad Salary
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| 15 |  Fernando Alonso Aston Martin | Aston Martin | 0 | $20m | $22.5m | $260m | 0 | |
Fernando Alonso Salary
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| 16 |  Sergio Pérez Cadillac | Cadillac | 0 | $10m | $11.5m | $50m | 0 | |
Sergio Pérez Salary
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| 17 |  Lance StrollAston Martin | Aston Martin | 0 | $12m | $13.5m | $50m | 0 | |
Lance Stroll Salary
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| 18 |  Valtteri BottasCadillac | Cadillac | 0 | $5m | $7m | $40m | 0 | |
Valtteri Bottas Salary
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| 19 |  Nico HülkenbergAudi | Audi | 0 | $7m | $9.9m | $10m | 0 | |
Nico Hülkenberg Salary
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| 20 |  Liam LawsonRacing Bulls | Racing Bulls | 0 | $1m | $2m | $2m | 0 | |
Liam Lawson Salary
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| 21 |  Pierre GaslyAlpine | Alpine | 1 | $18.2m | $29.6m | $33m | 0 | |
Pierre Gasly Salary
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| 22 |  Isack HadjarRed Bull | Red Bull | 0 | $7.5m | $9.5m | $1m | 0 | |
Isack Hadjar Salary
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11 Teams
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| 1 | MercedesAntonelli, Russell | Antonelli, Russell | 8 | $6.4bn | $839m | $37.4m | 37 | |
Mercedes F1 Team Value
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| 2 | McLarenNorris, Piastri | Norris, Piastri | 15 | $5.2bn | $647m | $43m | 33 | |
McLaren F1 Team Value
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| 3 | FerrariHamilton, Leclerc | Hamilton, Leclerc | 8 | $7.1bn | $670m | $94m | 12 | |
Ferrari F1 Team Value
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| 4 | Red BullVerstappen, Hadjar | Verstappen, Hadjar | 4 | $4.9bn | $618m | $77.5m | 10 | |
Red Bull F1 Team Value
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| 5 | AlpineColapinto, Gasly | Colapinto, Gasly | 1 | $2.6bn | $316m | $18.7m-19.2m | 6 | |
Alpine F1 Team Value
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| 6 | WilliamsSainz, Albon | Sainz, Albon | 0 | $2.7bn | $323m | $25m | 3 | |
Williams F1 Team Value
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| 7 | HaasBearman, Ocon | Bearman, Ocon | 0 | $1.9bn | $150m | $8m | 0 | |
Haas F1 Team Value
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| 8 | AudiBortoleto, Hülkenberg | Bortoleto, Hülkenberg | 0 | $2.6bn | $240m | $9m | 0 | |
Audi F1 Team Value
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| 9 | Racing BullsLindblad, Lawson | Lindblad, Lawson | 0 | $2.4bn | $318m | $1.5m-2m | 0 | |
Racing Bulls F1 Team Value
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| 10 | Aston MartinAlonso, Stroll | Alonso, Stroll | 0 | $3.5bn | $353m | $32m | 0 | |
Aston Martin F1 Team Value
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| 11 | CadillacPérez, Bottas | Pérez, Bottas | 0 | $1.6bn | Not Yet Filed | $15m | 0 | |
Cadillac F1 Team Value
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Miami Grand Prix Tire Strategy
Every driver in the 2026 top 10 stopped once, going from medium to hard, and none of them used the soft. Most pitted between laps 20 and 31, with George Russell earliest and Franco Colapinto running the longest opening stint.
Verstappen was the outlier. He took hards under the early Safety Car on lap 6 and made them last 51 laps to finish fifth.
Pirelli nominated the C3, C4 and C5. Since the 2023 resurfacing left a smooth, low-roughness track, degradation has stayed modest, which is why one stop keeps winning here.
Stint lengths and compounds for the top 10 finishers of the 2026 Miami Grand Prix.
Corner-by-corner guide used for the lap walkthrough, including the Turn 11 stop and the Turn 14-16 chicane.
Miami International Autodrome Sector by Sector and Corner by Corner
Speeds, gears and braking points below come from Kimi Antonelli‘s 1:27.798 pole lap in 2026 qualifying. He spent 54% of the lap at full throttle and 15.8 seconds on the brakes across eight braking zones, and peaked at 343 km/h on the run to Turn 11. The slowest point was 69 km/h at the Turn 17 hairpin.
FastF1 timing data for Kimi Antonelli's 1:27.798 pole lap, used for the speeds, gears, braking points and sector figures
Turn 1 braking power in 2026 against 2025, and the Turn 17 deceleration and pedal load
Front-right tire load through Turns 6-8 and Turns 11 and 17 as the main overtaking spots
Overpass clearance and gradient rules behind the 80 km/h design speed of the chicane
History of the Miami International Autodrome
Formula 1 came to Miami Gardens after downtown plans fell away. The track uses private roads and parking lots around Hard Rock Stadium and none of the public streets outside it.
History of the stadium site, the move away from downtown plans and later layout changes.
Supports the October 2019 proposal, the April 2021 approval, the naming and the extra layouts.
Official event page with the circuit specification and the 1:29.708 race lap record.
How Much Does the Miami International Autodrome Cost?
The cost of the original 2022 circuit has never been published, and all of it was privately funded. The biggest known figures came in 2023, when the permanent Paddock Club building cost a reported $130m and the track was relaid for $15m. No fixed hosting fee has been reported either, because the deal is reported to share revenue and risk with F1. It runs to 2041, and Miami Gardens approved the race in 2021 with a $5m community pledge attached.
How Much Did the Miami International Autodrome Cost to Build?
The total for the original 2022 track has never been published. Stephen Ross's South Florida Motorsports paid for it privately and laid it over car parks and access roads on the Hard Rock Stadium campus. Most of it is temporary, with about 250 structures going up in roughly four weeks of 24-hour work each spring. The big spending came in 2023. The New York Times reported that the permanent three-tier Paddock Club above the pit garages cost $130m, and the broken-up 2022 surface was relaid at a cost of $15m, which the promoter has sued the designers and subcontractors over. A 115,000 sq ft Paddock Club extension is due in 2027, and its cost hasn't been disclosed.
How Much Is the Miami Grand Prix Hosting Fee?
No fixed fee has been published, and Miami may not pay one in the usual way. Autosport described the original 2019 deal as an atypical commercial model, with revenue and risk shared with F1 in place of a guaranteed fee. RacingNews365's 2023 fee table listed Miami as a collaboration with F1 covering part of the cost, and Speedcafe's 2024 estimates left it blank. The promoter is privately funded. The first 10-year deal ran to 2031, and an extension announced in May 2025 takes it to 2041, which F1 said made Miami the longest-contracted race on the calendar.
The $130m Paddock Club building and the resurfacing after year one
The Dolphins' own description of a paddock club costing more than $100m, in line with the $130m figure
The 2023 resurfacing and the permanent three-tier Paddock Club above the pit garages
The $15m cost to repave the track and the promoter's lawsuit against the designers and subcontractors
About 250 temporary structures built in roughly four weeks of 24-hour work
The 115,000 sq ft Paddock Club extension due in 2027, with no cost disclosed
The atypical commercial model with revenue and risk sharing in place of a fixed fee
Miami listed as a collaboration, with F1 taking on part of the cost
No fee listed for Miami in the 2024 estimates
The original 10-year deal from 2022 and the $5m community pledge
The extension to 2041 announced in May 2025 and the longest contract on the calendar
The 2041 end date and the earlier deal that ran to 2031
How Much Are Miami Grand Prix Tickets?
The cheapest three-day ticket for the 2027 race is $695 before fees, for a bench seat in the Beach grandstand at Turns 11-12 or a place in the Haas stand. That's also where grandstands start, as no 2027 general admission price has been confirmed. The highest starting price is $1,185 in the Cadillac stand at Turns 1-3, and hospitality starts at $4,250 for the MSC Yacht Club Deck Pass. On 2027 prices, Miami is the most expensive of the 23 races in our ticket price table.
Miami International Autodrome and Miami Grand Prix Questions
The Miami International Autodrome has 19 turns. Any 16-turn figure you’ll see is wrong, because F1’s own circuit listing counts 19 across the 5.412km lap, from the opening right-hander to the two sweepers that lead back onto the pit straight, including the slow Turn 14-16 chicane under the Turnpike overpass.
Miami’s best passing spots are Turn 11 and the Turn 17 hairpin, the two heavy braking zones at the end of long straights. Turn 1 gives a third chance, mostly on the opening lap. F1 counted 80 overtakes in the 2025 race, against just four at Monaco the same year.
Miami has suited one stop because a second one costs too much time. A green-flag stop loses 18.76s, and since the 2023 resurfacing the low-roughness surface hasn’t worn tires hard enough to justify it. That’s why a medium-to-hard plan was enough for the whole 2026 top 10.
The Miami Grand Prix isn’t a true street race. It runs counterclockwise on private roads and parking areas around Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and doesn’t use any public streets, although temporary walls line much of the lap and punish mistakes the way a street circuit does.
Max Verstappen holds the Miami race lap record with 1:29.708, set in 2023. Nobody has beaten it since, and Lando Norris’s fastest lap in the 2026 race was 1:31.869. Antonelli’s 2026 pole of 1:27.798 was quicker still, but qualifying laps don’t count toward the race record.
No fixed hosting fee for the Miami Grand Prix has been published. Reports describe a shared deal in which F1 and promoter South Florida Motorsports split revenue and risk, and RacingNews365 listed Miami as a collaboration in its 2023 fee table. The event is privately funded, and the contract runs until 2041.
The cost of building the original Miami track in 2022 has never been published. The biggest known figures came a year later, when the permanent Paddock Club building cost a reported $130m and relaying the whole track cost $15m. Stephen Ross’s South Florida Motorsports paid for all of it privately.