Circuit
Miami International Autodrome
Miami Gardens, USA
Miami's circuit is laid out around the Hard Rock Stadium complex, a purpose-built track that carries the feel of a street course. It pairs long, fast straights with a tight, twisting technical section, so setup becomes a compromise between straight-line speed and the grip needed through the slower corners. The surface and the walls give it a genuine street-circuit edge despite being built for racing, and the technical middle sector demands patience rather than bravado.
It sits at the heart of the sport's growth across the United States, a showpiece event wrapped in the spectacle of the surrounding stadium grounds. The mix of high speed and technical precision, run in Florida heat, makes it a real test of both car balance and driver concentration.
Miami track layout
Miami circuit facts
- Lap record
- 1:29.708Max Verstappen, 2023
- First Grand Prix
- 2022
The gap, in metres
2026 Qualifying here. Every driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed. The field covers 536.2 m from first to last.
On the radio here
930 messages recorded at this circuit, 2023 to 2025.
- “We'll try again next lap. It's okay, it's okay. We are seeing Antonelli. Let's try to get him and then otherwise we are going to lose more time than anything. Then we discuss after the race.”Charles LECLERC · 2025 Race
- “In China, I go out of the way when you're on a different strategy. Understood, understood. We swap the cars. Have a tea break while you're at it. Come on.”Lewis HAMILTON · 2025 Race
- “Very unexpected lap 14. It's heavy. It's going to skirt the circuit at first, hitting turns 7 and 17, then should cover the whole circuit eventually.”Oscar PIASTRI · 2025 Race
- “Yeah, he forced me off man. What am I gonna do describe it to the world or something? Like I was completely alongside”Lando NORRIS · 2025 Race