McLaren Duo Setting The Pace

Piastri and Norris Lead Charge for F1 Leaders, Who Have Topped 5 of 6 Races

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MIAMI - Oscar Piastri won the Miami Grand Prix in an utterly dominant McLaren one-two on May 4 to complete a hat-trick and stretch his Formula One championship lead over teammate Lando Norris to 16 points after six rounds.

The win from fourth on the grid was the Australian's third in a row, after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and fourth of the season. McLaren have so far been beaten only once, in Japan. Briton George Russell finished third for Mercedes, but a hefty 37.644 seconds behind.

"Two years ago, at Miami, we were the slowest team. I think we were lapped twice. Now to have won the grand prix by over 35 seconds to third is an unbelievable result," said Piastri after another flawless drive.

Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen was fourth, overtaken by both McLarens and maintaining a sequence dating back to the race's debut in 2022 of the driver starting on pole position in Miami failing to win.