Report: Sprint and qualifying complete in Miami

All eyes on Sunday as post-break progress continues at the Miami International Autodrome

Published

02 MAY 2026

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2 min

Atlassian Williams F1 Team continued to show signs of progress at Formula 1’s resumption in Miami, with a clean Sprint race and a double Q2 appearance for the second day in succession.

Our duo were gaining places in the Sprint before the lights had even gone out, with Arvid Lindblad opting to start from the pit lane before later not taking the start, whilst Nico Hulkenberg’s power unit expired on his reconnaissance lap.

The opening lap of 19 was a clean affair, but Carlos dropped a couple of positions while Alex maintained P17. Our drivers weren’t hanging around for long, however, with CS55 making a pair of moves on Sergio Perez and Liam Lawson in quick succession, before AA23 also passed the New Zealander.

On lap five, Alex made the move stick on the Cadillac and we were soon up to P14 and P15. However, this would be as far as we would climb.

The two FW48s stayed close to the pair of Haas cars that occupied the next two positions, but were unable to make their pace advantage count while running in dirty air.

With six laps to go and points out of reach, the decision was made to bring Alex in to trial a different front wing and gather data for the remainder of the weekend.

Carlos remained on the tail of the Haas pair until the flag to come home in P14, while Alex gained one position after his stop, passing Valtteri Bottas to take P19.

Post-Sprint, Gabriel Bortoleto was disqualified for a technical breach, promoting us to P13 and P18.

Heading into Qualifying later in the afternoon, there was no let-up in the Miami heat, with track temperatures reaching 52°C (126°F).

Both drivers progressed comfortably through Q1 on their final runs of the opening knockout stage, with Carlos in P9 after a 1:29.540 and Alex in P13 with a 1:29.720.

Q2 proved to be the limit on Saturday afternoon. Both drivers found more time on their final flying laps, but not enough to break into the top 10. Carlos’ 1:29.568 sees him line up P14, with Alex’s 1:29.946 putting him P16 for Sunday’s race.