Recap: Third win in a row lifts Oscar Piastri to F1 dreamland
Piastri won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, as McLaren secured a dominant one-two finish.
Piastri won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, as McLaren secured a dominant one-two finish.
The 18-year-old beat McLaren's Oscar Piastri, the championship leader, by 0.045 seconds.
Piastri benefited from a penalty for Red Bull's Verstappen to take control of the race and secure his second win in a week.
Verstappen has been battling with low confidence in a struggling vehicle that has so far been outpaced by McLaren,
The second Williams of Carlos Sainz, Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, and Yuki Tsunoda completed the top 10.
He admitted that the fact that he doesn't possess the best car on the circuit is a concern for him.
It was a first home win of sorts for McLaren, whose majority shareholders are from the Gulf State.
Max Verstappen will start down in seventh place, with Lewis Hamilton starting ninth.
Mercedes driver Russell says he believes McLaren were "a big step ahead".