Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Miami

I don't think they've got a clear idea as to whether they can do a one-stop or not, I'm sure they're aiming for that but nobody really knows after having a wet [sprint] race yesterday.

I spoke to [McLaren boss] Andrea Stella and he said that a conceivable strategy would be to start with the hard tyre and then go to the medium.

There has already been plenty of drama this weekend in Miami, so if you have a question for Andrew Benson at this stage of the weekend, don't hesitate to send them across using the link here.

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Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter in Miami

Kimi Antonelli is just putting his helmet on, a special Mercedes suit this weekend, he's looking rather snazzy.

What can he do from third place on this grid? He's confident he can do something special.

McLaren's one-two in the sprint race means their advantage at the top of the constructors' championship is now 85 points over second-placed Mercedes. Red Bull are on 92 points in third and Ferrari are fourth with 84 points.

Despite Alex Albon dropping out of the points in the sprint because of his time penalty, Williams stay put in fifth place.

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Oscar Piastri's lead at the top of the drivers' championship has been cut by one point after team-mate Lando Norris' victory in Saturday's shorter (and very chaotic) sprint event.

Defending champion Max Verstappen stays in third place, nine points ahead of George Russell, while Kimi Antonelli in sixth is just three points clear of Lewis Hamilton in seventh.

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Ian Fergusson
BBC weather forecaster

Air temperature 26.7C and track 40.3C. Light wind from east. Currently dry.

Showers have recently remained in corridors to north and south of the circuit, but some additional developments are plausible and so FIA risk of rain is 30%.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Miami

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If it’s dry, the Miami Grand Prix will probably be a one-stop race on the medium and hard tyres, and tyre choice for the start is not as locked-on for the medium as you might expect. Firstly because the grip off-set is not so big, with the three softest compounds being used this weekend. Perhaps more importantly, with the strong possibility of rain around, starting on the hard gives more options, as drivers could stay out longer waiting for any inclement weather.

In the sprint, the McLarens proved better on the intermediate tyres because they were able to keep them in shape longer than Max Verstappen in the Red Bull behind. The same applies on slicks. But of course being close behind Verstappen is one thing, passing him quite another. And dirty air, as always, is bad for the tyres.

A pit stop costs 20 seconds under racing conditions and 10 under the safety car, and overtaking is expected to be easier than in Saudi Arabia and Suzuka, even with a one-stop strategy.

Carlos Sainz speaking to Sky Sports before the Miami Grand Prix: "There are just a couple of patches of water under bridges and if the water is in the wrong moment then it's in the middle of the corner it's quite tricky, but should be getting dry now. Very physical race if it doesn't rain, very humid, but we're here for that."

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McLaren boss Zak Brown spoke to BBC 5 Live's Jennie Gow: "We're ready to race, I think we've got two cars and two drivers that can win this thing, we need to let this race come to us, it's a short run into Turn One.

"Max [Verstappen] has three poles this year so the idea that his car isn't a great racing car but put him in it, he's a great racing driver I'm not surprised at all to see him on pole."

On any racing rules between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris: "They know the rules, go race and have some fun and put on a good show.

On the weather: "We have a decent chance to get a small amount of rain for a small period of time."

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Charles Leclerc didn't even take part in the sprint race yesterday after aquaplaning in his Ferrari and crashing into the wall on the reconnaissance lap.

As the drivers make their final preparation for today's 57-lap grand prix, the conditions are stable, so we should get off the line in the dry.

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Not necessarily. There have only been three races held, so there isn't much to go on, but so far not one Miami Grand Prix has been won from pole position since the event was added to the F1 calendar three years ago.

Polesitter Max Verstappen took back-to-back victories here in 2022 and 2023 but both wins came from behind the front row, his second from as far back as ninth on the grid.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Miami

Kimi Antonelli has been on fire. I can remember watching FP1 and thinking that he seems to be liking this place, it was the way he was driving - it was aggressive and confident, like it was a go-kart track.

There was something about him looking sharp all weekend, I was sort of expecting him not to deliver in the main qualifying but he very nearly got it on the front row.

Is it the Miami Grand Prix if we don't see a star-studded guest list?

Timothee Chalamet has been spotted in a Racing Bulls shirt, he's been chatting with F1 Academy driver Rafaela Ferreira.

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This little fella has been the star of the paddock. Leo Leclerc has had every photographer's lens trained on him for the full three days.

Martin Brundle is on his grid walk and has sent three-time world champion Jackie Stewart to do his bidding. He wants to chat to Thai singer and actress Lisa, who was recently in the third season of White Lotus, so up steps Jackie to ask her over. She graciously obliges and says she's here to support everyone. Lovely.

Time for the national anthem. The clouds are starting to look a bit dark now...

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Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon have certainly put themselves in the best place to deliver more points for Williams this weekend.

The two drivers are starting alongside each other in sixth for Sainz and seventh for Albon - the team's best qualifying result of the season so far.

With double points scored in Saudi Arabia, Williams were able to jump above Haas and into fifth place, creating a five-point buffer between themselves and the American-based team in the midfield scrap.

The advantage would've been more heading into today's race had it not been for Albon's five-second penalty for exceeding the minimum time under the safety car during the sprint. The sanction dropped the Thai-Brit driver from P4 and P12 and out of the points.

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Round six is going to be a tough start for both Lewis Hamilton and Charles as Ferrari's early season struggles continue.

After taking third place in the sprint, seven-time world champion Hamilton found himself on the end of a Q2 knockout in qualifying. So instead of fighting up the front from lights out, he'll be sat between the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto - who had an excellent session for Sauber - in P12.

"It's a bit of a mess at the moment balance-wise," said Hamilton. "Unfortunate to have not got through. Same old."

As for Leclerc, who claimed the Scuderia's first podium in Jeddah, he feels the things are " just not good enough" and after securing P8 for today's grand prix, he told his engineer: "My god, I have no idea what's going on. And this was a really good lap."

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra in Miami

I can see grey skies, I'm actually in beautiful sunshine but we're right between two weather systems.

We've got a strange statistic, no-one has actually won it from the front row here.

It's a massive advantage to start [P1], once you get into a train of cars even if you're in the top three, the dirty air affects tyre performance and that's why it's so difficult for the guys further down the grid to make progress.

Richard Bradey: Amazing to see the Lego cars in the parade lap, I am currently building smaller versions of all of the cars

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It's been an eventful weekend so far for 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli. The Italian made history on Friday when he became the youngster driver take a Formula 1 pole position for the 19-lap sprint. Saturday's race didn't quite pan out how Mercedes would've liked but Antonelli has bounced back and put himself in with a great chance of scoring his first podium today.

It's also the first time the youngster has out-qualified team-mate George Russell this season. Briton Russell said yesterday things haven't quite clicked for him yet in Miami, so on the face it, he's relatively pleased with his P5 starting position.

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There was a first corner incident in Jeddah last time out, cries of "he pushed me off" during yesterday's sprint, so what will Turn One deliver in Miami today?

Keep an eye out on the second row, as Kimi Antonelli may have some unfinished business with championship leader Oscar Piastri.

Antonelli, on pole for the very first time, felt Piastri's move at the opening corner in the sprint was "a bit over the limit". The pair were side-by-side into Turn One, with Australian Piastri on the inside and the Italian teenager running wide and dropping to fourth.

The incident was noted by the stewards but they decided to take no further action.