Formula 1 Live Ticker: Sprint and Qualifying in Miami live

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Sprint weekends in Formula 1 always mean double the action. Who will win the sprint later? And who will secure the pole for the Grand Prix on Sunday? The answers are live on Sky today!

Only on Sky will you also see all the top-class practice sessions, all qualifying, sprints, and of course all races without commercial breaks this year. Plus exciting interviews, analyses, and background reports.

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One more small note about the sprint later: Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso are allowed to participate in the race, even though they missed the 107 percent mark in qualifying and thus technically did not qualify.

The FIA issued both a special permit because they were fast enough in the previous practice. A standard procedure in such a case.

For the first time this year, no Mercedes starts from pole in the sprint later. Andrew Shovlin from the Silver Arrows explains: “On a sprint weekend, it is always important to get off to a full start immediately. Unfortunately, we did not succeed today.”

“The car was not yet at the level we aimed for in the first practice and the drivers had difficulties from the start to deliver consistent lap times. Our long-run pace was more encouraging but still not at the level we aim for.”

“Our difficulties continued in the sprint qualifying. Although Kimi performed better than George, it is clear that we still need to find time overnight – both in energy management and in the general car setup.”

“It seems our competitors brought a bit more performance to this race than we did,” said Shovlin. Let’s see if this impression is confirmed today.

Sad news reach us at the start of the day from Italy. As his family confirmed, former Formula 1 driver, CART champion, and multiple Paralympic winner Alessandro Zanardi passed away yesterday at the age of 59.

In Formula 1, the Italian competed between 1991 and 1999 in a total of 41 races for Jordan, Minardi, Lotus, and Williams. Learn more about his career and life in this photo gallery:

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Photo gallery: Alessandro Zanardi (1966-2026)

No problem! You still have enough time before the sprint in the evening to catch up with our big video analysis of Friday.

Also today (or rather in the night to Sunday) there will of course be another analysis of this “Super Saturday” on the Formel1.de YouTube channel.

It starts as planned at 01:00 CEST.

Sprint Qualifying F1 Miami 2026

Right at the start of the day a small note: The qualifying result was changed yesterday. The reason is that a lap time of Alexander Albon was subsequently deleted. The Williams driver thus dropped from P14 to P19. You can find the updated result here:

Sprint Qualifying Result

Sprint Starting Grid

Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Formula 1 live ticker. Today in Miami we expect the second “Super Saturday” of this season, because in the United States there will be a sprint today.

That means: In the coming hours we expect the sprint itself (18:00 CEST) and later also the important qualifying for tomorrow’s Grand Prix (22:00).

In Miami it is just after 7:00 in the morning and thus the perfect time to start our ticker today. Until late at night we will again provide you with pictures, information, and voices directly from the paddock in Florida.

Ruben Zimmermann will accompany you through the day here and for questions, suggestions, or complaints you can use our contact form. You can also find us on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Here is our live ticker from yesterday again for reading.

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