Bearman crash, Piastri fastest: F1's Miami GP sole practice session

Formula 1’s first and only practice session at the Miami Grand Prix was prematurely ended by a crash for Haas driver Ollie Bearman.

Bearman went deep into Turn 11, ran wide over the kerb and had a slow spin into the wall at Turn 12.

That came with only five minutes of the 60-minute FP1 session remaining - the only practice session before sprint qualifying on Friday afternoon.

That red flagged the session and interrupted a late flurry of soft tyre runs with the session not resumed before the clock clicked down to zero.

Of those who were able to complete their soft tyre runs McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was fastest with a 1m27.128s, over three tenths quicker than Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.

Max Verstappen, who missed Miami media day on Thursday as partner Kelly Piquet gave birth to their daughter Lily, was third quickest for Red Bull, four tenths slower than Piastri.

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The Williams duo of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon were fourth and fifth ahead of the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar.

On mediums Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli led a one-two before the soft tyre running commenced. Their best medium efforts left them seventh and ninth at the flag with a soft-tyre shod Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda splitting them.

Fernando Alonso rounded out the top 10 for Aston Martin, with Liam Lawson 11th for Racing Bulls.

Lando Norris was among those who failed to get a lap in on the soft tyres - he was in the middle of a soft tyre flier when Bearman crashed - and ended up 12th.

Norris will be involved in two post-session stewards investigations.

The first is for his McLaren team releasing his car in an unsafe condition at the start of FP1, with a torch seemingly having been left in the car during his first trip out of the garage.

The second will be centred on whether Esteban Ocon’s Haas impeded Norris, with the duo almost coming to blows into Turn 17.

Results

1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 1m27.128s
2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), +0.356s
3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull), +0.430s
4 Carlos Sainz (Williams), +0.550s
5 Alex Albon (Williams), +0.827s
6 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), +0.840s
7 George Russell (Mercedes), +0.930s
8 Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull), +1.027s
9 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), +1.099s
10 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), +1.115s
11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), +1.246s
12 Lando Norris (McLaren), +1.263s
13 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), +1.428s
14 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber), +1.445s
15 Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber), +1.643s
16 Ollie Bearman (Haas), +1.868s
17 Pierre Gasly (Alpine), 1.956s
18 Esteban Ocon (Haas), +2.051s
19 Jack Doohan (Alpine), +2.229s
20 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), +2.234s