F1 Miami GP live commentary and updates - race

Piastri indeed stops, giving Verstappen the lead. Antonelli and Norris are fighting each other, which is good for the Red Bull - they need to work together a bit here.

Piastri is out behind Leclerc, but crucially ahead of Hamilton. 

Antonelli gets the move done on Verstappen at Turn 11, and retakes the lead. Norris then cruises past at Turn 17, Verstappen dives back past, and the McLaren thus opens the door for the switch back. Canny racing from Norris there - and he's now back up to second.

...and Antonelli's managed to get ahead of Norris with those warmer tyres - the undercut has worked out here! Verstappen is just ahead of this pair. 

Piastri will box now. 

Norris will stop now,  responding to Antonelli - Piastri picks up the lead.

Hamilton also pits for hards, and gets a slow stop...

Verstappen tries to shape for a move past Hamilton at Turn 11/12, holds off, and then lunges at Turn 17 instead.

Antonelli's pitting and picks up the hard tyre, whle Bearman also pits. Have we seen the worst of the rain?

Verstappen is catching Hamilton now, as the Ferrari is about a second off the pace with damage.

Reports of rain spots are now coming through. 

Russell is a lot less aggressive than Verstappen with this traffic, as Albon is still ahead - although he eventually passes at Turn 12.

Norris has lost time to Antonelli, with the Italian now 2.2s behind.

Bearman is told that there's a rain cell above the circuit now, but it's light for now.

"Possible rain in the next couple of laps, should affect Turns 7 and 8. Could get heavy," Piastri is told.

Russell and Leclerc have now dispatched the Haas pair, and Albon's next on their hit list.

"Next time you make a decision, please speak with me as well; I am also here," Leclerc says, still annoyed by the stop timing.

Leclerc had a slightly slow stop, with a sticky right-hand front wheel, which might have cost him that place.

"Why did we stop, when is the rain?" Leclerc asks. He's got to carve through the Haas and Williams drivers, as Russell also contends with the traffic.

Piastri is still stalking Leclerc and aiming for third - and Leclerc will stop to respond to Russell. This frees up the McLaren driver, as Leclerc takes the hard tyre.

Russell gets the undercut on the Ferrari!

Speaking of Verstappen, he's now chasing down Colapinto for seventh. The Alpine driver might fall prey to him quite quickly - indeed, he doesn't really fight that one.

Russell pits for the hard tyre.

Verstappen's pit exit line-crossing moment is going to be investigated after the race for some reason.

"We expect a shower in two to three laps and we want to survive it," Perez is told. It is getting noticeably greyer in the sky now.

Norris is told that rain will emerge on the 40th lap, and McLaren plans to extend. He's 2.6s up on Antonelli. Leclerc is 3.9s behind the Mercedes driver.

Verstappen now moves past Sainz for eighth into Turn 1. 

Ah, that's where Piastri passed Leclerc out of Turn 8/9 - the Ferrari went off briefly. It's as you were, though: Norris, Antonelli, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, and Hamilton in the top six.

...but Verstappen repasses Albon for ninth. Albon himself has been noted for a yellow flag infringement.

Piastri is now fighting with Leclerc; the Australian had briefly got past, but Leclerc breezes back past on the run to Turn 11.

Verstappen is up into the top 10, and now has the Williams pair ahead of him once more. He's been noted for crossing the pit exit line, however.

He bundles past Albon, but Albon fights him back for ninth...

Norris is now 1.5s up on Antonelli, while the Italian is just under a second ahead of the Ferrari. Piastri is now into this battle.

Verstappen clears Ocon, and now has Bearman in front of him...but not for long, as the Red Bull gets past at Turn 17.

Antonelli gets past Leclerc now at Turn 12, who is trying to make amends.

Verstappen has indeed cleared Perez and Lindblad, and is now on the tail of Ocon's Haas. 

Antonelli squeezes past Leclerc into Turn 17, but Leclerc retakes the place down the start-finish straight! This has given Norris some breathing space now.

Russell complains he's in the wrong strat mode.

Verstappen clears Bortoleto for 14th, and will pick off Perez and Lindblad next.

Norris sets the fastest lap, as he tries to close Leclerc down for the lead. Piastri is 1.4s behind this front trio of Leclerc, Norris, and Antonelli...

...and Norris then bolts past into Turn 11 and takes the lead! We have another new leader!

Leclerc holds over Norris, while Piastri passes Russell for fourth! Hamilton is now attacking, although Colapinto is looking to buy into this. 

The Williams pair is also keeping touch, as are the Haases.

"Super dangerous by Russell," Piastri complains.

Hadjar's stricken Red Bull

Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing

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"We have a cell of rain 20 minutes away," Pierre Hamelin tells Arvid Lindblad. "We'll keep an eye on it."

Verstappen, Bottas, and Hulkenberg have stopped - but Hulkenberg also appears to have retired. 

"He thinks he can do whatever he wants because he's racing the midfield," Sainz said in response to his own being passed by Verstappen.

Hadjar, meanwhile, clipped the inside wall at the chicane which led to his crash and crashout. 

Lawson looks as though he's retired from this race. Clean-up crew is on-track.

So, replay of Verstappen at the start: he locks up, Leclerc's there, and Verstappen just guns the throttle. "Sorry guys," he says - no racing drivers' excuses there.

Norris had been trying to get up the inside off the line, but Verstappen chopped him off a little bit.

Let's breathe. Leclerc is leading from Norris, Antonelli, Russell, Piastri, Hamilton, and Colapinto.

Verstappen is pitting for the hards, hoping to benefit from the cheap stop.

Gasly was trying to pass Lawson on the outside, and the Racing Bulls driver locked up - and Gasly actually rolls over there.

Hadjar is ab. So. Lutely. FURIOUS. After punching the living daylights out of his steering wheel, the Red Bull driver is out of his car.

Gasly's had contact with Lawson at Turn 17. 

Antonelli holds the lead into Turn 1, although Leclerc is keeping touch. "Let them yo-yo," Norris is told - and Leclerc does pass Antonelli into Turn 12.

Albon clears Lawson for ninth, and Gasly is now attempting to clear the Kiwi for 10th.

Verstappen charges past Colapinto...but Hadjar's into the wall! Norris passes Antonelli! Colapinto is back past Verstappen! Everything is happening! 

Leclerc is holding the lead so far, and Norris keeps a vigil on the front pair. Antonelli has a look into Turn 11, but Leclerc keeps it for now...before Antonelli throws the car down the inside at Turn 17.

Hamilton does have damage, as the incident with Colapinto is waved off as a racing incident. Which I think is fair.

Russell passes Piastri for fourth into Turn 1, while Leclerc tries to build a second over Antonelli - but instead, the Italian is getting closer. Norris is with this pair too. 

Lawson now has Albon and Gasly for company after letting Verstappen through. The Dutchman, meanwhile, is chasing down Colapinto.

Hulkenberg pits for a new front wing.

Leclerc leads, while Lawson's got up to eighth....but he's let Verstappen through. Some really aggressive racing between Verstappen and the Williams pair earlier on.

Antonelli cruises to his grid slot on pole, which he's pretty used to these days. Verstappen will try to get the holeshot and cover him off on the outside...

Formation lap begins

The field departs for their warm up lap from the grid. Antonelli doing a little practice start there, and the initial phase of the getaway was swift this time. Can he keep hold of that for the real thing? Verstappen is slower away, taking it a bit more easy...

Actually, Pirelli says Hadjar opens the race on the hard tyre - so the data isn't quite right.

Tyre info

We should be getting the tyre info pretty soon - how on earth do you play this? Surely the only way is "assume normal conditions and respond accordingly".

As I write this, we have it. Tons of strategic variance - tons of it...

...everyone starts on mediums.