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2023 F1 Miami Grand Prix session timings and preview

F1 will be making its second visit to the Miami International Autodrome on May 5-7 following a successful maiden race at the Florida-based venue last year.

The 2022 race was won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who was joined on the podium by Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Red Bull is again favourite for victory in this year's race, having been unbeaten so far in 2023.

2023 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix session timings in different timezones

Session

GMT

BST

CEST

ET

PT

AEST

JST

IST

FP1

18:00

19:00

20:00

14:00

11:00

04:00¹

03:00¹

23:30

FP2

21:30

22:30

23:30

17:30

14:30

07:30¹

06:30¹

03:30¹

FP3

16:30

17:30

18:30

12:30

09:30

02:30¹

01:30¹

22:00

Q

20:00

21:00

22:00

16:00

13:00

06:00¹

05:00¹

01:30¹

Race 

19:30

20:30

21:30

15:30

12:30

05:30¹

04:30¹

01:00¹

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in the UK/Portugal 

Friday 5th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 19:00 - 20:00 BST
  • Free Practice 2: 22:30 - 23:30 BST

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 17:30 - 18:30 BST
  • Qualifying: 21:00 - 22:00 BST

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Race: 20:30 BST

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in Europe

Friday 5th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 20:00 - 21:00 CEST
  • Free Practice 2: 23:30 - 00:30 CEST

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 18:30 - 19:30 CEST
  • Qualifying: 22:00 - 23:00 CEST

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Race: 21:30 CEST

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in the US 

Friday 5th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 14:00 - 15:00 ET / 11:00 - 12:00 PT
  • Free Practice 2: 17:30 -18:30 ET / 14:30 - 15:30 PT

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 12:30 - 13:30 ET / 09:30 - 10:30 PT
  • Qualifying: 16:00 - 17:00 ET / 13:00 - 14:00 PT 

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Race: 15:30 ET / 12:30 PT

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in Australia

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 04:00 - 05:00 AEST
  • Free Practice 2: 07:30 - 08:30 AEST

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 02:30 - 03:30 AEST
  • Qualifying: 06:00 - 07:00 AEST

Monday 8th May 2023

  • Race: 05:30 AEST

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in Japan

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 03:00 - 04:00 JST
  • Free Practice 2: 06:30 - 07:30 JST 

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 01:30 - 02:30 JST
  • Qualifying: 05:00 - 06:00 JST

Monday 8th May 2023

  • Race: 04:30 JST

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in Africa

Friday 5th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 20:00 - 21:00 SAT / 21:00 - 22:00 EAT
  • Free Practice 2: 23:30 - 00:30 SAT 

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 2: 00:30 - 01:30 EAT 
  • Free Practice 3: 18:30 - 19:30 SAT / 19:30 - 20:30 EAT
  • Qualifying: 22:00 - 23:00 SAT / 23:00 - 00:00 EAT

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Race: 21:30 SAT / 22:30 EAT

2023 Formula 1 Miami GP session timings in India

Friday 5th May 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 23:30 - 00:30 IST

Saturday 6th May 2023

  • Free Practice 2: 03:30 - 04:30 IST 
  • Free Practice 3: 22:00 - 23:00 IST

Sunday 7th May 2023

  • Qualifying: 01:30 - 02:30

Monday 8th May 2023

  • Race: 01:00 IST

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the Formula 1 schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

Pirelli tyre allocation for the Miami Grand Prix

Pirelli has nominated C2 (hard), C3 (medium) and C4 (soft) tyres for the Miami GP, which is the same tyre allocation as used in Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Miami GP - FP1 results:

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap
1 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1'30.125  
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'30.337 0.212
3 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'30.449 0.324
4 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'30.549 0.424
5 Spain Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'30.724 0.599
6 France Pierre Gasly Alpine 1'31.104 0.979
7 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1'31.231 1.106
8 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'31.337 1.212
9 Germany Nico Hulkenberg Haas 1'31.392 1.267
10 France Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'31.542 1.417
11 Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'31.566 1.441
12 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren 1'31.810 1.685
13 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'31.853 1.728
14 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'31.902 1.777
15 Thailand Alex Albon Williams 1'31.903 1.778
16 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren 1'31.997 1.872
17 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1'32.134 2.009
18 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'32.169 2.044
19 United States Logan Sargeant Williams 1'32.619 2.494
20 Netherlands Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri 1'34.637 4.512

Miami GP - FP2 results:

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'27.930  
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'28.315 0.385
3 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'28.398 0.468
4 Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'28.419 0.489
5 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1'28.660 0.730
6 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren 1'28.741 0.811
7 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'28.858 0.928
8 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'28.930 1.000
9 France Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'28.937 1.007
10 Thailand Alex Albon Williams 1'29.046 1.116
11 France Pierre Gasly Alpine 1'29.098 1.168
12 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'29.171 1.241
13 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1'29.181 1.251
14 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'29.189 1.259
15 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1'29.216 1.286
16 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren 1'29.339 1.409
17 Germany Nico Hulkenberg Haas 1'29.393 1.463
18 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'29.613 1.683
19 Netherlands Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri 1'29.928 1.998
20 United States Logan Sargeant Williams 1'30.038 2.108
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