For the first time in the 2026 Formula 1 season there's a non-Mercedes polesitter - as McLaren's reigning world champion Lando Norris beat Kimi Antonelli to pole for the Miami Grand Prix sprint.

All 22 cars did take part in the session, although Lance Stroll did not set a time in SQ1.

He stopped on track abruptly after a lock-up approaching the hairpin and did not return to the track once he had recovered to the pits.

Team-mate Fernando Alonso had a laptime deleted for exceeding track limits, although he would still have been slowest of the drivers to set a time with that effort.

Sprint qualifying times

1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m27.869s
2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 1m28.091s
3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1m28.108s
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m28.239s
5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m28.461s
6 George Russell (Mercedes) 1m28.493s
7 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1m28.618s
8 Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 1m29.320s
9 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 1m29.422s
10 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1m29.474s
Out in SQ2
11 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 1m29.994s
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) 1m30.019s
13 Ollie Bearman (Haas) 1m30.116s
14 Alex Albon (Williams) 1m30.216s
15 Carlos Sainz (Williams) 1m30.224s
16 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 1m30.573s
Out in SQ1
17 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 1m31.043s
18 Esteban Ocon (Haas) 1m31.245s
19 Sergio Perez (Cadillac) 1m31.255s
20 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) 1m31.826s
21 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1m41.311s
22 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) no time