The win from fourth on the grid was the Australian's third in a row, after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and fourth of the season. McLaren have so far been beaten only once.George Russell finished third for Mercedes but a mighty 37.644 seconds behind. "Two years ago at Miami we were the slowest team. I think we were lapped twice," said Piastri after another implacably flawless drive.

"Now to have won the Grand Prix by over 35 seconds to third is an unbelievable result."

Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen was fourth, overtaken by both McLarens and maintaining a sequence dating back to the race's debut in 2022 of the driver starting on pole position in Miami failing to win. Alex Albon was fifth for Williams, ahead of Kimi Antonelli in a Mercedes and the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

Carlos Sainz made it a double points finish for Williams in ninth and Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda was 10th despite a five second penalty.

--Reuters--