Overview
- Following Thursday’s notice, the FIA lengthened Miami’s sole Friday practice from 60 to 90 minutes and shifted all pre‑FP1 track activity 30 minutes earlier.
- The Miami Grand Prix runs May 1–3 as a Sprint weekend, which provides only one practice session before qualifying.
- Rule tweaks take effect in Miami that simplify energy use: qualifying recovery is capped at 7 MJ, maximum regeneration (“superclipping”) rises to 350 kW, race‑time boost and MGU‑K output face new limits, and a start assist mode adds energy for cars that launch slowly.
- Teams arrive with upgrades after the break, including Ferrari and McLaren packages, a lighter Williams with revised procedures, and Aston Martin–Honda efforts in Sakura to tackle reliability and performance shortfalls.
- Drivers expect the longer session to speed up learning of the revised battery deployment, with Carlos Sainz welcoming the FIA’s quick response to feedback.