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This will be the fifth edition of the Miami Grand Prix. The street circuit has only been on the calendar since 2022. Together with Austin and Las Vegas, it is one of three races currently held in the United States.

For the third year in a row, the Miami weekend will also feature a Sprint race.

Because there has been a five-week break since the last race, technical regulation changes have been introduced, and this is a Sprint weekend, the first practice session will be extended by half an hour.

The Japanese Grand Prix has been held at Suzuka since 1987. Ten years earlier, two races were held at Fuji, and in the 2000s the race returned there twice more. Covid caused the 2020 and 2021 race weekends to be cancelled, which means this will now be the 36th Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

China has been part of the Formula 1 calendar since 2004. Since then, 18 Grands Prix have been held at the Shanghai International Circuit. Fernando Alonso has started no fewer than 17 of them, while Lewis Hamilton has taken part in 15.

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The Australian Grand Prix has been held at the Melbourne circuit for 30 years. In that time, the race has taken place 28 times.

The 2020 race weekend was cancelled just hours before first practice, as the Covid pandemic was beginning to spread worldwide. The following year, Covid once again forced the cancellation of the race. Of the 28 Grands Prix held in Melbourne, 24 served as the opening round of the Formula 1 season.

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Canada has been part of the Formula 1 calendar since 1967, and since 1978 the race has been held on the circuit on Île Notre-Dame. One month after the death of Canada’s most famous racing driver, Gilles Villeneuve, in 1982, the circuit was named in his honour.

In half of the 44 races, the Grand Prix was won by the driver who started from pole position. In recent years, more than 80% of the races have featured at least one Safety Car period.

This weekend will once again include a Sprint Race. For Canada, it will be the first time.

Monaco was already part of the very first Formula 1 calendar in 1950. That makes it, together with names such as Silverstone, Monza and Spa, one of the true classics.

At 260.286 km, the race is shorter than the usual minimum Grand Prix distance of 305 km. That is because Monaco is exceptionally slow, and a full-distance race would otherwise take too long. The drivers complete 78 laps, more than at any other circuit.

Monaco is the Grand Prix where qualifying matters more than anywhere else. Overtaking is extremely difficult; according to F1, there were only 17 overtakes in 2024. The distance from pole position to the first braking zone is also just 142 metres.

Last year, Lando Norris won the race from pole position, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. It was his first victory in Monaco and McLaren’s first Monaco win since 2008.

The much-discussed mandatory two pit stops introduced for Monaco in 2025 have been dropped again for 2026. That will likely make strategy a little more traditional again, while also increasing the chance that qualifying will once more prove decisive.

McLaren celebrates the 1,000th Grand Prix in its history here. Sixty years ago in Monaco, founder Bruce McLaren made his first start in a car built by his own team. That first Grand Prix ended after just nine laps, but 60 years later McLaren’s record includes 10 Constructors’ titles, 13 Drivers’ titles, 203 victories, 177 pole positions, 185 fastest laps and 7,889.5 points.

The street circuit is located around the Hard Rock Stadium and is 5.41 km long. It features 19 corners, three long straights, and top speeds of around 320 km/h.

The fastest race lap at this circuit was set in 2023 by Max Verstappen. Driving his Red Bull, he recorded a lap time of 1:29.708.

The fastest race lap at this circuit was set last year by Kimi Antonelli. Driving his Mercedes, he recorded a lap time of 1:30.965.

The fastest race lap at this circuit still dates back to the very first Chinese Grand Prix. In 2004, Michael Schumacher set a time of 1:32.238 in his Ferrari.

The fastest race lap at this circuit was set two years ago by Charles Leclerc. Driving for Ferrari, he recorded a lap time of 1:19.813.

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The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a typical stop-and-go circuit: heavy braking, rapid acceleration, and braking again. With fourteen corners and several long straights, the circuit puts a heavy load on the brakes.

The circuit is famous for the ‘Wall of Champions’, the wall at the exit onto the final straight. In 1999, three world champions crashed there: Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve. In later years, world champions Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel also ended up in that same wall.

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The Circuit de Monaco is only 3.337 km long, but features 19 corners. Almost every metre is lined by walls, barriers or kerbs; even the smallest mistake can immediately result in damage.

The famous hairpin is the slowest corner of the season. According to Reuters, it is taken at around 45 km/h, exceptionally slow for a Formula 1 car.

Monaco has relatively many braking points: Brembo lists 15 braking zones per lap. Even so, the circuit is not extremely demanding on the brakes, as many of the braking events take place at low speed.

The official race lap record is 1:12.909, set by Lewis Hamilton in 2021. Last year, Lando Norris set the fastest Monaco lap ever in qualifying: 1:09.954. Because Monaco evolves so much through grip build-up and traffic, the differences between practice, qualifying and the race are often particularly striking.

The driver starting from pole position has never won here. Max Verstappen won the first two Miami Grands Prix, and then started from pole in the following two editions. So far however, no driver has managed to take both pole position and victory in the same Miami Grand Prix.

Bottas will start his 250th Grand Prix. It is his 251st race weekend, but in Australia 2015 he did not start because of a back injury sustained during qualifying.

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Of those races, six were won by Michael Schumacher, four by Lewis Hamilton, and the most recent four by Max Verstappen. Just over half of the races were won from pole position: 19 out of 36. Max Verstappen won all of his Suzuka races from first place on the grid. Another interesting fact is that only five drivers have won here without ever becoming Formula 1 World Champion.

Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver in China. He holds the record for most pole positions at the circuit, with six, and also has the most victories, with six wins. On four occasions, Hamilton converted pole position into victory. Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg have each won the Chinese Grand Prix twice. All other winners, including Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, have won the race only once.

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The last five Australian Grands Prix have produced five different winners. Looking at the last ten races in Melbourne, four were won by the driver who would go on to become World Champion that same year. Michael Schumacher has won the race four times. Lewis Hamilton has taken eight pole positions in Melbourne, but converted only two of them into victory. Max Verstappen has won here once.

Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton both started from pole position here six times. They also both won seven times in Canada. Third on that list is Max Verstappen, who has won here three times so far.

Ayrton Senna remains the undisputed king of Monaco. He won here six times, more than any other driver. Between 1989 and 1993, he won the race five years in a row.

Graham Hill won the race five times in the 1960s, earning himself the title ‘Mr. Monaco’. Michael Schumacher also took five victories here.

Senna also holds the record for the most pole positions in Monaco: five. It underlines just how decisive pure one-lap speed has always been in Monte Carlo.

Charles Leclerc made history in 2024 by winning his home race as a Monegasque driver. Only Louis Chiron had done so before, in 1931 — long before the official Formula 1 World Championship even existed.

Miami does not yet have a long Formula 1 history, but the organizers are doing everything they can to give fans an “unparalleled experience” throughout the entire weekend.

The event features concerts with more than 20 artists, as well as a strong focus on fine dining at more than 60 locations across the city. Last year, the organizers received the “Promoter of the Year” award — and in true American style, the event only seems to get bigger every year.

A sad fact is that this was the circuit where the most recent fatal accident involving a Formula 1 driver occurred during a race weekend. In 2014, Jules Bianchi went off on a wet track and crashed into the recovery vehicle that was removing Adrian Sutil’s car. The Frenchman fell into a coma and passed away nine months later. At that point, it had been 20 years since the previous Formula 1 driver had died as a result of a Grand Prix weekend accident: Ayrton Senna.

Sergio Pérez also has an impressive record in China. He finished all ten of his appearances at the circuit. In his most recent start there, in 2024, he finished on the podium as a Red Bull driver.

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One of the most historic races in Australia was in 1994, when Michael Schumacher claimed his first World Championship by “closing the door” on Damon Hill with his damaged car as Hill tried to take the lead on the inside. Both drivers were forced to retire, which secured the title for Schumacher. Had Hill waited just a little longer, he would have seen that Schumacher had damaged his car only moments earlier and was likely to retire anyway.

Several races in Canada are truly memorable. One example is the race in which the ‘Wall of Champions’ earned its name, but the 2011 edition is also one that many fans will remember. Due to persistent heavy rain, the race was stopped several times. Only after more than four hours did Jenson Button cross the finish line as the winner.

Last year, Lando Norris caused a stir when, within sight of the finish, he made a mistake while trying to overtake his teammate and crashed.

Over 75 years of Formula 1, Monaco has produced a remarkable number of legendary races. Not because there is usually a lot of overtaking, but precisely because mistakes, rain, bad luck and strategy are punished more severely here than anywhere else.

In 1950, the first Formula 1 race in Monaco was remarkable straight away. A wave from the harbour is said to have washed water onto the track at Tabac, causing a large part of the field to crash on the opening lap. Juan Manuel Fangio stayed out of trouble and went on to win convincingly.

In 1984, Ayrton Senna truly announced himself. In a heavily rain-affected race, he charged through the field in his Toleman, normally far from a winning car. The race was stopped early, handing victory to Alain Prost, but Senna’s second place felt like the birth of a Monaco legend.

In 1996, Olivier Panis won from fourteenth on the grid — still one of the biggest surprises in Monaco history. Rain, crashes and technical problems meant that only a handful of cars were still running at the finish. It remained Panis’ only Grand Prix victory.

The 2008 edition was another wet and unpredictable race. Lewis Hamilton hit the barriers early on and suffered a puncture, but then benefited from timing, safety cars and strategy. He eventually won his first Monaco Grand Prix.