Gabriel Bortoleto stands in the Audi Revolut F1® Team garage wearing his special Miami edition helmet and race suit while pulling on a glove beside team members.

01 MAI 2026

GP von Miami 2026: Enges Mittelfeld, klare Richtung

Audi Revolut F1® Team steigert sich nach schwierigem Training und rückt im Sprint Qualifying näher an das Mittelfeld – SQ3 bleibt knapp außer Reichweite.

Stabilität als Grundlage

Der Freitag begann mit einer instabilen Basis. Hohe Temperaturen erschwerten die Balance und limitierten die Vorbereitung in der einzigen Trainingssession. Die Reaktion folgte direkt. Das Team passte das Set-up gezielt an und stabilisierte den Rennwagen für das Sprint Qualifying. Beide Fahrzeuge rückten näher ins enge Mittelfeld, verpassten SQ3 jedoch knapp. Die Abstände blieben minimal. Wenige Details entschieden über mehrere Positionen. Für das Sprintrennen zählt saubere Umsetzung. Audi Revolut F1® Team geht mit verbessertem Verständnis in den Samstag und dem Ziel, Positionen gutzumachen und die Grundlage für den weiteren Verlauf des Wochenendes zu festigen.

“It was a good recovery after a not ideal FP session, and overall, a very tight qualifying."

"Both drivers missed out on SQ3 by just a couple of hundredths of a second, which shows how fine the margins are. We came into the session knowing that if everything came together, we could be in that fight, and ultimately,
we were right on the edge of it. "

Portrait of Alan McNish, director of the Audi Revolut F1® Academy Driver Development Programme

Allan McNish

"While it’s frustrating to miss out by such small differences, it also highlights how competitive the field is and where we need to focus to make the next step. On the positive side, the feedback from both drivers on the balance of the car was encouraging and we’re in a reasonable position heading into tomorrow. There’s still a lot up for grabs.”

"Coming into the weekend, expectations were fairly open, but overall, it was a decent session for us."

"It wasn’t perfect, but I think we extracted what was there today. There’s still a lot of racing to be done. Our race pace has looked quite solid recently, so the focus now is on putting everything together when it counts. Conditions here will be a factor, especially with the heat, so it should be an interesting one.”

Nico Hulkenberg stands outdoors in the Audi Revolut F1® Team Miami race suit and dark ic! berlin sunglasses, with tall palm trees rising behind him.

"Obviously, I’m a bit disappointed not to make it through to SQ3, it was close and I felt like we had the potential today."

"The lap itself wasn’t too bad, but there were a few small things here and there that could have gone better. At the same time, I'm happy because we had a couple of challenges in FP and we lost half an hour, so happy to go to Sprint Qualifying and still be able to progress. It felt like the car did a good step."