The sun soaked South Florida setting of Miami Gardens will host Round 6 of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship season.
Although if you look at the weather forecast, the Miami International Autodrome Circuit might not be bathed in sunshine with rain forecast in the area over race weekend.
Flash back to the rain-drenched season opener in Melbourne and we could be in for a chaotic and unpredictable weekend of racing.
Will that be enough to break up the McLaren duopoly that has dominated the early running this season?
Probably not but let’s get into our best bets for the feature race.
Track Information
- Direction: Anti-Clockwise
- Lap Distance: 5.412km
- Total Laps: 57
- Race Distance: 308.326km
- Lap Record: 1:29.708 (Max Verstappen, 2023)
- 2024 Podium: Lando Norris (MCL) Max Verstappen (RBR), Charles Leclerc (FER)
- Most Event Wins: Max Verstappen (2022, 2023)
Race Winner
A power shift appears to have unfolded in the papaya garage with Aussie Oscar Piastri suddenly looking like the best driver on the team right now.
He has won three of the last five races and while Norris did take out the first event of the season, Piastri was right there with him for most of the race.
Want to bet Piastri has learned from his late-race spin out in Melbourne?
I certainly do.
Piastri to Win @ $2.50
Podium Finish
There was a new face on the podium in 2025 in Saudi Arabia, with Charles Leclerc becoming the fifth driver to register a top three finish this season.
It showed there were signs of life in one of the Ferrari cars and this bet now becomes essentially a five car race for three spots.
The market for this one is firmly favouring the McLaren duo and Max Verstappen, but there is value backing Leclerc and George Russell.
Leclerc has the better record at this track with two podium finishes from three starts and he is worth throwing in as a single bet plus a couple of SGM’s.
Charles Leclerc Podium Finish @ $2.40
SGM: Piastri, Norris, Leclerc Podium Finishes @ $6.33
SGM: Piastri, Verstappen, Leclerc Podium Finishes @ $9.93
Top 6 Finish
There are two angles to take for the top six market, the first is that the race will be unexpectedly dry and things will go exactly to plan.
In that case the best course of action is to back Kimi Antonelli who has four top six finishes already this season but is the same price as Lewis Hamilton who has just the one.
Or the rain will cause chaos like in Melbourne and there will be a long shot that salutes due in part to a litany of retirements, much to the surprise of everyone watching.
In Melbourne it was Alex Albon and Lance Stroll surging up to fifth and sixth place respectively in amongst the retirements.
Pierre Gasly looks like he might be the leading option in this market, with last year’s Sao Paolo Grand Prix a strong indicator of his wet weather driving, where he managed a third placed finish.
Kimi Antonelli Top 6 Finish @ $1.73
Pierre Gasly Top 6 Finish @ $5.00
Points Finish
Whether the race is wet or dry, Isack Hadjar is starting to find his footing at F1 level.
He has registered points in two of the last three races and is starting to settle into the V-CARB car and is worth a shot at over even money.
Isack Hadjar Points Finish @ $2.10
Same Game Multi
Oscar Piastri Win, Max Verstappen Podium, Yuki Tsunoda Points @ $6.37