Miami Grand Prix: Sprint Weekend, Main Qualifying and Race Times

The sixth race of the season will be littered with stardust as F1 heads to Florida for the Miami Grand Prix from May 3-5.

The race weekend will be filled with the rich and famous as Max Verstappen aims to continue his dominant start to 2024.

The world champions won in China last time out and now have four wins in five matches this season.

The Miami Grand Prix will also be Verstappen's second sprint race of the year, following his first win in Shanghai last month.

Last year's Miami Grand Prix was a great event for celebrity spotters, including Hollywood star Tom Cruise, singer Shakira, SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk.

Before the race, rapper and actor LL Cool J introduced F1 drivers like boxers before a big match.

Verstappen won last year's race and will be expected to win again this year.

There will be live radio commentary for the Miami Grand Prix on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (BBC Radio 5 Live for Sunday's race) and BBC Sounds, as well as the BBC Sport website and app.

You can also listen to and download the Checkered Flag podcast, which previews and reviews every race of the season, and the podcast F1: Back at Base, which takes you behind the scenes at Mercedes and Williams, via BBC Sounds.

Miami Grand Prix (all times BST)

May 5th (Friday): First practice 17:30-18:30, sprint qualifying 21:30-22:14

May 6th (Sat) Sprint race 17:00-18:00, Qualifying 21:00-22:00

May 7th (Sun): Race 21:00

The first of this season's six sprint weekends was held in China last month, and the format is slightly different from last year's event.

Qualifying for the shorter sprint race will be held on Friday rather than Saturday, after the weekend's only practice session.

The first track action will then be a 100km sprint on Saturday, followed by regular Grand Prix qualifying later in the day.

Sunday's race remains unchanged.

After Miami, sprint races will also be held in Austria, Austin, Brazil and Qatar.