Isack Hadjar disqualified from Miami Grand Prix Qualifying

The Frenchman had initially qualified ninth for Sunday's race but was later disqualified due to the floorboards on his RB22 being in breach of the technical regulations.

Red Bull Racing issued a statement saying: "Isack will start today’s race from the back of the grid, as he was disqualified from Qualifying when it was found that a small section of the left and right-hand sides of the floorboard on his car were protruding out of the reference volume."

Red Bull Racing Team Principal and CEO Laurent Mekies admitted that a mistake was done, insisting it was an honest one with no ill will from the team.

He commented: “We made a mistake, and we respect the decision of the Stewards. No performance advantage was intended nor gained from this error.

"We will learn from this incident and assess our processes to understand how it occurred and to take steps to ensure it cannot happen again.

"As a team, we apologize to Isack and to our fans and partners. We learned the hard way today, but we will move forward.

"Now our focus is on converting yesterday’s encouraging showing into a strong race performance this afternoon," Mekies concluded.

The stewards have granted Hadjar the right to start the race despite being disqualified from Qualifying based on the times he set in practice.

Max Verstappen, Hadjar's teammate, will start the race from second place on the grid alongside polesitter Kimi Antonelli.

The 2026 Miami Grand Prix will start three hours earlier than expected, at 13:00 local time after a joint decision by stakeholders in order to avoid the forecasted thunderstorms that were expected during the original time of the race taking place. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)