McLaren's Piastri fastest in Miami practiceImage source, ReutersImage caption, Oscar Piastri leads the drivers' championship after winning three of the five races so far this seasonAndrew BensonF1 Correspondent in MiamiPublished12 minutes ago14 CommentsMiami Grand PrixVenue: Miami International Autodrome Dates: 2-4 May Race start: 21:00 BST on SundayCoverage: Live commentary of practice and qualifying online and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra; race on BBC Radio 5 Live and live text updates on BBC Sport website and appMcLaren's Oscar Piastri set the pace in practice at the Miami Grand Prix as a crash for Briton Oliver Bearman ended the session early.Piastri was 0.356 seconds quicker than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in second place with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third as the teams prepared for sprint qualifying later on Friday.Bearman lost control at Turns 11 and 12, spinning his Haas into the wall four minutes before the end of the session.That prevented the second McLaren driver Lando Norris from doing a lap on the soft tyres, and he ended up 12th as a result.Williams drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon were fourth and fifth, ahead of Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar.Mercedes driver George Russell, who had led the times until the soft-tyre runs started, was another to miss out on a faster lap as a result of Bearman's crash and slipped down to seventh place.Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda was eighth, ahead of Russell's team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.Lewis Hamilton, another not to run on the soft tyres at the end of the session, was down in 13th.Verstappen is driving after his partner Kelly Piquet gave birth to their first child, daughter Lily. The world champion missed Thursday's media day.Miami is the first sprint event of the season, and the circuit marked it by announcing a new contract that will keep the race on the calendar until 2041.Sprint qualifying starts at 21:30 BST.This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Five things to watch at Miami Grand PrixRelated topicsFormula 1More on this storyHow to follow Miami Grand Prix on the BBCPublished1 day agoWhat is the format for F1 sprint races in 2025?Published4 days agoNorris 'not worried at all' about title challengePublished21 hours agoRussell wants 'action' from FIA on swearing banPublished22 hours ago