{"id":33693,"date":"2026-05-04T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33693"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:04:53","slug":"antonelli-wins-miami-gp-extends-championship-lead","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/antonelli-wins-miami-gp-extends-championship-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonelli wins Miami GP, extends championship lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Mercedes Formula One driver Kimi Antonelli converted his pole position into victory at the Miami Grand Prix in the United States.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\nReigning champion Lando Norris brought his resurgent McLaren home second after winning the sprint race on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Norris\u2019 teammate Oscar Piastri completed the podium.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Antonelli has made it three wins in a row, achieving the same in pole positions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>No other team besides Mercedes have won a full grand prix this season, with Antonelli\u2019s teammate George Russell winning the season opener.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Russell came in fourth with Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen crossing the line in fifth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc came in sixth, losing several positions right at the end of the race, with teammate Lewis Hamilton ending seventh.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32956,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33693","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Reigning champion Lando Norris brought his resurgent McLaren home second after winning the sprint race on Saturday.","published_date":"","news_description":"Reigning champion Lando Norris brought his resurgent McLaren home second after winning the sprint race on Saturday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33694,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33693\/revisions\/33694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}