Kiwi driver Liam Lawson may be penalised after crashing out early in this morning's Miami Grand Prix.

Lawson was involved in a spectacular collision with Pierre Gasly on the eighth lap, flipping his car 360 degrees.

The crash came as a result of a sudden gearbox failure in Lawson's car, and the Racing Bulls driver said he later apologised to Gasly.

"It's destroying something, I can hear it," Lawson told Racing Bulls engineers over their team communications ahead of the incident.

"It's really bad in the gearbox. If I let go of the clutch, it's making terrible noises.…