21:02
Colorful grid
The Leclerc crash, but also a very dense midfield ensure an enormously colorful grid today. Fernando Alonso starts the race in second place. Kevin Magnussen surprised in fourth and will start alongside Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, who was third in qualifying. Then follow Pierre Gasly in Alpine and George Russell. Everyone had managed to set good times in their first run. Leclerc follows in seventh place, alongside Esteban Ocon. Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas complete the top ten.
20:53
Pérez puts pressure on Verstappen
In the world championship, the two teammates at Red Bull are separated by just six points before the Grand Prix in Miami and after Sergio Pérez started the weekend weaker than Verstappen, the Mexican managed the decisive lap better in qualifying on Saturday and will start from pole today , which gives him a chance to take the championship lead. Verstappen was the big favorite all weekend, but struggled in Q3. Verstappen stopped the first lap after a mistake and put everything on the second run. But the Dutchman didn’t get the opportunity to correct the mistake. Charles Leclerc crashed at Turn 8 and caused red flags, with Verstappen only starting from ninth place, while Pérez starts from number one.