charles leclerc He has achieved his third pole of the season, in the Miami debut in Formula 1, and also with a memorable one-two for Ferrari. Carlos Sainz He will come out second, thus vindicating himself and confirming that Friday’s scare was left there.
With Max Verstappen fourth, Fernando Alonso disappointed in the qualifying session and will start this Sunday 11th. The session had one less participant because Esteban Ocon’s accident prevented him from riding in the classification. The Frenchman will come out last.
Q1: Fight between Red Bull and Ferrari
From the first moment it was seen that the fight was going to be a matter of four: the two Red Bulls and both Ferraris. Although the track improved markedly as the session progressed, these were one step ahead of the rest.
The track improved so much, it was much hotter than expected, that there were drivers who had to use a new set of extra soft tyres. Case of Lewis Hamilton either Fernando AlonsoFor example, they saved the furniture on their extra try.
Those eliminated were Kevin Magnussen (Your partner Mike Schumacher he did go to Q2, for the first time this year he will start ahead of the Dane), Guanyu Zhou, Alex Albon, Nicholas Latifi and the one that didn’t come out, Stephen Ocon.
Times Table Q1 Miami Grand Prix
Q2: Verstappen and Leclerc stand out
The performance of the Ferrari and the Red Bull was just as good in Q2 as in Q1, although the first swords took the reins. Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc They brought out the best of themselves in the first moments of this intermediate session and everything indicated that they were going to be the ones who would fight for pole afterwards.
The improvement of the track was difficult to manage for many. One of them was Fernando Alonso, who looked for his good lap right at the end… and fell short. He was missing 32 thousandths to pass the cut and dispute Q3.
Those eliminated were Fernando Alonso, George Russell, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Mick Schumacher.
Q2 Times Table Miami Grand Prix
Q3: Pole for Leclerc
Although sainz He tried and it seemed that he was going to achieve it, Leclerc it was too strong. The man from Madrid will start 2nd after setting a time that was only 5 thousandths faster than that of his great enemy for maintaining the position in Miami this Sunday, a Verstappen that if he hadn’t made a small mistake on his last lap he would have been, at the very least, 2nd.
However, the Red Bulls were not as brilliant as the Ferraris. For the first time this year there will be a red front row at a start.