AGI – After pole and victory in the Sprint Race, Max Verstappen achieved the second pole position of the Miami Grand Prix weekend. The Red Bull driver confirms himself as the fastest on the track and tomorrow he will start again in front of everyone. In the front row alongside him there will once again be Charles Leclerc with Ferrari, who suffers just over a tenth of a delay from the Dutchman. Third time for the other Red team of Carlos Sainz, followed by the Red Bull of Sergio Perez. Third row is all McLaren with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while the fourth row is all Mercedes with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
This is the starting grid for the Miami Grand Prix: 1 Verstappen, 2 Leclerc, 3 Sainz, 4 Perez, 5 Norris, 6 Piastri, 7 Russell, 8 Hamilton, 9 Hulkenberg, 10 Tsunoda, 11 Stroll, 12 Gasly, 13 Ocon, 14 Albon, 15 Alonso, 16 Bottas, 17 Sargeant, 18 Ricciardo, 19 Magnussen, 20 Zhou.
“We have improved the car, but I don’t know why I find it difficult to be consistent on the flying lap here. It wasn’t the best lap of my career, but the important thing was to get pole position. We hope to be able to confirm ourselves tomorrow too, I will try to start better than in the Sprint and make everything go in the right direction.” This is Max Verstappen’s comment after the pole position achieved for the Miami Grand Prix. Behind the Dutchman’s Red Bull will be the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz: “We were at the limit and very close to Verstappen, it’s a shame we lost something in the third sector – comments the Monegasque – We showed we have a good pace and I hope that tomorrow we can put a little more pressure up front. The important thing will be to start well and stay in the drs area, otherwise it will be difficult to recover.” Then the Spaniard’s thoughts: “Better than the Sprint qualifying, a shame about this morning because I wasn’t able to overtake Ricciardo but the pace was there. Here it is impossible to do the perfect lap, there are points where you slip, others where the wind affects, in short it is difficult to find a perfect balance”.
