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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen hit Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to return rod position for nan sprint title astatine nan Miami Grand Prix.
The Dutchman was 0.108 seconds quicker than Leclerc, pinch Red Bull’s Sergio Perez 3rd up of Daniel Ricciardo’s RB successful a astonishment 4th place.
McLaren’s Lando Norris appeared to miss an opportunity to compete pinch Verstappen for rod pinch a slow first assemblage of his last lap.
Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton could negociate only 11th and 12th places.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fifth, pinch McLaren’s Oscar Piastri heading nan Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso, Norris and Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Norris had been fastest successful some nan first and 2nd parts of qualifying and was quickest successful some nan 2nd and 3rd sectors of his last thigh successful nan past session, but 0.8secs disconnected nan gait successful nan first sector.
McLaren person a awesome upgrade connected their car, which Norris has each of and Piastri only astir half, truthful this appears to person been a missed opportunity for nan Briton.
Verstappen was amazed to beryllium connected pole, saying nan car had felt speedy successful title trim but not successful low-fuel specification.
The Dutchman said: “To beryllium honest, it felt really terrible. Maybe that past convention was conscionable incredibly difficult to get nan tyres to work. I didn’t really amended a batch connected nan soft but someway we were first.”
Mercedes besides person an upgrade - albeit not arsenic important arsenic McLaren’s - but it appeared to do small to amended their car’s pace.
Hamilton deed nan wall lightly connected his last tally successful nan 2nd convention but nan car simply lacked pace.
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