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The main hope for the chasing group is for Verstappen to crash at turn one at a track where it is incredibly difficult to overtake. We’ll see how this plays out very soon: the pilots are nearing the end of their formation tour.
The first 14 on the starting grid – with the exception of Lewis Hamilton – are all on medium tyres. It should be a one-stop race, with those drivers switching to hards later.
Just a reminder that Max Verstappen has never lost in Miami. It’s like he needs help.
Cameras flash to a mural of Ayrton Senna, who died 30 years ago this week. Here’s a tribute to the man and his legacy from our very own Giles Richards:
We’ve posted this before, but we remind you once again about the starting grid:
1 Max Verstappen (Sun) Red Bull 1 min 27.241 sec, 2 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:27.382, 3 Carlos Sainz Jr (Spa) Ferrari 1:27.455, 4 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Red Bull 1:27.460, 5 Lando Norris (Great Britain) McLaren 1:27.594, 6 Oscar Piastri (Australia) McLaren 1:27.675, 7 George Russell (Great Britain) Mercedes GP 1:28.067, 8 Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) Mercedes GP 1:28.107, 9 Nico Hulkenberg ( Germany) Haas F1 1:28.146, 10 Yuki Tsunoda (Japan) RB 1:28.192, 11 Lance Stroll (Can) Aston Martin 1:28.222, 12 Pierre Gasly (France) Alpine 1:28.324, 13 Esteban Ocon (France) Alpine 1 :28.371 , 14 Alexander Albon (Ta) Williams 1:28.413, 15 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Aston Martin 1:28.427, 16 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Kick Sauber 1:28.463, 17 Logan Sargent (USA) Williams 1:28.487, 18 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) RB 1:28.617, 19 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:28.619, 20 Guanyu Zhou (Chn) Kick Sauber 1:28.824.
Daniel Ricciardo will start 20th on the grid: “I will try to do something special,” he says. Which will be important given where he starts.
Ferrari’s Frédéric Vasseur tells Martin Brandl that the first lap will be important at a track where it is difficult to overtake: “We know that track position will be crucial.”
Here’s Martin Brandl for the web walk. He chats with Miami’s own Camila Cabello, who reveals she’s here because she likes “fast cars” — a good choice to come to the Grand Prix. However, he deflects Patrick Mahomes, apparently not a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. Brandl then shuns Zinedine Zidane because he can’t speak English – what does he have against the all-time greats? Brundle then chatted with Susie Wolff for a while before noticing that Lewis Hamilton’s car had a big exhaust – the kind of internal stuff you get when you’re on the grid.
Bernie Owen emails a prediction: “Here’s the score. Verstappen wins, the others in any order you want, 39 seconds plus behind. It’s so exciting.”
Seeing that this track is very difficult to overtake, Max is in pole and recent F1 history, you are probably exactly.
Let’s take a look at some pictures of famous people! Ed Sheeran played a few songs before yesterday’s qualifier. Glad to see he’s wearing a hat considering his skin type – Miami is not a safe place for gingers
Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat earned $45 million this season, making him one of the few people who can afford the hospitality at this year’s GP. And even got to look at some cars with it.
It’s hot in Miami (for a change) with temperatures around 28C/82F with reports of overheating tires on track today. ESPN’s Ted Kravitz believes that means drivers are likely to use a one-stop strategy for today’s race, starting with the medium tires before switching to the hards – which overheat the least – for the longer, second leg.
Lando Norris is on ESPN answering a lot of important questions, the first of which is: does he think he could beat George Russell in a fight. He thinks he can: no doubt somewhere Jake Paul has seen who his next money-spinning scheme will be against.
Just a quick reminder about our opening table today. The bold and forward Max Verstappen is in first position, which may surprise you:
1 Max Verstappen (Sun) Red Bull 1 min 27.241 sec, 2 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:27.382, 3 Carlos Sainz Jr (Spa) Ferrari 1:27.455, 4 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Red Bull 1:27.460, 5 Lando Norris (Great Britain) McLaren 1:27.594, 6 Oscar Piastri (Australia) McLaren 1:27.675, 7 George Russell (Great Britain) Mercedes GP 1:28.067, 8 Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) Mercedes GP 1:28.107, 9 Nico Hulkenberg ( Germany) Haas F1 1:28.146, 10 Yuki Tsunoda (Japan) RB 1:28.192, 11 Lance Stroll (Can) Aston Martin 1:28.222, 12 Pierre Gasly (France) Alpine 1:28.324, 13 Esteban Ocon (France) Alpine 1 :28.371 , 14 Alexander Albon (Ta) Williams 1:28.413, 15 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Aston Martin 1:28.427, 16 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Kick Sauber 1:28.463, 17 Logan Sargent (USA) Williams 1:28.487, 18 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) RB 1:28.617, 19 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:28.619, 20 Guanyu Zhou (Chn) Kick Sauber 1:28.824.
Tom will be here in a moment. Meanwhile, here’s how Saturday’s qualifying went:
Max Verstappen resolutely stayed very much on top in qualifying, continuing his unbeaten run of the season with another comfortable pole for the Miami Grand Prix. But after him Fernando Alonso is set to agree with Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA. Alonso was angry and disappointed that they were unable to punish Lewis Hamilton after a controversial incident in the Saturday morning sprint, claiming Hamilton had “ruined a lot of people’s races”.
For Sunday’s GP, Verstappen once again held all the cards with his sixth straight pole this season, beating Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into second and third by just over a tenth of a second, having already taken victory in the sprint race.
He won the 100km race with relative ease from pole to flag in something of a procession enlivened by an incident at the opening corner. Hamilton made an opportunistic move up the inside at turn one from the start, a dive that sent Alonso crashing into team-mate Lance Stroll, who then took Lando Norris’ McLaren and put him out of the race.
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