The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) gave his rivals no option and, after hiding during the first two qualifying rounds, he imposed his law in the final round, surpassing the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and will start first in the Sprint race of this Saturday.
With a time of 1 minute, 27 seconds and 641 thousandths, the triple world champion was 108 thousandths ahead of Leclerc, reaching the finish line with 235 thousandths over the Mexican ‘Checo’ Pérez and with more than four tenths over the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), who finished fifth, while the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished eighth, almost eight tenths behind.
Although he countersteered before taking one of the main straights of the circuit, it was enough for the Dutchman with a great first sector and a good last section to shine over the rest of his opponents and remember that although he has not yet achieved pole position on this circuit , this Saturday he will be the favorite to do it, in addition to the great rival to beat in the Sprint race.
The Miami urban circuit brought several surprises, among them, that both the British George Russell (Mercedes), eleventh, and his compatriot and teammate, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), finished eleventh and twelfth respectively in this qualification, for which this Saturday they will start quite far from the first places in this Sprint race.
This weekend will be the second Sprint race of the season, after the one held just two weeks ago at the Chinese Grand Prix, and it will be the first event to be held this Saturday, hours before qualifying for the Sunday race.
This Sprint race will distribute eight points to the first, seven to the second and so on until the eighth place finisher, who will receive one.
