Bastien Morel, Media365, published on Saturday May 03, 2025 at 11:19 p.m.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) signed the third pole position of his season this Saturday in Miami. The Dutchman is ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) of 65 thousandths while Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) completes the top 3.
A few hours after the Sprint race which saw Lando Norris (McLaren) win in front of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), the great circus of Formula 1 was already this return on the occasion of the qualifications of the Miami Grand Prix. After a sprint race disputed on a drying track, the Miami circuit was very dry for these qualifications. Despite a capricious Red Bull, Max Verstappen continues to do wonders at the wheel. Faster during the Q3, the quadruple world champion won the third pole of his season after Japan and Saudi Arabia. The Dutchman is ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) of 65 thousandths while Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the best time of the Sprint qualification, takes the third position at 67 thousandths. The Italian from Mercedes will start alongside Oscar Piastri (McLaren). The championship leader carried out the fourth time of this session. The Williams of Sainz and Albon are 6th and 7th, just ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
Ocon in Q3, Gasly eliminated from Q1
Third in the Sprint race, Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) in difficulty while driving his car and author of two errors in Q2, could not do better than the 12th time of this session just behind Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), once again well placed on the grid. The Frenchman will be in the fight for the points, this Sunday, just like Esteban Ocon who managed to hoist his haas in Q3. Ninth on the grid, the former Alpine pilot achieved a good performance by notably ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, the teammate of Max Verstappen. Quite the opposite of his former teammate within the French team. Eighteenth of the qualifying session and unable to extract from the performance of his Alpine, Pierre Gasly will have to hope for a competition of circumstances to score points during the race.
As a reminder, the departure of this sixth race of the season will be given at 10 p.m., Sunday evening when the rain could reappearance.
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