The day on Saturday started well as part of the Miami Grand Prix, with a completely crazy F1 sprint won by Lando Norris. McLaren F1 has made the great operation of this short race, but the counters are reset for the second part of the weekend!
Indeed, it is the time for the qualifying session, which will determine the order of the starting grid for this Sunday race, which will also take place at 10:00 p.m. and will be followed live on our pages.
The McLaren pilots are again the favorites and Oscar Piastri will want to take revenge after a successful sprint but a certain strategic unluckiness. Max Verstappen will also be revenge after having finished the sprint last, just like Charles Leclerc, who did not even start.
After this sprint which lasted longer than expected and an offbeat departure, the schedule has changed a little. This is why if you only join us, you will benefit from a few more minutes, because the start of the qualification is shifted by 15 minutes and is therefore at 10:15 p.m.!
Note that after the sprint, Oliver Bearman was penalized for a release Unsafe, and he left the point of eighth place to Yuki Tsunoda.
21h47: The rain is not far from Miami International Autodrome, but the qualifying session should be completely dry after a sprint disturbed by the rain.
21H56: Alex Albon received 5s of penalty to the sprint, and since the arrival was under security car, the Williams driver fell eight places. George Russell therefore finished fourth ahead of Lance Stroll, Liam Lawson (who is still under investigation), Yuki Tsunoda and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who scores a point.
21h57: Leclerc had only one reprimand for riding with a damaged car after his accident, and this is his first of the year.
22h02: And Lawson has 5 seconds of penalty turn back! The Racing Bulls driver also leaves the top 8 of the sprint, which is as follows: Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Russell, Stroll, Tsunoda, Antonelli, Gasly.
22h05 : The details of the judgments concerning the penalties of Albon and Lawson were published by the FIA, and you can consult them here.
22h14 : The weather is good for this session, the track temperature has climbed to 44 degrees!
Q1 – 18 minutes
22h18: All the pilots are on the track for a first run, because the sky is threatening and the prudence remains in order not to be fooled.
22h19: Gabriel Bortoleto signs a 1’28 “674, then Nico Hülkenberg beats it in 1’28” 391. Gasly is third.
22h20 : Jack Doohan takes the hand in 1’28 “244, beaten by Alonso in 1’28” 058. Carlos Sainz does not do better, unlike Alex Albon and his time of 1’27 “838. Verstappen does better in 1’27” 573.
22h21 : Lewis Hamilton is provisionally fourth, Piastri takes the lead in 1’27 “307, while Norris is third at 0” 365. The Mercedes pilots return to the stand before finishing their quick turn and did not sign a time, as are the Racing Bulls pilots.
22h22: Tsunoda’s time is currently disappointing, it is 15th out of 16 pilot having signed a time.
22h23: The Racing Bulls and Mercedes pilots immediately stand out with new tires, when they had used gums, like many pilots. Albon forced his hand to Hadjar during the first release of the stands, and the Racing Bulls driver annoyed himself.
22h25: Hadjar takes the second time with its new tires, and Sainz is in the lead in 1’27 “098. Stroll goes up 11th, and Antonelli finished with the best time in 1’27” 077.
22h27: Albon places himself fourth, while he is under investigation for forcing the hand at the start of the session … But the commissioners will deal with the subject after the session. Bortoleto and Hülkenberg go up fifth and eighth, certainly with new gums.
22h28: Verstappen finished with a new time and he places himself in the lead in 1’26 “870. Piastri takes the second time, and Norris is fifth.
22h30: All the pilots except Verstappen are back on track.
22h32: Russell dates back to third place, and Bearman improves his time but is only in the 19th time. Leclerc also improves and takes the ninth time. Gasly goes up 15th.
22h33: Hadjar dates back to sixth row, and Stroll is not better than 18th. Alonso dates back to the 14th row in front of the Alpine.
22h34: Doohan progresses and dates back to 11th row. Norris is second to less than a tenth of Verstappen. Ocon climbs in 13th place.
-22h35: Hamilton goes up and places himself eighth, while Tsunoda takes the ninth place.
The eliminated are Hülkenberg, Alonso, Gasly, Stroll and Bearman.
Q2 – 15 minutes
22h44 : Verstappen signs the first reference of this Q2 in 1’26 “643. Tsunoda is a half second and ocon is third to two tenths from Japanese. Leclerc is second to three tenths of the Red Bull.
22h45: Bortoleto is fourth and Sainz takes second place, while Hamilton is behind Leclerc, 0 “058 of his teammate. Lawson finished with the eighth and last temporary time, while Albon takes second!
22h46: Piastri signs the best time in 1’26 “269, and Norris is two tenths of his teammate, in second position. Hadjar was not released, and Antonelli is third, while Russell takes the provisional 11th time. The Briton is circumspect: “I have no grip at all. I don’t know what’s going on.”
22h49: Russell is worried about his Q2: “Return me quickly on track, I don’t trust. I have no grip, I slip everywhere.”
22h50: Five minutes from the end of the Q2, all the pilots are in the stands. But on the side of Sauber, we will return Bortoleto.
22h51: As Gaëtan Vigneron would say, it’s the big casino! All the pilots go out at the same time to have the best possible position without going out too early.
22h52: All the pilots are back on track, except Piastri.
22h54: Tsunoda progresses and takes eighth place. Ocon is ninth! Hadjar finished with his quick turn and places himself tenth.
22h55: Sainz takes fifth place in Albon, and Russell finished with the third time! Doohan completes a time and failed in 14th place.
22h56: Lawson is not better than 15th. Hamilton seems to slow down and obviously made an error when he was 12th! Ocon will go to Q3, his first with Haas!
The eliminated are Hadjar, Hamilton, Bortoleto, Doohan and Lawson.
23h01: Eighth of the Q2, Leclerc is resigned: “These are the best laps I can do, I can’t do better”.
Q3 – 12 minutes
23h07: Ocon finished with a first step in 1’27 “407, and Tsunoda is slower. Verstappen signs the best time in 1’26” 492, and Piastri is behind at 0 “017.
23h08: Norris signs the second time to 3 thousandths of a second in Verstappen! Sainz takes the fourth provisional time. Albon is fourth in front of Sainz, and Antonelli does better in fourth place! Russell finished with the sixth time.
23h09: While the pilots went around in used tires, Leclerc made a mistake in the last turn and he returned directly to the stands.
23h12: The Red Bull drivers came out first in front of Ocon, then Leclerc and Norris. Piastri follows that the Williams and the Mercedes set off last.
23h14: Verstappen makes a small mistake in the first turn but is faster in the first sector. Norris does not do better in the first part of the circuit.
23h15: Tsunoda takes the seventh time. Verstappen does better than its previous round in 1’26 “204! Norris is nine thousandths in the second sector and it is beaten for 65 thousandths of a second!
23h16: Piastri is not better either and he is third at 1 tenth of a second. Sainz takes fourth place. Albon takes fifth place, and Antonelli is third!
23h17: Russell is not better than fifth, and Leclerc is eighth.
Verstappen signs the pole position of the Miami Grand Prix before Norris and Antonelli, while Piastri is fourth. Russell is fifth in front of Sainz and Albon, then Leclerc, Ocon and Tsunoda.
