The Dutchman from Red Bull remains dominant in the current season and will start first in Sunday’s race
Max Verstappen seems to play in the season Formula 1. The current three-time world champion’s Red Bull car is so good that he dominated every action in a perfect 2024. This Saturday, after winning the sprint race, he confirmed his seventh consecutive pole position – the sixth this year – overtaking the Ferrari duo, Chalés Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, and securing first position on the Miami GO grid.
The Dutchman achieved the best score in Q3, clocking 1min27s241 in the opening laps. The Monegasque Leclerc got the better of teammate Sainz and closed the front row. The Spaniard starts third, together with the other Red Bull driver, Sérgio Pérez.
Mercedes proves once again that its pre-season progress has not been enough by falling behind the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on the third row. George Russell will start ahead of six-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
After having no problems in the first laps of training, Verstappen saw the Ferraris growing and moved to just 0s141s behind Leclerc. Without trying to improve his time, the Dutchman had to cheer against the competition in the final laps, which worked.
“I think we’ve definitely improved the car a little bit (compared to Friday,” Verstappen said. “I don’t know what it is, but every year we come here I think it’s extremely difficult to be consistent with the feeling of the car, the tire feeling, during a lap. It is very difficult to ensure that sector 1 is fine and sector 3 at the end of the lap, to make this happen together, incredibly together”, he assessed.
And he was keen to underline that the balance of the Red Bull car makes the difference in training. “Today was really about finding that balance too. I think we did well. It’s not the most pleasant lap of my career, just because it’s slippery, but we’re on pole and that’s, obviously, the most important thing.”
Discover the starting grid of the Miami Formula 1 GP
1st – Max Verstappen (HOL/Red Bull) – 1min27s241
2nd – Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) – 1min27s382
3rd – Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) – 1min27s455
4th – Sergio Pérez (MEX/Red Bull) – 1min27s460
5th – Lando Norris (ING/McLaren) – 1min27s594
6th – Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren) – 1min27s675
7th – George Russell (ING/Mercedes) – 1min28s067
8th – Lewis Hamilton (ING/Mercedes) – 1min28s107
9th – Nico Hulkenberg (ALE/Haas) – 1min28s146
10th – Yuki Tsunoda (JAP/RB) – 1min28s192
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11th – Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin) – 1min28s222
12th – Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine) – 1min28s324
13th – Esteban Ocon (FRA/ Alpino) – 1min28s371
14th – Alexander Albon (TAI/Williams) – 1min28s413
15th – Fernando Alonso (ES´/Aston Martin) – 1min28s427
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16th – Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Sauber) – 1min28s463
17th – Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams) – 1min28s487
18th – Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RB) – 1min28s617
19th – Kevin Magnussen (DIN/Haas) – 1min28s619
20th – Guanyu Zhou (CHI/Sauber) – 1min28s824
Source: Terra
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