Verstappen takes pole position for Miami Grand Prix
- Max Verstappen secured pole position with a fastest qualifying lap of 1:26.204 at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday.
- Max Verstappen gained a slight advantage over McLaren's Lando Norris by 0.065 seconds in a tight qualifying session, thanks to his assertive pace during the opening sector.
- Eighteen-Year-Old Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli impressed by qualifying third, while seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, now at Ferrari, was eliminated in Q2 and will start 12th.
- Verstappen said, "I'm very happy to be on pole," and noted race pace is uncertain due to weather, while Norris aims to repeat last year's Miami win after winning the sprint race.
- Verstappen’s pole position bolsters his chance for a third Miami victory in four years, but race conditions and competition leave the outcome unpredictable.
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Verstappen beats Norris to Miami pole
New dad Max Verstappen showed he could be even faster as a father after storming to pole position at the Miami Formula One Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris on Saturday. Days after the Red Bull driver and partner Kelly Piquet welcomed daughter Lily , his first child, the four-times champion set a blistering lap of one minute 26.204 seconds around the Hard Rock Stadium. The pole was an immediate and impressively firm response to being de…
Grand Prix of Miami 2025, Verstappen takes up the pole in front of Norris and Antonelli. Disaster Ferrari: Leclerc 8°, Hamilton 12°
The usual Max Verstappen, able to rise from the difficulties and place the leg when it counts. The Dutch Red Bull has won an amazing pole position in the Grand Prix of Miami, also signing the new record of the track in 1th 26th 20th 20th. A lap from the "sprint Race" perhaps, as described by the reporters, on a car that only the day before had seemed in difficulty. At his side in the front row will start Lando Norris on McLaren, winner of the Sp…
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