Max Verstappen took its revenge in the qualifications of Miami »Pole-Position in front of Norris, disaster for Ferrari

Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published on Sunday, 04 May 2025, 09:55 / Updated Sunday, 04 May 2025 09:55
The World Formula 1 champion, Max Verstappen (Red Bull), has been revealed after the incident with Antonelli from Sprint And he obtained the third pole position of the season, winning the qualifications for the big prize in Miami. This is the 43rd pole position in Max's career in Formula 1 and the second in Miami.
The Top 3 in qualifications was completed by Lando Norris (McLaren) and Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes).
In his second Tour in Q3, Max managed a time of 1,26,204 minutes, detaching Norris with 65 thousand seconds, while Antonelli remained third, at 2 thousands of Norris. In the first attempts in Q3, Max was the fastest again, but with only 0.003 seconds advance compared to Norris and 0.017 seconds compared to the pony.
Max Verstappen, 43rd pole-postion in the career, disaster for Ferrari
Max was the fastest in the first sector, where the fast turns are, and in the rest of the Norris and Oscar Piastri, they could not recover the difference, at least not at the last attempt.
Verstappen thus took his revenge after the Miami sprint, in which he was penalized with 10 seconds and finished the race on the last place.
Antonelli separated the two McLaren monopostens, Oscar Piastri ending at 0.171 seconds of Verstappen, on the 4th place.
The Top 6 was completed by George Russell with the other Mercedes, who finished at a hundredth hundredth, and Carlos Sainz (Williams), at 0.365 seconds of max.
The unpleasant surprise of the qualifications was the elimination of Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) in Q2, the world champion septuple ending on the 12th place, away from his teammate, Charles Leclerc. Leclerc, however, remained without time in Q3, after his fast tour was canceled, being ranked 10th.

Top 15 in Miami qualifications



