Miami Grand Prix

Ferrari and Red Bull have set the pace at the first four races of the season, with the two teams in some combination providing the top two finishers at every ...

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Recommended · 1. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari · 2. Carlos Sainz - Ferrari · 3. Max Verstappen - Red Bull · 4. Sergio Perez - Red Bull · 5. Valtteri Bottas - Alfa Romeo.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. 12. George Russell - Mercedes 6. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari “Of course you want to be on pole but I think we did a good job and we need to make the weekends less difficult for ourselves,” said Verstappen.

Max Verstappen overtook Charles Leclerc early on in the inaugural Miami Grand Prix and held on to take victory, with Leclerc finishing second and Carlos ...

The grandstands roaring to every move being made on track. He enjoyed over a two-second advantage by lap 12 and held his lead through the only pit stops. Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix for Red Bull, putting in a flawless run to edge the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc into second place.

Max Verstappen resisted a late Charles Leclerc onslaught to win the inaugural Miami Grand Prix and cut his rival's championship lead.

It was another unfortunately-timed Safety Car for Hamilton, who toyed with pitting for fresh tyres but eventually stayed out - leaving him somewhat of a sitting duck to his team-mate. Russell had started 12th but ran long before the Safety Car played into his hands. They have, though, still gained on Ferrari in both championships. Despite his two DNFs, he has cut Leclerc's title lead to just 19 points. Leclerc was struggling with his tyres and Verstappen built a significant lead, seven seconds ahead after the first stops and seemingly managing his way to victory. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton placed fifth and sixth for Mercedes in more meagre damage limitation for the world champions, with Russell finishing ahead of his team-mate for the fourth race in a row.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, after passing the Ferrari of Formula 1 world championship rival Charles Leclerc.

Zhou Guanyu was the first retirement of the race when his Alfa Romeo broke down. Hamilton finished sixth, ahead of Bottas, Esteban Ocon, the penalised Alonso and Alex Albon’s Williams. With three laps to go, Verstappen escaped Leclerc’s DRS range and sealed his third win of the year. Perez also pitted for a new set of mediums, but none of the front trio stopped. As soon as he got into DRS range of Leclerc, Verstappen grabbed the lead at Turn 1 on lap nine. Leclerc was running 4.5s behind Verstappen when he pitted on lap 25, rejoining in fourth.

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It's worth noting that those who are away on holiday and trying to watch outside of the UK won't be able to use Sky Go due to geo-location restrictions. "It is incredible to be here and see how the sport has grown in the US in the last few years," said Leclerc after qualifying in pole. It should be a thriller and if you fancy tuning in to all the live action you will need to sign up for a Sky contract with the telly firm continuing to have exclusive rights to all of the races. However, Max Verstappen will be hot on their heels with the Red Bull driver in third. Sky Go is also available on a number of platforms including Amazon Fire devices, iPad, Mac computers and laptops, PlayStation 3, PS4 and Xbox One. The Sky Sports app, available to download on iOS and Android devices, will also be providing live text coverage and updates. Sky Sports F1 has all the action live from Miami with subscribers able to tune in via channel 406 with pre-race coverage starting from 7.30pm and the red lights going out at 8.30pm. If you use Virgin to watch Sky then you'll find the action on channel 506.

Charles Leclerc was unable to reassert his authority in the Formula One 2022 world title race with victory in F1's inaugural race around Miami.

To be honest, we’ve had the pace all weekend - qualifying was the anomaly and we were really frustrated to be P18. We benefited from the collisions in front but we were right there catching the cars in front. “But it’s just a bit unfortunate on the safety car and at least we got points today, we’re finishing, reliability is good. The track kind of kinks to the right and I’m going with the flow of the circuit and it didn’t look like he was. This is where we are, behind the Red Bulls and Ferrari. “I really don’t know, in that scenario I have no clue where everyone is. I thought I did what I normally do but it just ended up a silly accident - quite annoyed I guess as we could have scored a few points today but it happens.”

Formula 1 titleholder Max Verstappen overtook Charles Leclerc early on to claim victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull shrunk Ferrari's lead ...

Shortly after Red Bull were heard saying they had spotted damage to Leclerc's tyres on the eighth lap, Verstappen used his DRS boost to grasp the lead for the first time. Leclerc called the Miami showdown a "hard race physically" and conceded that Red Bull had the upper hand in regards to performance and tyre rotation. Leclerc was unable to capitalise, however, as Verstappen's RB18 proved too powerful and grew his lead to more than a second, the Dutchman collecting back-to-back wins for the first time this year.

Full race results at the Miami Grand Prix, Round 5 of the 2022 Formula 1 world championship.

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The Red Bull defending world champion overtook pole-position Charles Leclerc early in the race and held the position to the chequered flag.

33/57 Hamilton is in seventh and George Russell is in fifth. 32/57 Verstappen’s lead over Leclerc is 7.5 seconds, and those two look the likely 1-2 come the end of the race. 42/57 Hamilton is coming in while the safety car is out, and on soft tyres. Leclerc is showing the fastest times around the middle section, and in comes Sainz to change his tyres, having led for barely a lap. 38/57 Verstappen has the fastest lap now, worth an extra point, of course. 41/57 Famous last words from Phil as Lando Norris comes a cropper, and there is a safety car. 51/57 Leclerc continues to chase down Verstappen, who is better round the bends even if the Red Bull has the better on the straight. 46/57 The fans in the stands look a bit perplexed by this safety car malarkey, it’s not the racing they came to see. Verstappen gets a jump on Leclerc as Perez chases Sainz. Is there a yellow flag on the play? Perez in fourth, with the Mercs of Russell and Hamilton in fifth and sixth. 53/57 This is close at the front, and any mistake now would surely decide the outcome. 52/57 Leclerc and Verstappen go at it once more.

Max Verstappen won the first-ever Miami Grand Prix having pried the lead off Ferrari's pole-sitter Charles Leclerc early in the race, and defended it on a ...

Alonso – now holding a five-second penalty for contact with Gasly – led Schumacher and Ocon at the back of the top 10. "I think I’ll stick to racing," he said when asked by Willy T Ribbs if he was fit enough to step into the boxing ring, "but I appreciate a lot of boxing. Tsunoda was however promoted to 12th after the post-race penalties for Alonso and Ricciardo. That left Williams driver Latifi in P14. The podium saw the top three celebrate in front of Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino – and his statue. Then, on Lap 41, Gasly – who had previously been tapped at the final corner by Alonso – went wide at Turn 8, rejoined, and clashed with Norris, ripping the McLaren’s rear-right tyre off and sending him into a spin. Leclerc prepared his rebuttal, tailing the Red Bull throughout the next lap – but the reigning champion was now in a commanding position. Leclerc was next to pit, a swap to hards taking 3.2 seconds, as he emerged in P4 on Lap 25. A sensor issue was to blame and Perez was back – but had lost considerable time (and some engine power to boot) to Sainz ahead. Perez attempted to pass Sainz on Lap 52 but locked up, both drivers avoiding contact, while Leclerc was under half a second behind Verstappen in the chase for the lead. On Lap 6, he took P6 off Gasly and the seven-time champion was back where he began. Hamilton lamented the fact that he couldn't pit during the VSC but was promoted to P6 when Valtteri Bottas went wide at Turn 17 on Lap 49. Perez took the opportunity to pit for new mediums from P4, emerging there, with hard-shod Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz ahead.

Lewis Hamilton questioned Mercedes' strategy at the Miami Grand Prix after he was overtaken by team-mate George Russell in the closing stages.

To be fair, everyone was on the same strategy as him except his team-mate because he had a bad qualifying. "It was just a bit unfortunate on the safety car but at least we got points today. We are finishing and reliability is good. "But if you had told me after Friday we would finish P5 and P6 that far behind P1 I would have been disappointed so we have a fast race car in there we just don't have the key to unlock the performance. "That's what your job is, make the decision for me. You have all the details.

Charles Leclerc has called on Ferrari to deliver "big" upgrades at the next Grand Prix in Spain after being outpaced by Max Verstappen in Miami.

"I think we know they are stronger than us in terms of race pace for now. "There is not much more to add. "Hopefully there will be an upgrade and hopefully it will be big enough to catch Red Bull in terms of race pace," says Leclerc after finishing second; Spanish Grand Prix is the next race on the calendar on weekend of May 20-22 with full coverage only on Sky Sports F1

Max Verstappen survived a late onslaught from Charles Leclerc to win Formula One's inaugural Miami Grand Prix. The world champion started third, ...

Bottas ran wide at Turn 8, enabling Hamilton to move up one spot, but he could not keep Russell, on fresh tyres, behind. “I thought I could get Max at one point but he was too quick. It has been tight with Max since the beginning of the season and that has been great to see.” Three laps later, he roared past Gasly for sixth, a dozen seconds behind Leclerc. But Hamilton locked up, losing a spot to Pierre Gasly before Fernando Alonso’s front right wheel made contact with Hamilton’s left rear at the opening chicane. Sergio Perez took fourth ahead of George Russell. Lewis Hamilton started sixth and finished in the same position after he was usurped by a freshly-shod Russell with nine laps to run.

Leclerc's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz took third, with the other Red Bull of Sergio Perez taking fourth. In what was an improved showing for Mercedes, George ...

Russell’s late move past teammate Hamilton might have been straightforward, with DRS allowing him to ease around him on a long left-hander, the significance should not be lost. You've lost the tow." If the season ultimately goes in Verstappen’s favour, the Italian team will have to look at whether their second driver is really good enough to help win championships.

The Miami Grand Prix would have been a straightforward race had the appearance of the Safety Car not played into the hands of a few drivers.

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Venus Williams, David Beckham and Paolo Banchero featured in a Miami Grand Prix grid walk which proved Martin Brundle is a national treasure.

The 62-year-old is the most knowledgeable pundit and co-commentator on television, explaining complex technical and aerodynamic concepts to an audience with increasingly younger and newer viewers in layman’s terms while telling the story of the race with a great vocabulary and use of metaphor. But you ask anybody who watched in real time about the first ever Miami Grand Prix in a few years’ time, and they will tell you about Martin Brundle’s grid walk. First up was Venus Williams, who gave Brundle some mild platitudes about enjoying the race during a slow-paced walk-and-talk, at the end of which Brundle simply held the microphone up to the tennis star’s face for what felt like an entirety as an hilariously awkward silence encompassed the pair and the entire grid. None of this its to say that Brundle is some sort of court jester sent to out to make the punters chuckle before the real business begins. Almost three decades ago, after an F1 career which saw him race for the likes of Benetton and McLaren, Brundle joined the BBC’s television coverage of the top tier of motorsport. Nobody in the history of British sports broadcasting has mastered that mixture better than Formula One commentator and national treasure Martin Brundle, whose pre-race Miami Grand Prix grid walk on Sunday evening was 24-carat gold.

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– MB It’s just unfortunate given how many incidents and disappointments he’s notched up since Haas got on the pace that the most costly one should come in this manner. But it could’ve been a fair few more. Schumacher certainly shouldn’t get all the blame for the collision, which could be interpreted as either driver’s fault or a racing incident really. Overall, there was more than enough this week to make Miami 2023 worth looking forward to – and for Las Vegas to aim to exceed. That wasn’t entirely fair – things were pretty eventful behind the well-spread top four and there had been a decent early lead battle. Two very different sets of conditions and track layout too. But he kept it clean and settled into a consistent stint that would have yielded a solid points finish even without the safety car. Whatever your view of the Miami festivities, this event has certainly got noticed and made an impact. He probably made passing Lewis Hamilton harder than it needed to be, but the result was the same. That left him still trying to figure out the circuit and his set-up in Q3. It was a little fortunate to do so, however.

The victory cut Leclerc's lead over Verstappen to 19 points in the championship, while the Monegasque's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz completed the podium.

A crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris on Lap 41 triggered the safety car, and when racing resumed on lap 47, Leclerc pushed hard to retake the lead. But we had a good launch and I saw the opportunity to go around the outside [of Sainz] in turn one, so I tried. "I didn't even do a [practice] start, so I didn't know what to expect in the actual start.