“It’s so early on in the season, we know that we have a very quick car," Verstappen said. They have quite literally won “everything” in 2023 - save for a pole position last week at Azerbaijan, which ultimately did not slow them down with Perez finishing first and Verstappen second. Verstappen is again heavily favored here, his efforts over the weekend only solidifying the general consensus that the race is his - or at least, the Red Bull team’s - race to lose. The two-time defending world champion Magnussen currently leads the world championship points standings by six points over his Red Bull teammate - and Sunday’s pole-winner Perez - the two drivers having split the four-race season so far with a pair of wins each.
The grid could provide a rather dramatic race on Sunday. 1 Red Bull Racing Honda to the garage early and the team was unable to repair it and make a fast lap because final qualifying was cut short for an incident involving last year’s pole winner, Ferrari driver Charles LeClerc. Ferarri’s Carlos Sainz was third-fastest and Kevin Magnussen put the American-owned Haas Racing team alongside on the second row - his best qualifying effort of the season.Ī bobble early in the final qualifying session forced Verstappen’s No. The Mexican Perez will start alongside Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso on the front row - the two-time world champion Alonso’s first front-row start of the season. More: Racing in hometown Miami Grand Prix is driver's dream after fatal crash, two dozen surgeries
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More: Logan Sargeant: From Miami Grand Prix spectator to only American driver in the race We were playing with the tools and were able to put the lap in that we needed.," Perez said. It was his teammate, Sergio Perez, who delighted the crowd and claimed pole position in a red-flagged final qualifying session Saturday afternoon. Last year’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen and his Red Bull Honda have been consistently fastest in the practice sessions leading into the race (3:30 p.m.
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