Miami Grand Prix qualifying: Verstappen takes seventh pole in row

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Lorraine McKenna

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1. Posted at 21:37 4 May21:37 4 May

   Verstappen edges Leclerc again to take Miami pole

   Andrew Benson

   BBC F1 correspondent in Miami

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   Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to pole position at the Miami Grand Prix.

   Verstappen was 0.141 seconds quicker than Leclerc as the two men finished first and second in qualifying, just as they have in all competitive sessions so far in Miami.

   Carlos Sainz made it a Ferrari two-three ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez.

   McLaren's Lando Norris could not find the pace he demonstrated at times on Friday but will line up fifth for the race ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri.

   Read the full report here

2. Posted at 21:35 4 May21:35 4 May

   Back on Sunday at 20:00 BST

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   Those blue suits don't quite pop as much as the red when Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are flanking polesitter Max Verstappen.

   What a day. Is this new format of having the sprint race followed by main qualifying better than before?

   The Hollywood stars will be out in force tomorrow for the Miami Grand Prix, but I think we'd trade every single one of them in for a race packed with decent track action instead. We can dream.

   Thanks a lot for your company again, folks. Get yourselves back here at 20:00 BST on Sunday for build-up.

   See you tomorrow!

3. Posted at 21:32 4 May21:32 4 May

   'We know there's pace in this car' - Brown

   Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will share the third row of the grid on Sunday in fifth and sixth respectively.

   "Solid show in qualifying, plenty we can do from P5 and P6 on the starting grid tomorrow," McLaren boss Zak Brown has written on X, formerly Twitter.

   "We know there's pace in this car to fight for a podium."

4. Posted at 21:29 4 May21:29 4 May

   'Every single lap is a bit of an adventure' - Sainz

   Carlos Sainz will start on the second row in third for tomorrow's grand prix, he said: "Honestly a bit of a shame this morning, I couldn't get past Daniel [Ricciardo] but I knew that the pace was there, I knew that attacking in quali I could have been in the top three and we managed to do some clean laps.

   "It's really tricky around here with a new soft, every single lap is a bit of an adventure with the wind and you don't know what's going to happen, keeping all of this in mind, the laps were not too bad."

   On tomorrow and the conditions, he added: "You always finish a lap and you think you could have gone so much faster having a cleaner lap, but it's almost impossible putting out a clean lap around here, there's always one place you will slide, one place you overheat the tyre, one place where the wind hits you different and you start struggling so it's a very tricky balance, very tricky track to drive. That's why being P3 on the clean side of the road for tomorrow might be a good start."

   On the crowd, he said: "It's amazing like always in Miami. Every time we come every year, the fans are really good energy and they give us good vibes and we enjoy coming here a lot."

5. Posted at 21:26 4 May21:26 4 May

   'I felt so much on the limit' - Leclerc

   Charles Leclerc, who will start the Miami Grand Prix second on the grid: "I felt so much on the limit. It was very close until Q3, where we started to push for the last one or two tenths. We started to lose the tyres in sector two and three, overheating them quite a bit. Today that's where we lost a little bit of time.

   "However, the race is long and this morning we showed a good pace, so I hope tomorrow we can put Max under a bit more pressure."

   On how crucial the start of the race will be: "Yes, this, and keeping the DRS so we don't get passed by Turn One. DRS is super powerful there. If we lose it after the first lap, it's always difficult to come back within DRS, so we must not lose it. Today we had a good start and tomorrow I will try and have an even better one."

6. Posted at 21:22 4 May21:22 4 May

   'It wasn't the most enjoyable lap of my career' - Verstappen

   Max Verstappen took his first pole in Miami and said afterwards: "We definitely improved the car a bit but I don't know what it is but every single year we come here I find it extremely difficult to be very consistent with the car and tyre feeling over one lap. It's super hard to make sure that sector one feels good and sector three at the end of the lap to make that happen together is incredibly tough.

   "Again today it was really about finding that balance, I think we did OK, it wasn't the most enjoyable lap out of my career especially with how slippery it is and you aren't very confident on the lap but we are on pole and that's the most important.

   "It feels more under control which I was looking which I was looking for so hopefully that will help us out tomorrow, but we will find out."

7. Posted at 21:20 4 May21:20 4 May

   Post update

   How do you beat Max Verstappen? It seems an impossible task for other drivers at the moment.

   Let's have a look what the top three had to say...

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8. Posted at 21:14 4 May21:14 4 May

   Post update

   Max Verstappen sharing the front row with Charles Leclerc at another grand prix. What do you rate the Ferrari driver's chances off the line?

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9. Posted at 21:11 4 May21:11 4 May

   And the rest

   11. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

   12. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

   13. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

   14. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

   15. Alex Albon (Williams)

   16. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

   17. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

   18. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

   19. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

   20. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

10. Posted at 21:09 4 May21:09 4 May

    Top 10

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 1:27.241

    2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

    4. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

    5. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    6. George Russell (Mercedes)

    7. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

    8. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

    9. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

    10. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

11. Posted at 21:06 4 May21:06 4 May

    Post update

    That's Max Verstappen's 38th career pole position and his seventh in a row, as he also took the front-row spot at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi last year.

    Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan, China and Miami.

    Six for six.

    Every pole so far in 2024.

12. Posted at 21:04 4 May21:04 4 May

    Post update

    Jolyon Palmer

    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Well we never doubted it, Verstappen top of course, two Ferraris second and third, at least splitting the Red Bulls for the race tomorrow. It was a bit of an anti-climax at the end of that qualifying.

13. Posted at 21:03 4 May21:03 4 May

    checkered-flag

    Chequered flag

    Another pole position for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman and his Red Bull are just too good.

14. Posted at 21:02 4 May21:02 4 May

    Post update

    Charles Leclerc crosses the line and stays second behind Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz goes into third and Sergio Perez stays in fourth.

    Mercedes are down the board in seventh and eighth.

15. Posted at 21:01 4 May21:01 4 May

    Team radio - Russell

    "Tell Lewis to hurry up."

16. Posted at 21:00 4 May21:00 4 May

    Post update

    Can Charles Leclerc find the extra pace in order to beat Max Verstappen and end his run of pole positions?

    The Red Bull is purple in the first sector but the middle is not as clean for Verstappen...

17. Posted at 21:00 4 May21:00 4 May

    Post update

    Jolyon Palmer

    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Hamilton leaves on mediums and so has Russell, so the Mercedes are copying the McLaren of Norris, and Norris has gone onto softs, so he has copied everyone else and there is still head scratching going on over what the fastest tyre is.

18. Posted at 20:58 4 May20:58 4 May

    Post update

    Nico Hulkenberg feels Carlos Sainz impeded his Haas at Turn 17. The stewards have a quick look, but decide no further investigation is needed. That was a quick decision.

19. Posted at 20:57 4 May20:57 4 May

    Post update

    Jolyon Palmer

    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Five minutes to go and one flying lap for everyone, all the drivers are back in the pits, the track has fallen silent and the garage is full of noise.

20. Posted at 20:56 4 May20:56 4 May

    Top 10

    Here's how things stand after those first runs:

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 1:27.241

    2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

    4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

    6. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    7. George Russell (Mercedes)

    8. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

    9. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

    10. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

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