F1 Miami GP: Sergio Perez grabs pole position with Max Verstappen only ninth after Charles Leclerc crash
Perez snatched an unlikely pole thanks to getting a stroℱng banker lap in with his first flying lap in Q3, before Leclerc shunted his Ferrari at Turn 7 and caused a red flag that brought a dramatic♐ qualifying to a premature end.
Red Bull teammate and world championshi🍌p leader Max Verstappen had looked the clear favourite for pole going into the final part of qualifying but was left to rue a rare mistake which forced him to abort his first Q3 run, leaving him ninth.
Leclerc had been looking to improve after a scrappy first run left him only sixth, but the Monegasque crashed for the second time in as many 𝔉days.
With the clock stopped with just 1 minute and 36 seconds remainiꦏng at the time the red flag came out, there was no time for qualifying to resume, enabling Perez to 🎐secure his third career pole and his first not in Saudi Arabia.
Joining Perez on the front row of the grid will be Aston Marti🌳n’s Fernandoﷺ Alonso, who posted a brilliant lap on his first run of Q3.
Ferrari’s Ca𝐆rlos Sainz was third-fastest, ahead of Kevin Magnussen, who impressed in his Haas to claim a superb fourth on the grid.
Pierre Gasly was fifth for Alpine, while George Russell was the fastest Mercedes driver in sixth as his teammate Lewis Hamilton 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:suffered a shock💮 Q2 elimination in 13th.
Despite crashing out of qualifying, Leclerc will start seventh, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, Verstappen, and Valtt🐲eri Bottas, who completed the top-10 order for Alfa Romeo.
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