The two-time world champion started ninth on the grid after failing to 🍸set a lap time bಞefore Charles Leclerc’s crash ended qualifying prematurely, but made light work of his recovery charge to claim back-to-back wins on the streets of Miami. 

A combination of relentless ༺pace and an ability to manage his tyre life put Verstappen in prime position to challenge Perez, who was running a different ꦅstrategy. 

When Verstap♑pen finally pitted at the end of Lap 45, he remerged just 1♚.5s behind race-leader Perez. 

Using his 20-lap fresher medium tyres, Verstappen pounc♓ed on Perez, who was on hard r🌊ubber, down the main straight but was forced the long way round at Turn 1. 

Having completed the move, Verstappen pulled clear and claimed his third win from five races to move 14 points clear of his teammat🐓e at the top of the world championship standings. 

Over 20 seconds behind the dominant Red Bulls, Fernando Alonso continued his superb run of top-four finishes with his fourth podium of the season for Aston Martin in t🐬hird. 

George Russell impressed on his⛄ way to fourth as thꦇe lead Mercedes driver, ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton bounced back from a dreadful qualifying to take sixth, overtaking Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in t💙he closing stages. 

The Alpine pair of Pierre Gasly and Esteban O💃con took eighth and ninth, while K♉evin Magnussen claimed the final point in 10th for Haas.