Red Bull Racing is unstoppable, and it seems that Max Verstappen can only be overtaken if he has a technical problem or makes a mistake. So far, neither has been the case in Miami.
After the first laps of Q1, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Ferrari alternated at the top on the slowly maturing track. McLaren, like in previous stages, was also able to get very close to the lead, this time Lando Norris seemed to be the “party-ready” of the main challengers on the soft tyres. By the end of the stage, the situation had leveled out, and two Red Bulls remained in the leading positions, while the two Alfa Romeos, Daniel Ricciardo, Logan Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen were forced to drop out.
Q2 continued where the previous stage left off: Max Verstappen led the way, then Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri replaced him at the top of the displays. Then Charles Leclerc did the same. When the situation was the same after the second timed lap of the stage, we first started to feel that this qualification could still be exciting… The two Aston Martins, the Alpines and Alexander Albon, were no longer able to participate, they did not make it to Q3.
After the first shots of Q3, Verstappen and the two Ferraris were in the lead, but only a relatively small margin separated the two teams. Leclerc's other tenth-place deficit did not seem insurmountable, but on this day (again) it proved elusive with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who actually took a relatively easy pole position again ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. And McLaren disappeared again on the left bank...
