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Formula 1: Kimi Antonelli scores pole position for the Miami Grand Prix ...
Mercedes and Kimi Antonelli are still the team to beat after Formula 1’s month-long hiatus.The points leader scored the pole Saturday afternoon for Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix (4 p.m. ET, Apple TV) ahead of a late charge by Max Verstappen. Antonelli won the second and third races of the season in China and Japan ahead of the cancellation of both the Bahrain Grand Prix and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix because of the Iran War.AdvertisementIt’s the third straight pole position for Antonelli after he started first in each of those races in Asia and has a seven-point lead on teammate George Russell in the standings.Verstappen’s qualifying pace was surprising as Red Bull has been a disappointment so far in 2026. His late lap in the final round of qualifying pushed him ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell will start fifth, ahead of Leclerc’s teammate Lewis Hamilton and Norris’ teammate Oscar Piastri.With no races in the month of April, the intrigue ahead of the Miami Grand Prix centered on which teams could close the big gap Mercedes had on the rest of the field. While it’s clear that teams have caught up, Antonelli’s performance over the course of the weekend shows that there’s still a ways to go for everyone else.Still, there could be a great opportunity for a non-Mercedes winner on Sunday. The afternoon forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms. If the race can be held on a wet track — and there’s no lightning around — there’s no obvious indicator that Mercedes will keep its advantage.AdvertisementOn Saturday, the FIA declared Sunday’s race a “rain hazard” to allow teams to make adjustments to their cars in case it rains on Sunday. Teams are typically prevented from making all but the most minor of tweaks between qualifying and the Grand Prix.McLaren goes 1-2 in the sprint raceMcLaren became the first team outside of Mercedes to win a Grand Prix or sprint race on Saturday with Lando Norris’ sprint race win ahead of qualifying. Norris started first for the sprint after qualifying on Friday and easily had enough pace to go unchallenged over the 19-lap race.However, that pace didn’t translate to qualifying later Saturday afternoon. Norris and Piastri were not credible threats for the pole position as Norris was nearly 0.400 seconds back of Antonelli and Piastri was over seven tenths of a second behind.AdvertisementVerstappen finished sixth in the sprint behind the McLaren drivers, Leclerc and the Mercedes drivers after passing Hamilton...
Teen F1 leader Antonelli takes Miami pole as race start time changed
Threat of heavy rainstorm in Miami causes organisers to move up race start time to 17:00 GMT on Sunday.Championship-leading teenager Kimi Antonelli has claimed pole position for the Miami Grand Prix as the race’s start time was brought forward by three hours due to an expected heavy rainstorm.The 19-year-old Italian, the youngest title race leader in Formula One history, resisted a late charge by four-time champion Max Verstappen in a tense qualifying session on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Bahrain and Saudi F1 races set to be cancelled due to Middle East conflictlist 2 of 3Verstappen calls his Red Bull ‘undriveable’ after more F1 woes at Japan GPlist 3 of 3MotoGP postpones Qatar Grand Prix due to Middle East conflictend of listThe Mercedes driver produced a fastest lap of one minute 27.798 seconds to top the times ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen with Charles Leclerc third quickest in his Ferrari.World champion Lando Norris, who won the sprint race earlier in the day, will start his McLaren from fourth in Sunday’s grid.It was Antonelli’s third pole and his third in consecutive races, a feat that draws him alongside great former champions Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher in the record books.His Mercedes teammate George Russell was fifth ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton in the second Ferrari and Oscar Piastri, who was seventh in the second McLaren.Alpine’s Franco Colapinto was eighth ahead of Isack Hadjar in the second Red Bull and the second Alpine of Pierre Gasly.“It has been an amazing day for me to be on pole again,” Antonelli said.“It was obviously a difficult sprint for me earlier, but I am super happy with this recovery. I got a little too excited in that last lap in Q3, but my first lap was good enough.“I was so stressed because I was waiting for everyone to finish their laps, but it was good enough, and now, hopefully, I will have a magic start tomorrow.”Antonelli celebrates after winning the pole position [Charly Triballeau/AFP]‘Heavier rainstorms’The Miami Grand Prix will start at 1pm (17:00 GMT) rather than the previously scheduled 4pm (20:00 GMT) due to a forecast of extreme weather, including potential thunderstorms, officials announced on the eve of the race.The sport’s governing body, FIA, along with commercial rights holders and local promoters acted “due to the weather forecast that is expected to bring heavier rainstorms later in the afternoon close to the original planned race start time”, they said ...
Teen F1 leader Antonelli takes Miami Grand Prix pole - RTL
Mercedes' championship-leading teenager Kimi Antonelli stormed to pole position on Saturday for the Miami Grand Prix, resisting a late charge by four-time champion Max Verstappen in a tense qualifying session. The 19-year-old Italian, the youngest title race leader in F1 history, produced a fastest lap of one minute 27.798 seconds to top the times ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen with Charles ...
Teen F1 leader Antonelli takes Miami Grand Prix pole
Mercedes' championship-leading teenager Kimi Antonelli stormed to pole position on Saturday for the Miami Grand Prix, resisting a late charge by four-time champion Max Verstappen in a tense ...
