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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc takes Miami GP pole
Charles Leclerc took pole position for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix at the Hard Rock Stadium, the fifth round of the 2022 F1 World Championship, ahead of Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz.
Charles Bradley
Edited: May 7, 2022, 11:33 PM
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Leclerc will start ahead of Sainz and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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Miami Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Sainz
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Charles Leclerc
1'28.796 219.415 2 Carlos Sainz
1'28.986 0.190 218.946 3 Max Verstappen
1'28.991 0.195 218.934 4 Sergio Perez
1'29.036 0.240 218.823 5 Valtteri Bottas
1'29.475 0.679 217.750 6 Lewis Hamilton
1'29.625 0.829 217.385 7 Pierre Gasly
1'29.690 0.894 217.228 8 Lando Norris
1'29.750 0.954 217.083 9 Yuki Tsunoda
1'29.932 1.136 216.643 10 Lance Stroll
1'30.676 1.880 214.866 11 Fernando Alonso
1'30.160 1.364 216.095 12 George Russell
1'30.173 1.377 216.064 13 Sebastian Vettel
1'30.214 1.418 215.966 14 Daniel Ricciardo
1'30.310 1.514 215.736 15 Mick Schumacher
1'30.423 1.627 215.467 16 Kevin Magnussen
1'30.975 2.179 214.159 17 Zhou Guanyu
1'31.020 2.224 214.054 18 Alex Albon
1'31.266 2.470 213.477 19 Nicholas Latifi
1'31.325 2.529 213.339 20 Esteban Ocon
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What happened in Miami Grand Prix Q1?
Leclerc set the pace in the opening segment at 1m29.474s, 0.326s clear of Verstappen. Sainz was third fastest ahead of Perez.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton toiled to make it through and had to run again – only qualifying for Q2 with 48s left on the clock. He vaulted up to fifth quickest.
Falling at the first hurdle were Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo), Williams duo Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi, and Esteban Ocon, whose Alpine didn’t run after its shunt in FP3 that cracked the chassis.
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Miami Grand Prix Q1 results: Leclerc fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 9 1'29.474 217.752 2
Max Verstappen Red Bull 8 1'29.836 0.362 0.362 216.875 3
Sergio Perez Red Bull 9 1'30.055 0.581 0.219 216.347 4
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 10 1'30.079 0.605 0.024 216.290 5
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 9 1'30.388 0.914 0.309 215.550 6
Fernando Alonso Alpine 8 1'30.407 0.933 0.019 215.505 7
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 9 1'30.441 0.967 0.034 215.424 8
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 9 1'30.485 1.011 0.044 215.319 9
George Russell Mercedes 8 1'30.490 1.016 0.005 215.307 10
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 8 1'30.583 1.109 0.093 215.086 11
Mick Schumacher Haas 11 1'30.645 1.171 0.062 214.939 12
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 9 1'30.677 1.203 0.032 214.863 13
Lando Norris McLaren 9 1'30.761 1.287 0.084 214.664 14
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 10 1'30.779 1.305 0.018 214.622 15
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 6 1'30.845 1.371 0.066 214.466 16
Kevin Magnussen Haas 11 1'30.975 1.501 0.130 214.159 17
Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 9 1'31.020 1.546 0.045 214.054 18
Alex Albon Williams 10 1'31.266 1.792 0.246 213.477 19
Nicholas Latifi Williams 10 1'31.325 1.851 0.059 213.339 20
Esteban Ocon Alpine 0 View full results
What happened in Miami Grand Prix Q2?
Verstappen set the bar at 1m29.202s but Leclerc made a second run and grabbed P1 with a lap of 1m29.130s, which was 0.072s faster. McLaren’s Lando Norris leapt up to third with a flying final lap, ahead of Perez and Sainz.
Knocked out at this point were Alpine's Fernando Alonso (missing out by just 0.032s), George Russell (who had starred in practice for Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).
Miami Grand Prix Grand Prix Q2 results: Leclerc fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 9 1'29.130 218.593 2
Max Verstappen Red Bull 3 1'29.202 0.072 0.072 218.416 3
Lando Norris McLaren 7 1'29.634 0.504 0.432 217.363 4
Sergio Perez Red Bull 6 1'29.673 0.543 0.039 217.269 5
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 9 1'29.729 0.599 0.056 217.133 6
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 8 1'29.751 0.621 0.022 217.080 7
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 6 1'29.797 0.667 0.046 216.969 8
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 6 1'29.996 0.866 0.199 216.489 9
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 6 1'30.031 0.901 0.035 216.405 10
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 6 1'30.128 0.998 0.097 216.172 11
Fernando Alonso Alpine 6 1'30.160 1.030 0.032 216.095 12
George Russell Mercedes 7 1'30.173 1.043 0.013 216.064 13
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 6 1'30.214 1.084 0.041 215.966 14
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 7 1'30.310 1.180 0.096 215.736 15
Mick Schumacher Haas 8 1'30.423 1.293 0.113 215.467 View full results
What happened in Miami Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Verstappen dipped into the 1m28s bracket with 1m28.991s. Leclerc was second on 1m29.055s, with Sainz a mere 0.016s slower.
On the final runs, Leclerc banged in 1m28.796s to take pole, with Sainz grabbing second on 1m28.986s, 0.19s in arrears.
Verstappen will start third after bailing out of his final run after going off, ahead of Perez and Valtteri Bottas – who only made Q2 by a tenth but will start fifth for Alfa Romeo.
Hamilton qualified sixth, ahead of Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Norris, Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).
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Miami Grand Prix Q3 results: Leclerc takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 7 1'28.796 219.415 2
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 7 1'28.986 0.190 0.190 218.946 3
Max Verstappen Red Bull 7 1'28.991 0.195 0.005 218.934 4
Sergio Perez Red Bull 6 1'29.036 0.240 0.045 218.823 5
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 6 1'29.475 0.679 0.439 217.750 6
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 6 1'29.625 0.829 0.150 217.385 7
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 6 1'29.690 0.894 0.065 217.228 8
Lando Norris McLaren 6 1'29.750 0.954 0.060 217.083 9
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 6 1'29.932 1.136 0.182 216.643 10
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 6 1'30.676 1.880 0.744 214.866 View full results
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