For the seventh straight race in Components 1, Max Verstappen will start from the front of the grid.
The Crimson Bull driver and planet championship leader claimed pole placement at qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday with nevertheless a different spectacular effectiveness at the 1st American party of the season. Verstappen defeat out the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who completed 2nd and third respectively.
Through the afternoon session under the South Florida solar, Verstappen expressed his issue with the grip of the soft tires that most of the industry was employing. He in the long run wasn’t ready to make improvements to on his very first traveling lap of the 3rd qualifying interval (1:27.241), but the time was enough for him to land on pole for the sixth time in 6 races in 2024.
Relationship back to previous year, Verstappen has gained pole posture in seven consecutive races, turning out to be the initially driver because Lewis Hamilton to achieve the feat. Hamilton notched seven straight poles with Mercedes in 2015 from the Monaco Grand Prix to the Brazilian Grand Prix. The only driver with a lot more is the renowned Ayrton Senna, who went a excellent 8-for-8 for McLaren from the 1988 Spanish Grand Prix to the ’89 United States Grand Prix.
Verstappen, who was also the winner of Saturday’s F1 dash race, will now be nicely-positioned to gain the Miami Grand Prix for the 3rd calendar year in a row. A victory would go a very long way in extending his direct in the drivers’ entire world championship standings, which has previously grown to 27 points more than Purple Bull teammate Sergio Pérez.
The Miami Grand Prix is scheduled to commence at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday.
