#F1 #MiamiGP #Qualifying: @MercedesAMGF1’s #Antonelli storms to third-consecutive pole.

Antonelli Miami GP Pole – Championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli bounced back from a sixth-placed-finish in the Sprint from a post-race-penalty to grab pole position for tomorrow’s Miami GP ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to complete the top three.

This was the Bologna-born-Italian’s third consecutive pole position.

In Q3, the initial flyers saw Piastri the first to register the benchmark of a 1:28.687, which was beaten by team-mate Norris’s 1:28.183

Verstappen jumped to provisional pole with a 1:28.181 then was pipped by Leclerc’s 1:28.143 as Hamilton ended up fifth with his 1:28.376 effort.

Antonelli grabbed provisional pole with a 1:27.798 to go 0.345 seconds clear of Leclerc with Verstappen a further 0.383 seconds off in third.

Russell split fellow British drivers Norris and Hamilton in fifth with his 1:28.197 lap.

The final hot-laps saw Russell remain in fifth with his 1:28.357 effort, provisional pole-sitter Antonelli suffered a lock-up into turn one and had to abandon his flying lap.

Piastri was next and remained in seventh whilst his team-mate Norris was unable to improve and stayed fourth along with Hamilton in sixth.

Leclerc could not improve either as Verstappen jumped to second with a 1:27.964 to end up 0.166 seconds off Antonelli as the Italian grabbed the pole.

Alpine’s Franco Colapino and Pierre Gasly qualified in eighth and tenth as Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar split the pairing in ninth.

In the middle segment, which was topped by Verstappen, Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg qualified outside the top ten in 11^th place and in-front of RB’s Liam Lawson who took 12^th.

Haas’s Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon were 13^th and 15^th respectively as both Williams drivers Carlos Sainz and Alexander Albon wounded up 14^th and 16^th in the classification.

In the first qualifying stage, which was topped by Antonelli, RB’s Arvid Lindblad was the quickest of the Q1 eliminatees ending up 17^th.

Aston Martin pairing Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll were next in 18^th and 19^th respectively followed by the Cadillac duo of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez in 20^th and 21^st.

Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto brought up the rear with the Brazilian’s rear-left brakes catching fire aboard his R26 entry at the end of Q1.

Bortoleto pulled off at the closest exit on the back straight.

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2026 Miami GP Qualifying – The Top Three

2026 Miami GP Pole Position – Andrea Kimi Antonelli, #12, Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team, F1 W17 – 1:27.798:

“It’s been an amazing day, to be on pole again. Was a difficult start of the day with the Sprint, where it didn’t go our day. Happy with the quali, a little bit overexcited on the last lap in Q3, but the first lap was good. I was very stressed to be fair; I was waiting for everyone to finish their laps but it was good enough so I’m happy with that. It would be nice to not lose any positions tomorrow…”

2^nd Place – Max Verstappen, #3, Oracle Red Bull Racing, Ford-RBPT, RB22 – 1:27.964:

“For me it has been two things. For sure the car has not been great in the last races and I didn’t feel comfortable with the layout of the car. The upgrades have made me feel comfortable, so I can push more and the upgrades are working. To be on the front row is way better than I expected heading into this weekend. Let’s see what the weather does, but I am very happy with where we are – it is light at the end of the tunnel.”

3^rd Place – Charles Leclerc, #16, Scuderia Ferrari HP, SF-26 – 1:28.143:

“It was on the limit, but we were not fast enough. We brought a significant package that helped a bit but we need to improve. P3 is a good starting position so I am looking forward to tomorrow. [Tomorrow] looks wet. I think it will be a wet race.”

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