Miami Grand Prix

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, after passing the Ferrari of Formula 1 world championship rival Charles Leclerc.

Zhou Guanyu was the first retirement of the race when his Alfa Romeo broke down. Hamilton finished sixth, ahead of Bottas, Esteban Ocon, the penalised Alonso and Alex Albon’s Williams. With three laps to go, Verstappen escaped Leclerc’s DRS range and sealed his third win of the year. Perez also pitted for a new set of mediums, but none of the front trio stopped. As soon as he got into DRS range of Leclerc, Verstappen grabbed the lead at Turn 1 on lap nine. Leclerc was running 4.5s behind Verstappen when he pitted on lap 25, rejoining in fourth.

The Red Bull driver held off a late push by Charles Leclerc to clinch his second win in three weeks.

It was Verstappen’s second straight win, coming weeks after finishing first in Italy at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. George Russell of Mercedes (59 points) and Sainz (53) round out the top five. After 57 laps in Miami on Sunday, he accomplished his goal.

Max Verstappen won the first-ever Miami Grand Prix having pried the lead off Ferrari's pole-sitter Charles Leclerc early in the race, and defended it on a ...

Alonso – now holding a five-second penalty for contact with Gasly – led Schumacher and Ocon at the back of the top 10. "I think I’ll stick to racing," he said when asked by Willy T Ribbs if he was fit enough to step into the boxing ring, "but I appreciate a lot of boxing. Tsunoda was however promoted to 12th after the post-race penalties for Alonso and Ricciardo. That left Williams driver Latifi in P14. The podium saw the top three celebrate in front of Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino – and his statue. Then, on Lap 41, Gasly – who had previously been tapped at the final corner by Alonso – went wide at Turn 8, rejoined, and clashed with Norris, ripping the McLaren’s rear-right tyre off and sending him into a spin. Leclerc prepared his rebuttal, tailing the Red Bull throughout the next lap – but the reigning champion was now in a commanding position. Leclerc was next to pit, a swap to hards taking 3.2 seconds, as he emerged in P4 on Lap 25. A sensor issue was to blame and Perez was back – but had lost considerable time (and some engine power to boot) to Sainz ahead. Perez attempted to pass Sainz on Lap 52 but locked up, both drivers avoiding contact, while Leclerc was under half a second behind Verstappen in the chase for the lead. On Lap 6, he took P6 off Gasly and the seven-time champion was back where he began. Hamilton lamented the fact that he couldn't pit during the VSC but was promoted to P6 when Valtteri Bottas went wide at Turn 17 on Lap 49. Perez took the opportunity to pit for new mediums from P4, emerging there, with hard-shod Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz ahead.

The Sporting News is tracking live updates and lap-by-lap highlights for Formula 1's inaugural 2022 Miami Grand Prix. Follow for complete results from ...

Great start for the Red Bull driver. You can also stream Formula 1 races live in the U.S. with fuboTV, which offers a free trial. Rough for the Alfa Romeo driver. Still a 3-to-4 mph advantage for the Red Bull on the straights. 4:04 p.m.: Sergio Perez is adamant he's losing power on team radio, but his race engineer assures him there's no issue. Leclerc exits the pits in fourth. He looks OK. Pierre Gasly didn't see Norris, and made contact with him coming out of a turn. Schumacher sounds broken up on team radio. 5:04 p.m.: Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel collide in Lap 56. 5:06 p.m.: Max Verstappen is in the driver's seat for the win at Miami, unless he hits a wall. The Sporting News tracked live updates and lap-by-lap highlights for Formula 1's inaugural 2022 Miami Grand Prix below. Leclerc still holds the driver's championship lead over Verstappen.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen used an aggressive early pass on Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc then controlled the inaugural ...

Serena Williams ducked into Mercedes' hospitality and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny arrived at the venue with Perez and spent most of pre-race at Red Bull with the Mexican driver. Promoters never had a general ticket sale because of crushing early demand and the campus surrounding Hard Rock Stadium was the place to party over the last three days. He then set his sights on Leclerc and used a strong outside pass on the ninth lap to claim the lead. Leclerc got a few looks inside but Verstappen didn't relent and the Dutchman won by 3.7 seconds. Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. had locked out the front row in qualifying for Ferrari, but Verstappen pounced at the start to get ahead of Sainz. Dwyane Wade took selfies on the starting grid and Paris Hilton danced in front of the McLaren garage; Tom Brady, David Beckham and Michael Jordan posed for a pre-race picture with Lewis Hamilton, who hosted former first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday at the track.

Max Verstappen used an aggressive early pass on Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc then controlled the inaugural Miami Grand Prix for his third ...

It was a strange event for Haas F1, the only American team on the 20-car grid. "We struggled a little bit after five, six laps with the front tires, and then we struggled and basically lost the race in that stage," Leclerc said. After the race, Perex said he's started talks on a new contract with Red Bull but neither side is in a hurry to complete a deal. Promoters never had a general ticket sale because of crushing early demand and the campus surrounding Hard Rock Stadium was the place to party over the last three days. "And after the safety car, I really felt that we had a shot to actually take back the lead." Verstappen started third after Ferrari locked up the front row with Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. in qualifying.

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Je crois que je n’ai même pas fait de départ [simulé], je ne savais donc pas à quoi m’attendre au départ », a déclaré le vainqueur. À l’issue de cette manche, statu quo au championnat après cinq courses : Leclerc reste en tête, avec 104 points, devant Verstappen qui revient à 19 unités de son rival (85 pts) et le Mexicain Sergio Pérez (Red Bull, 66 pts), qui termine au pied du podium à Miami, à l’issue d’une bataille pour la troisième place avec Sainz. « C’était une course très difficile physiquement.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) s'est imposé dimanche lors de la première édition du Grand Prix de Miami, devant le poleman Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) et Carlos ...

George Russell et Lewis Hamilton se sont longtemps disputé une place dans le Top 5 et c'est finalement le plus jeune des deux Britanniques qui l'a emporté grâce à ses gommes neuves et aussi l'erreur en fin d'épreuve de Valtteri Bottas qui a léché le muret à la sortie de l'épingle au virage 17. Le Britannique a été percuté au niveau de la roue arrière droite par la monoplace de Pierre Gasly qui était au ralenti en piste et qui est revenu dans la trajectoire au moment où Norris arrivait. Ce dimanche, sous le soleil floridien, le Néerlandais a réalisé le départ parfait pour mettre à mal les Ferrari. La manoeuvre est efficace : grâce à l'extérieur sur Sainz au premier virage, le champion du monde en titre s'emparait de la 2e place.

Sunday's inaugural Miami Grand Prix Formula One race in Miami Gardens, Fla., lived up to its billing as a heavyweight battle.

Mick Schumacher appeared to be on the verge of collecting his first points but while running ninth, he made contact with Vettel and slipped to a 15th-place finish. On Lap 41 of 57, Pierre Gasly in an AlphaTauri and Lando Norris in his McLaren made contact to bring out a safety car. But the Dutch-Belgian Red Bull driver passed Sainz just after the standing start. His earlier wins had come in Saudi Arabia and Italy. Article content Article content

Formula One pictured a race in Miami and envisioned sun, sand, beaches and boats. What they got was a fake marina with fake water and all.

“Putting on a good first-year event is a challenge to get everything right, given the size and scale and newness to it,” Brown said. Miami is the 11th different venue to host an F1 race in the United States, but the series had struggled to gain traction in the country until late. It took years for COTA to grow, and behind the “DTS” mania last year’s race in Austin drew more than 300,000 over three days. So, I think putting on a great event, and then having it be sustainable over decades — I don’t say it’s easy to do, but clearly it can be done. A gondola can take guests from the marina to The Beach Club, where Post Malone went head-to-head with F1 qualifying. “Formula One is all around, the amount of guest requests we have is amazing. Some teams were upset Friday over the guest experience inside the Paddock Club, which cost $11,000 for a three-day pass. The U.S. went four years without an F1 event before Circuit of America’s in Austin, Texas, brought the European series back to the States in 2012. The event is the hottest ticket in sports right now. Hard Rock has hosted Super Bowls, college playoff games, a major tennis tournament, international soccer, concerts and the “Rolling Loud” musical festival. It isn’t exactly Monaco, but the man-made marina is a 25,000-square-foot dry dock designed to look like water. It can be found at the corner of NW 27th Ave. and NW 199th St. in Miami Gardens, a land-locked neighbourhood some 15 miles away from F1’s initial desired downtown location.

The victory cut Leclerc's lead over Verstappen to 19 points in the championship, while the Monegasque's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz completed the podium.

A crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris on Lap 41 triggered the safety car, and when racing resumed on lap 47, Leclerc pushed hard to retake the lead. But we had a good launch and I saw the opportunity to go around the outside [of Sainz] in turn one, so I tried. "I didn't even do a [practice] start, so I didn't know what to expect in the actual start.

Miami's inaugural grand prix was a Formula 1 race unlike any other, but was that a good or a bad thing? The Race F1 Podcast assesses it.

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The trio analyse the track action and and how the event stacked up against other F1 races on the calendar, and if it lived up to the hype. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz managed to hold off a down on power Sergio Perez to secure the final podium spot, while George Russell charged from 12th to fifth, taking advantage of the safety car and fresher tyres to leapfrog team-mate Lewis Hamilton. F1’s first visit to Miami created plenty of hype pre-event and it resulted in a bumper crowd witnessing Verstappen overhaul polesitter Leclerc, in a race spiced up by a late safety car, after a collision between AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly and McLaren’s Lando Norris.

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Leclerc got a few looks inside but Verstappen didn’t relent and the Dutchman won by 3.7 seconds. He then set his sights on Leclerc and used a strong outside pass on the ninth lap to claim the lead. Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. had locked out the front row in qualifying for Ferrari, but Verstappen pounced at the start to get ahead of Sainz.

Charles Leclerc has called on Ferrari to deliver "big" upgrades at the next Grand Prix in Spain after being outpaced by Max Verstappen in Miami.

"I think we know they are stronger than us in terms of race pace for now. "There is not much more to add. "Hopefully there will be an upgrade and hopefully it will be big enough to catch Red Bull in terms of race pace," says Leclerc after finishing second; Spanish Grand Prix is the next race on the calendar on weekend of May 20-22 with full coverage only on Sky Sports F1