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F1 Miami GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying
Saturday's updates ahead of the F1 Miami Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc leads the F1 drivers’ standings by 27 points from Max Verstappen following the Dutch driver’s domination at the Emilia Romagna GP two weeks ago, as Ferrari heads the teams’ standings by 11 points from Red Bull.
Final practice for the Miami GP gets underway at 6.00pm BST (1.00pm local time), followed by qualifying which starts at 9.00pm BST (4.00pm local time).
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Interestingly Q1 ran without incident. Touch wood that we can get through without any stoppages.
Back underway for Q2 now. A handful of cars are out on track.
Schumacher post the first lap in the session with a 1:30.423s as Leclerc and Sainz fire in 1:29s with their first laps.
Both the Red Bulls have a set of fresh softs fitted for Q2.
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Verstappen to the top now with a 1m:29.202s. Perez is 0.4s slower and slots into P2.
Only nine cars have posted times. There are nine minutes remaining in the session.
Hamilton's first effort has put him in P5 as his Mercedes team-mate Russell begins an out lap.
Only five cars in the 1:29s bracket currently. Russell has wild moment at Turn 6 and backs out of the lap.
Russell is yet to post a time, he has five minutes remaining. The Brit complains on the radio about his Mercedes "bouncing".
Stroll, Schumacher, Vettel, Ricciardo and Russell are sitting in the elimination zone.
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Leclerc has moved back to the top thanks to a 1m29.130s effort.
Russell does manage to fire in a time to put him out of danger and into P7.
Norris has now slipped into the bottom five with Stroll, Schumacher, Vettel and Ricciardo.
Into the final minute now.
Vettel and Stroll are on faster laps.
Stroll and Vettel climb out of the drop zone moving to P7 and P10 respectively.
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Norris hauls himself out of the elimination zone to move to P3.
Alonso misses out on Q3 as a late flurry of times also drops Russell into the bottom five.
Vettel also misses out on Q3 along with Ricciardo and Schumacher.
Vettel bemoans his pace in the chicane. It looked as though he might sneak through to Q3 until the final moments there.
After all that late drama. Alonso, Russell, Vettel, Ricciardo and Schumacher have been eliminated from Q2.
Leclerc topped the times with a 1:29.130s from Verstappen, Norris and Perez.
So the shootout for Pole will include; Leclerc, Verstappen, Norris, Perez, Sainz, Bottas, Hamilton, Stroll, Tsunoda and Gasly.
Stewards have deemed no further investigation for an impeding incident between Sainz and Alonso.
Green flag
Here we go then for Q3!
All 10 cars out on track for this 10 minute shootout.
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Leclerc fires a first shot then with 1:29.055s.
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Verstappen responds to dip into the 1:28s bracket. The world champion pops in a 1:28.991s. That is the new fastest lap of the weekend so far.
So after the first runs its Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz. The trio are split by 0.080s. Super close!
Perez sits fourth ahead of Bottas, Hamilton, Norris, Tsunoda, Stroll and Gasly.
Second runs coming up. Five minutes left on the clock. Top four were on new tyres for the first run.
Out laps in progress, final runs coming right up.
Leclerc sets a purple first sector, its eclipsed by Sainz.
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Leclerc goes to provisional pole with a 1:28.796s.
Sainz slots into P2
What can Verstappen do. He can't respond, he backs out of the lap.
Checkered flag
Leclerc claims pole position for the Miami Grand Prix!
It's a Ferrari front row lock out. Leclerc heads Sainz. Red Bull complete the second row with Verstappen third and Perez fourth.
A strong showing from Bottas sees the Alfa Romeo driver secure P5 ahead of Hamilton in P6.
The top 10 is completed by Gasly, Norris, Tsunoda and Stroll.
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