F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Miami GP practice, Leclerc crashes

George Russell of Mercedes was quickest in FP1, before Verstappen topped FP2 with the fastest time of the day.

Miami Grand Prix FP1 results: Russell fastest from Hamilton

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	George Russell		18	1'30.125			216.179
2	Lewis Hamilton		24	1'30.337	0.212	0.212	215.672
3	Charles Leclerc		23	1'30.449	0.324	0.112	215.405
4	Max Verstappen		22	1'30.549	0.424	0.100	215.167
5	Carlos Sainz		23	1'30.724	0.599	0.175	214.752
6	Pierre Gasly		20	1'31.104	0.979	0.380	213.856
7	Fernando Alonso		24	1'31.231	1.106	0.127	213.558
8	Lance Stroll		24	1'31.337	1.212	0.106	213.311
9	Nico Hulkenberg		14	1'31.392	1.267	0.055	213.182
10	Esteban Ocon		27	1'31.542	1.417	0.150	212.833
11	Sergio Perez		22	1'31.566	1.441	0.024	212.777
12	Oscar Piastri		24	1'31.810	1.685	0.244	212.212
13	Kevin Magnussen		25	1'31.853	1.728	0.043	212.112
14	Valtteri Bottas		24	1'31.902	1.777	0.049	211.999
15	Alex Albon		25	1'31.903	1.778	0.001	211.997
16	Lando Norris		23	1'31.997	1.872	0.094	211.780
17	Zhou Guanyu		22	1'32.134	2.009	0.137	211.465
18	Yuki Tsunoda		28	1'32.169	2.044	0.035	211.385
19	Logan Sargeant		27	1'32.619	2.494	0.450	210.358
20	Nyck de Vries		10	1'34.637	4.512	2.018	205.872
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What happened in Miami GP Free Practice 1?

Verstappen set the early pace at 1m31.054s, before Nico Hulkenberg – who was second quickest at the time – crashed his Haas at Turn 3 just after the halfway point of the session. Having smashed the right-front corner of his car against the wall, a red flag was required to clear away his machine.

At the resumption, Verstappen lowered the top time to 1m30.549s. But going into the closing moments of the session, Lewis Hamilton jumped to the top of the times with 1m30.337s for Mercedes and then Russell went even faster and produced a 1m30.125s, to beat his team-mate by 0.212s.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc jumped up to third, ahead of Verstappen, his 1m30.449s a tenth clear of the Dutchman.

Miami Grand Prix FP2 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		23	1'27.930			221.576
2	Carlos Sainz		26	1'28.315	0.385	0.385	220.610
3	Charles Leclerc		20	1'28.398	0.468	0.083	220.403
4	Sergio Perez		24	1'28.419	0.489	0.021	220.350
5	Fernando Alonso		25	1'28.660	0.730	0.241	219.751
6	Lando Norris		24	1'28.741	0.811	0.081	219.551
7	Lewis Hamilton		23	1'28.858	0.928	0.117	219.262
8	Lance Stroll		23	1'28.930	1.000	0.072	219.084
9	Esteban Ocon		25	1'28.937	1.007	0.007	219.067
10	Alex Albon		26	1'29.046	1.116	0.109	218.799
11	Pierre Gasly		22	1'29.098	1.168	0.052	218.671
12	Kevin Magnussen		22	1'29.171	1.241	0.073	218.492
13	Zhou Guanyu		27	1'29.181	1.251	0.010	218.468
14	Valtteri Bottas		26	1'29.189	1.259	0.008	218.448
15	George Russell		21	1'29.216	1.286	0.027	218.382
16	Oscar Piastri		24	1'29.339	1.409	0.123	218.081
17	Nico Hulkenberg		22	1'29.393	1.463	0.054	217.949
18	Yuki Tsunoda		25	1'29.613	1.683	0.220	217.414
19	Nyck de Vries		25	1'29.928	1.998	0.315	216.653
20	Logan Sargeant		27	1'30.038	2.108	0.110	216.388
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What happened in Miami GP Free Practice 2?

Just 10 minutes into the session, Leclerc and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) went 1-2 with times on fresh medium tyres that were quicker than the fastest FP1 time on softs – Leclerc leading the way with 1m29.497s.

Verstappen beat that with 1m29.380s on mediums, before the soft-tyre runs began. McLaren held a brief 1-2 with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and then Verstappen unleashed 1m28.255s – going half a second clear of Norris.

Leclerc took second on 1m28.398s, after locking up on his first attempt on softs at the hairpin, but was then bested by team-mate Sainz with 1m28.315s, who was just 0.06s off the fastest time.

But Verstappen improved with 1m27.930s, the quickest time of the day, putting him almost four tenths clear of his rivals. The Ferraris were next up, Sainz in front of Leclerc, ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez.

Fernando Alonso was fifth for Aston Martin, ahead of Norris and Hamilton.

Leclerc ended his session in the barriers at Turn 7, causing a red flag with 10 minutes to go.