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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Miami GP practice, Leclerc crashes
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in Miami Grand Prix practice at the Hard Rock Stadium, ahead of the fifth round of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: May 6, 2023, 12:47 AM
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George Russell of Mercedes was quickest in FP1, before Verstappen topped FP2 with the fastest time of the day.
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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 View full results
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 P1 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 View full results
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 P2 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.
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