F1 Miami GP LIVE: Sprint race start time with teen star Kimi Antonelli on pole position
Follow all the reaction as teenage star Antonelli makes F1 history with pole in sprint qualifying
Teenager Kimi Antonelli sprung the surprise of the season so far by taking pole position for Saturday’s sprint race in Miami.
The 18-year-old Italian, just six rounds into his rookie campaign as a replacement for Lewis Hamilton, saw off championship leader Oscar Piastri by just 0.045 seconds at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Piastri’s McLaren team-mate Lando Norris finished third, 0.100 sec behind Antonelli, with Max Verstappen fourth and Antonelli’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell in fifth.
Charles Leclerc and Hamilton qualified sixth and seventh respectively for Ferrari.
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SQ3 underway!
Just Verstappen and Russell out on track from the off at the start of this eight-minute SQ3 session, with all 10 on soft tyres!
10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Russell, Norris, Piastri, Antonelli, Leclerc, Hamilton, Albon, Alonso, Hadjar
Lewis Hamilton safe!
Hamilton moves up to P6!
Carlos Sainz, however, is out! Lap deleted for track limits - a huge lock-up at turn 11!
Bottom-five and out in SQ2 (11-15): Hulkenberg, Ocon, Gasly, Lawson, Sainz
Top-3: Norris, Verstappen, Piastri
Time for the top-10 shootout!
Lewis Hamilton only P8!
Work to do for Hamilton then, he’ll need to go quicker me thinks!
2:00 to go in SQ2...
Current bottom-five (11-15): Sainz, Ocon, Hadjar, Hulkenberg, Lawson
George Russell:
“I’m not liking this tyre!”
P5 at the moment for the Mercedes man!
Current bottom-five (11-15): Sainz, Ocon, Hadjar, Hulkenberg, Lawson
4:00 to go in SQ2...
SQ2 underway!
10 minutes for SQ2 with all the cars on medium tyres again!
Will we have any shock absentees from the top-10?
Yuki Tsunoda out in SQ1!
Yuki didn’t get a lap in!
A big queue to get out and both Tsunoda and Bearman did not start their lap in time!
Nightmare for Red Bull’s second driver!
Bottom-five (16-20) and out in SQ1: Stroll, Doohan, Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Bearman.
Top-3: Russell, Antonelli, Albon
Kimi Antonelli goes to the top!
First time at this track for the 18-year-old, but plain-sailing so far for Antonelli - he goes P1 with a time of 1:27:858, 0.012 secs quicker than Norris!
Russell is P5; Hamilto is P6.
Current bottom-five (16-20): Doohan, Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Bearman, Hadjar
4:00 to go in SQ1; this will be chaos in the pit-lane coming up now!
Lando Norris quickest early on
Norris a few tenths quicker than Piastri at the top, with Verstappen seperating them in P2.
In the bottom-five (16-20) with five minutes left: Doohan, Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Bearman, Hadjar
SQ1 underway!
SQ1 is a go!
12 minutes, all on mediums, quickfire stuff!
Jack Doohan, early on, complaining of an unsafe release with Liam Lawson in the pit-lane...
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