The Dutch three-time world champion of Red Bull took the eight points of first place and left behind Charles Leclerc in Ferrari, while the three podiums were completed by Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull. Daniel Ricciardo was fourth with RB, taking his first points in this year’s championship, as he managed to hold off the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr. Oscar Piastri finished sixth with McLaren and Nico Hulkenberg seventh with Haas, while the top eight was completed by Yuki Tsunoda with the second RB.
It is worth noting that Lewis Hamilton had originally finished eighth in a Mercedes, but the seven-time world champion was penalized with a pit lane penalty for violating the speed limit in the pit lane. Thus, 20 seconds were added to the Briton’s time, as a result of which he “fell” in the ranking and the Japanese climbed to eighth.
It is worth mentioning the fact that a safety car came out in the first lap of the sprint, as the Aston Martins of Stroll and Alonso collided with each other at the first corner, with the result that the Spaniard “pushed” the Canadian into the McLaren of Lando Norris and the latter two retire, while Alonso pitted for a front wing change. Also, the stewards imposed three different penalties on Kevin Magnussen for his… battles with Hamilton, two penalties of ten seconds and one of five. But the Haas driver helped Hulkenberg slide into the points.
The sprint qualifying eight for the Miami Grand Prix and the driver and manufacturer standings are as follows:
1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands/Red Bull) 31:31.383
2. Charles Leclerc (Monaco/Ferrari) + 3,371
3. Sergio Perez (Mexico/Red Bull) + 5,095
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/RB) + 14,971
5. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain/Ferrari) + 15,222
6. Oscar Piastri (Australia/McLaren) + 15,750
7. Nico Hulkenberg (Germany/Haas) + 22,054
8. Yuki Tsunoda (Japan/RB) + 29,816
DRIVER RATING
1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands/Red Bull) 118 points
2. Sergio Perez (Mexico/Red Bull) 91
3. Charles Leclerc (Monaco/Ferrari) 83
4. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain/Ferrari) 73
5. Lando Norris (UK/McLaren) 58
6. Oscar Piastri (Australia/McLaren) 41
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain/Aston Martin) 31
9. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain/Mercedes) 19
10. Lance Stroll (Canada/Aston Martin) 9
11. Yuki Tsunoda (Japan/RB) 8
12. Oliver Berman (UK/Ferrari) 6
13. Nico Hulkenberg (Germany/Haas) 6
14. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/RB) 5
15. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark/Haas) 1
16. Alexander Albon (Thailand/Williams) 0
17. Esteban Ocon (France/Alpine) 0
18. Guanyu Zhu (China/Sauber) 0
19. Pierre Gasly (France/Alpine) 0
20. Valtteri Bottas (Finland/Sauber) 0
21. Logan Sargent (USA/Williams) 0
MANUFACTURERS’ RATING
1. Red Bull-Honda RBPT 209 points
2. Ferrari 162
3. McLaren-Mercedes 99
4. Mercedes 52
5. Aston Martin-Mercedes 40
6. RB-Honda RBPT 13
7. Haas-Ferrari 7
8. Williams-Mercedes 0
9. Alpine-Renault 0
10. Sauber-Ferrari 0
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