{"id":256157,"date":"2026-05-03T03:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256157\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:25:10","slug":"f1-qualifying-results-kimi-antonelli-take-pole-at-the-miami-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256157\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 qualifying results: Kimi Antonelli take pole at the Miami Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first two competitive sessions at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix delivered a surprise, as Lando Norris broke the stranglehold Mercedes had on the top of the timing sheets through the first three race weekends of the season. The McLaren driver secured pole position<\/a> for the F1 Sprint race on Friday, and led wire-to-wire in the F1 Sprint race itself early on Saturday.<\/p>\n

But when the dust settled at the end of the qualifying hour for the main event, young Kimi Antonelli was back at the top of the board.<\/p>\n

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The Mercedes driver delivered a thunderous lap early in Q3, and while rivals such as Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc came close, Antonelli will roll off the line in P1 when the lights go out in Miami on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s been an amazing day, you know, to be on pole again. It was obviously a difficult start of the day with the Sprint, where it didn\u2019t go our way, but super happy with the recovery. And yeah, it was a good quali. Obviously got a little bit too excited in that last lap of Q3, but the first lap was good enough. I\u2019m very happy with that,\u201c said Antonelli after the session.<\/p>\n

For Verstappen \u2014 who was eliminated in Q2 during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix \u2014 the P2 was a result of the driver feeling more \u201ccomfortable\u201d in the car, thanks to some recent upgrades from Red Bull.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, for me it\u2019s been two things. For sure, the car has not been great in the previous races, but also from my side I never felt comfortable with the layout of the car,\u201c said Verstappen. \u201dAnd I think over those last few weeks the team has been pushing flat out to try and bring upgrades to the car and making me feel more comfortable with a lot of things in the car, and it really pays off. I mean, I feel more in control of the car again and then I can push a bit more, then the upgrades are working. And yeah, I mean, to be on the front row is way better than I expected heading into this.\u201c<\/p>\n

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The start of Sunday\u2019s Miami Grand Prix has been pushed up three hours<\/a>, in advance of heavy rain and thunderstorms that are expected to arrive late in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Here is the provisional starting grid for Sunday\u2019s Miami Grand Prix:<\/p>\n

Row<\/p>\n

Position<\/p>\n

Driver<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Position<\/p>\n

Driver<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Row 1<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli<\/p>\n

Mercedes<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen<\/p>\n

Red Bull<\/p>\n

Row 2<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc<\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Lando Norris<\/p>\n

McLaren<\/p>\n

Row 3<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

George Russell<\/p>\n

Mercedes<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/p>\n

Row 4<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri<\/p>\n

McLaren<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Franco Colapinto<\/p>\n

Alpine<\/p>\n

Row 5<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar<\/p>\n

Red Bull<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Pierre Gasly<\/p>\n

Alpine<\/p>\n

Row 6<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Nico H\u00fclkenberg<\/p>\n

Audi<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Liam Lawson<\/p>\n

VCARB<\/p>\n

Row 7<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Oliver Bearman<\/p>\n

Haas<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Carlos Sainz Jr.<\/p>\n

Williams<\/p>\n

Row 8<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Esteban Ocon<\/p>\n

Haas<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Alexander Albon<\/p>\n

Williams<\/p>\n

Row 9<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Arvid Lindblad<\/p>\n

VCARB<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso<\/p>\n

Aston Martin<\/p>\n

Row 10<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Lance Stroll<\/p>\n

Aston Martin<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Valtteri Bottas<\/p>\n

Cadillac<\/p>\n

Row 11<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Sergio P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n

Cadillac<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Gabriel Bortoleto<\/p>\n

Audi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first two competitive sessions at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix delivered a surprise, as Lando Norris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110779,67509,28,111265,111263,80149,67508,123,2431,108650,125,31516,124,111264,110514],"class_list":["post-256157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-charles-leclerc","tag-ferrari","tag-florida","tag-japanese-grand-prix","tag-kimi-antonelli","tag-lando-norris","tag-max-verstappen","tag-miami","tag-miami-gardens","tag-miami-grand-prix","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-international-autodrome","tag-miami-news","tag-pole-position","tag-red-bull-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}