Kimi Antonelli Takes Third Straight Pole at Miami Grand Prix

kimi antonelli took pole position for the Miami Grand Prix with a lap of 1m 27.798s, and the Mercedes driver made it three consecutive poles. Max Verstappen joins him on the front row after finishing second in qualifying.

Antonelli And Verstappen

Antonelli had already been hit with a five-second time penalty earlier in the day, which dropped him to P6 before qualifying settled the order for Sunday. He then reset the session with the quickest lap, while Verstappen posted the early benchmark of 1m 29.099s before finishing 0.084s behind in the timesheets.

Charles Leclerc will start third for the Miami Grand Prix, just behind the front row pair. That gives Ferrari a place near the sharp end, but it is Antonelli who leaves qualifying with the cleanest line into the race after staying near the top of the times throughout.

McLaren And Ferrari

Lando Norris took P4 after recovering from a boost issue, and George Russell secured P5 ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Oscar Piastri qualified seventh after coming close to being knocked out early on, keeping McLaren in the mix but not on the front row.

The wider grid was more compressed behind them. Franco Colapinto, Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly rounded out the top 10, Nico Hulkenberg took P11 for Audi after his DNS in the Sprint, and Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez lined up P20 and P21 for Cadillac in their first home event.

Miami Grid Order

Gabriel Bortoleto did not match his rivals' pace and later had to abandon the car after a brake fire. For readers tracking the front of the field, the immediate order is clear: Antonelli starts first, Verstappen second, and Leclerc third, with the pole sitter carrying the advantage into the Miami Grand Prix after turning a penalty-hit day into another top grid spot.