- Red flag after Ferrari hits wall strands Verstappen in ninth
- Grim day for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton only 13th
Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix from 13th after a qualifying session to forget for the seven-time world champion in the United States, as Sergio Perez took a surprise pole position after Charles Leclerc’s late crash resulted in a red flag to leave Max Verstappen ninth on the grid.
Fernando Alonso joins Perez on the front row following another impressive display by the evergreen Spaniard, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz third. Kevin Magnussen qualified fourth for Haas ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Russell. Leclerc, who broke his rear wing in the accident at Turn 8, qualified seventh.