- Pérez unable to stop teammate’s charge in Red Bull one-two
- Lewis Hamilton comes from 13th to claim sixth for Mercedes
Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix with a superbly executed comeback drive from ninth place to maintain his lead of the Formula One world championship. The Red Bull driver beat his teammate Sergio Pérez into second, with the Mexican unable to resist Verstappen’s late charge to reclaim the lead at the Miami International Autodrome. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was third, Mercedes’s George Russell in fourth and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in fifth. Lewis Hamilton came from 13th to sixth for Mercedes.
Verstappen was in fine form at the circuit that winds its way round the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins NFL team. He delivered a flawless succession of quick laps on a tyre strategy that proved to be crucial in giving him the advantage over Pérez who had started from pole. It was another exhibition from the world champion that demonstrated why he remains the strong favourite to take a third title this season.