F1 Miami Grand Prix qualifying LIVE! Latest news and updates as Charles Leclerc takes pole position
F1 Miami Grand Prix qualifying - LIVE!
Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz trailed by 0.190 seconds with Max Verstappen in third after a dramatic end to qualifying.
The championship leader will start on pole for the third time this season, with all of his wins thus far coming from that position.
Ferrari lockout the front row with Verstappen and Sergio Perez behind, Valterri Bottas in fifth and Lewis Hamilton in sixth.
"It is incredible to be here in the US and to see how much the sport has grown," said Leclerc.
"The last race was not great because I made a mistake but we start on pole here and I need to finish the job tomorrow."
Verstappen said: "To be that competitive in qualifying was a bit of a surprise. Of course you want to be on pole but I think we did a good job and we need to make the weekends less difficult for ourselves.
"We have a good chance for tomorrow so I am looking forward to that."
Miami Grand Prix qualifying latest news
Confirmed qualifying results
Q1 results
Q2 results
Start time: 9pm BST, Miami International Autodrome
How to watch: Sky Sports
Russell fastest for resurgent Mercedes in Friday practice
Verstappen endures nightmare start to race weekend
23:36 , Jonathan Gorrie
The grid is set for our maiden Miami Grand Prix 🔥
Who will you be cheering on around @HardRockStadium? #MiamiGP #F1 @f1miami pic.twitter.com/bUUUnkzwI7— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
23:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
The pole position n.3️⃣ of 2022 👊#essereFerrari 🔴 #MiamiGP @Charles_Leclerc pic.twitter.com/sPjCHuQuy1
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 7, 2022
23:09 , Jonathan Gorrie
Our Pirelli Pole Position Award winner @Charles_Leclerc with legendary actor Michael Douglas in Miami! 🎬#MiamiGP #F1 @pirellisport pic.twitter.com/tcLZq7HHdL
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
23:06 , Jonathan Gorrie
All previous wins of Charles' have been from pole position....
Just sayin' 😉#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/cKxySk9UwA— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Verstappen’s error
22:52 , Jonathan Gorrie
Unlucky Max! 💔
A costly error for the Dutchman in the final stages of qualifying 😩#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/alE7EGLyKx— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Confirmed qualifying results
22:40 , Jonathan Gorrie
🏁 QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION 🏁
A @ScuderiaFerrari 1-2 for qualifying! 💪#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/XHfE3J57Bg— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
22:16 , Jonathan Gorrie
Team work makes the dream work!
It's 1-2! 🤜🤛
Let’s see out the job tomorrow 💪#essereFerrari 🔴 #MiamiGP @Charles_Leclerc @Carlossainz55 pic.twitter.com/n0B5PYsupz— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 7, 2022
Max Verstappen reacts
22:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
MAX: "To be that competitive in qualifying I was actually surprised. I think we did a really good job, but we have to start making the weekends a little less difficult" #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/DoTE60h28l
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Charles Leclerc reacts
22:08 , Jonathan Gorrie
CHARLES: "It's amazing. Today went well, we're starting on pole so we need to finish the job tomorrow" #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/7TVDMEHuTy
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Max Verstappen to Red Bull team radio
22:05 , Jonathan Gorrie
“I f****d it.”
His third of the season
22:04 , Jonathan Gorrie
CHARLES LECLERC IS ON POLE FOR OUR INAUGURAL MIAMI GRAND PRIX! 🙌
A magnificent effort by the Monegasque driver 👏
It's a front row start for both @ScuderiaFerrari drivers#MiamiGP #F1 @Charles_Leclerc pic.twitter.com/CyMk4NYPJZ— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Drama!
22:01 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lecler takes provisional pole right at the death! Verstappen down in third with Sainz in second.
Where we stand
21:59 , Jonathan Gorrie
Max Verstappen
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Sergio Perez
Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton
Lando Norris
Yuki Tsunoda
Lance Stroll
Pierre Gasly
21:55 , Jonathan Gorrie
Only 0.080s cover Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz! 🤯
We're bringing the heat, Miami 🔥😮💨#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/oMDbkeXYUF— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
21:55 , Jonathan Gorrie
Max Verstappen holds onto provisional pole as he reaches the 1.28s! 😅#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/zx2kb5pkC8
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
21:54 , Jonathan Gorrie
Long way to go, Hamilton (sixth) could yet get close to Perez in fourth.
It’s all very tight at the top!
21:53 , Jonathan Gorrie
Verstappen in provisional pole at 1:28.991 with Leclerc 0.8 of a second behind!
Green light!
21:50 , Jonathan Gorrie
Q3 is underway!
21:48 , Jonathan Gorrie
Alonso and Sainz aruging, with Alonso feeling his compatriot blocked him off!
George Russell to Mercedes team radio
21:47 , Jonathan Gorrie
“Sorry about that. I just didn’t have the confidence in the car today.”
Confirmation of drivers eliminated in Q2
21:46 , Jonathan Gorrie
11. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
12. George Russell (Mercedes)
12. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
14. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
15. Mick Schumacher (Haas)
Full Q2 results
21:45 , Jonathan Gorrie
❌ OUT IN Q2 ❌
11. Alonso
12. Russell
13. Vettel
14. Ricciardo
15. Schumacher #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/1slLEPxdqS— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Vettel to Aston Martin team radio
21:44 , Jonathan Gorrie
“Ahhh no! I lost it in the chicane!”
21:41 , Jonathan Gorrie
Charles Leclerc is currently the fastest on track
He leads Verstappen by 0.072s 👀#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/pdBjiicM71— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
21:41 , Jonathan Gorrie
Vettel hit eighth by about six hundreths of a second! Bottas goes fifth and pushes him back down.
21:39 , Jonathan Gorrie
Russell makes a comeback! He hit seventh.
McLaren are in real trouble with Ricciardo and Norris in the elimination zone.
21:38 , Jonathan Gorrie
George Russell is VERY unhappy, lamenting the “bouncing” as he goes gripless through the apex. Toto Wolff is not happy either.
21:36 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lewis Hamilton into the top but is just over half a second off Verstappen, though Leclerc has moved back into first.
21:35 , Jonathan Gorrie
Gasly up to sixth!
21:34 , Jonathan Gorrie
He shoots, he scores!
Lando picks up t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ P6! #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/BpyhkLVqYY— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Drivers at risk
21:33 , Jonathan Gorrie
Alonso, Stroll, Tsunoda, Russell, Vettel and Galsy haven’t yet posted a time in Q2.
21:31 , Jonathan Gorrie
Verstappen ahead in Q2 so far at 1:29.202 with Perez behind.
No huge shocks just yet!
21:28 , Jonathan Gorrie
Apart from Bottas pulling things out of the fire in Q1, we haven’t had too many shocks just yet.
Will we get one in Q2?
21:28 , Jonathan Gorrie
🟢 Q2 IS A GO!
Out heads Mick Schumacher for his first run #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/jRTRDAf8FT— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Green light!
21:27 , Jonathan Gorrie
We’re off in Q2!
Hamilton’s close call
21:24 , Jonathan Gorrie
Hamilton pulls himself out of the bottom five and up to 5th in his last flying lap despite some traffic! 🏎️ pic.twitter.com/2I1ZdMK6Ik
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 7, 2022
Q1 results
21:21 , Jonathan Gorrie
❌ OUT IN Q1 ❌
16. Magnussen
17. Zhou Guanyu
18. Albon
19. Latifi
20. Ocon (did not participate) #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/0otkfd0Cl9— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
21:19 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lando Norris into 11th, could he be at risk?
21:18 , Jonathan Gorrie
Hamilton into fifth! Nervy moments for a while there.
21:15 , Jonathan Gorrie
Ricciardo and Norris in third and fourth respectively, with Leclerc still leading Verstappen.
Hamilton in real danger at the moment.
21:14 , Jonathan Gorrie
Guanyu Zhou into fifth!
21:12 , Jonathan Gorrie
Hamilton has a lap time deleted!
21:12 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lewis Hamilton way down in 12th with a 1:31.550.
21:12 , Jonathan Gorrie
Fernando Alonso and Valetti Bottas the only drivers yet to post a time.
21:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
Charles Leclerc into 1:29.474 to set the pace. Verstappen cannot answer.
21:10 , Jonathan Gorrie
Verstappen puts a lap on the board, he's up into P1 😮💨
Into the 1.30s we go! 🚀#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/CUF34kSg0s— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
21:09 , Jonathan Gorrie
Sergio Perez a half second slower than his teammate, with George Russell setting the third-fastest time by beating the Spaniard by three hundreths of a second.
21:08 , Jonathan Gorrie
Carlos Sainz and then Max Verstappen beat Tsunoda, hitting 1:30.858 and 1:30.235 respectively.
21:06 , Jonathan Gorrie
Soft tyres across the pack, with Yuki Tsunoda in the Alpha Tauri chased so far with a 1:31.944.
Four drivers to be elimated
21:02 , Jonathan Gorrie
Esteban Ocon’s early exit means only four drivers will be eliminated from Q1.
Green light!
21:01 , Jonathan Gorrie
18 minutes of action ahead with five drivers to be eliminated in Q1.
Compound reminder
20:58 , Jonathan Gorrie
Mind those G🔵A🔴P⚪️S#F1 #MiamiGP 🇺🇸 #Fit4F1 #Formula1 #Pirelli #Pirelli150 pic.twitter.com/q9scNbXWAd
— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) May 7, 2022
Mercedes have a big fan
20:57 , Jonathan Gorrie
We see that @LewisHamilton Merc cap @PostMalone.
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) May 7, 2022
Ten minute warning!
20:51 , Jonathan Gorrie
Qualifying gets underway in ten minutes!
James Corden’s message for Jenson Button
20:41 , Jonathan Gorrie
"I'll always be a Jenson Button guy!" 🥰
James Corden shares his story on how he fell in love with Formula One 🙌 pic.twitter.com/vWEtXIoaWL— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 7, 2022
More stars on show
20:38 , Jonathan Gorrie
Michael Obama and George Lucas in the Mercedes garage today.
James Corden, meanwhile, has just been on the Sky coverage!
Ocon’s message
20:34 , Jonathan Gorrie
That was a big one but I am ok. A cracked chassis means I won’t be able to take part in Quali today. Absolutely gutted but full send for tomorrow. Allez Alpine. pic.twitter.com/5TQfZuvBkH
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban) May 7, 2022
The stars on show
20:32 , Jonathan Gorrie
"Let's get it on, let's get it started!"
Caitlyn Jenner is excited for Race 1 of the W Series double-header in Miami 😎
Watch the race LIVE on Sky Sports F1 now! 📺 pic.twitter.com/ZejQv1HY0H— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 7, 2022
20:27 , Jonathan Gorrie
FP3 CLASSIFICATION 👀
Perez fastest ahead of qualifying #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/DZ8BqifsIg— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
20:24 , Jonathan Gorrie
Time to refuel, look at the data and get in the zone before qualifying. 👊🍯🦡#MiamiGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xQ19PuIQx0
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 7, 2022
A concerning moment in practice
20:20 , Jonathan Gorrie
That wall didn't need anymore Red Bull on it 😅👀 #F1pic.twitter.com/RoX0cuwAgF
— Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) May 7, 2022
Alpine update
20:17 , Jonathan Gorrie
We can confirm that sadly Esteban won’t be taking part in qualifying this afternoon. His chassis was cracked in the impact with the barrier and cannot be changed in time. Esteban is physically fine and will race tomorrow.#MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/iz8knwj7t0
— BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) May 7, 2022
20:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
🎙️ "It would be nice if they can join the battle with Red Bull and ourselves!"
Charles Leclerc was surprised by Mercedes pace yesterday but has welcomed the competition 😎 pic.twitter.com/oZJsMo5zX8— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 7, 2022
20:07 , Jonathan Gorrie
That's a wrap for Practice 3 in Miami! 👇
1️⃣ Perez
2️⃣ Leclerc
3️⃣ Verstappen pic.twitter.com/7RVUu2GlUc— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 7, 2022
‘I take it as fuel’ - Lewis Hamilton vows to prove doubters wrong after Helmut Marko retirement jibe
19:47 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lewis Hamilton has insisted the critics are only making him “stronger” as he looks to bounce back from a disappointing start to the Formula One season.
Red Bull boss Helmut Marko was among a number of figures in F1 who took aim at Hamilton after last month’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, in which the seven-time champion finished 13th.
But the 37-year-old is confident that Mercedes will prove the doubters wrong with the pessimism from outside the team only serving as “fuel” to drive him back to the top.
“People always love you when you’re up, and love to kick you when you’re down - and that’s a part of life,” he stated.
“I’ve seen some things that people I’ve grown up admiring as a kid and even in my sport, that have come out with certain comments. Some disrespectful.
“I take that as fuel, I put that into the pot and I turn it into a positive and I’m going to come back stronger. We are going to come back stronger as a team.
“Four, five, six, seven, ten bad races are not going to stop me doing what I love doing. They’re not going to stop me in my tracks. I’ve been racing 29 years and have had way more difficult times than this and always bounced back.
“So it’s not how you fall, it’s how you get up. For those people it just highlights that nothing is going to stop me in my tracks.”
F1 hitting the American market at last
19:34 , Matt Verri
Formula One has long craved acceptance in the United States, habitually a market it struggled to crack whatever it chose to throw at it.
It wasn’t until last year – the 10th United States Grand Prix of Lewis Hamilton’s F1 career – that he believes he and the sport finally found that sense of belonging Stateside.
With 400,000 racegoers, it attracted the biggest audience on the entire calendar while one million-plus more watched from the comfort of their homes in the US.
Hamilton narrowly missed out on the race win to Max Verstappen but still left Texas buoyed by the bigger picture. “I think this is definitely our acceptance into the US,” he said.
Suggestions it might just be an anomaly for returning sports fans previously denied live attendances in the Covid era look to have been dispelled with a sell-out of 240,000 fans for this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix.
Click here for our full piece on how F1 cracked America
Not quite what he had planned...
19:24 , Matt Verri
Esteban Ocon's FP3 comes to an abrupt end 😖#MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/R5VKa7Q88W
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 7, 2022
Verstappen’s Friday woes
19:17 , Matt Verri
Gearbox issues, hydraulic issues... it was a Friday to forget for Max Verstappen as life in Miami began in frustrating fashion.
“Yes, just not a good day, and of course these days [it is] extremely painful, especially on a track like this where you want to be out there and learn the track and get up to speed,” Verstappen said.
“So, I basically did four or five laps today – fast laps – so that’s not what you want:
Christian Horner added: “He’s just had a horrible day. He had an issue this morning, so as a precaution we changed the gearbox and one of the coolers, and then he’s driven out of the pit lane and had a hydraulic issue which has unfortunately caused some damage to the rear brakes.”
Practice results...
19:07 , Matt Verri
Championship leader Charles Leclerc topped the opening practice at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix on Friday.
Leclerc covered the 19-turn, 3.36-mile circuit (5.41 kilometers) in 1 minute, 31:098 seconds in his Ferrari in the first of two looks at the purpose-built course around Hard Rock Stadium. George Russell was second fastest for Mercedes, which has been slow out of the gate this season with its new car.
Reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen was third and followed by Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. Verstappen and Perez are second and third in the standings behind Leclerc.
In the second practice, Russell went one better and topped the timing sheets for a resurgent Mercedes.
Earlier this afternoon in final practice, it was Sergio Perez who came out on top of the standings, while Esteban Ocon crashed out.
How to watch qualifying
18:58 , Matt Verri
TV channel: Qualifying will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and F1, with coverage beginning at 8.15pm BST, before the session begins at 9pm.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also tune in via the Sky Go app.
Highlights: Channel 4 will be airing full free-to-air qualifying highlights at 8.30am on Sunday morning.
Live blog: You can keep up to date right here with us!
Welcome
18:51 , Jonathan Gorrie
Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s coverage of today’s qualifying in Miami.
The action starts at 9pm BST but we’ll be bringing you everything from the paddock.
