High-quality margins as soon as once more determined one other thrilling and unpredictable F1 qualifying session on the Miami Grand Prix.
Listed below are our greatest winners and losers from qualifying in Miami…
Winner – Max Verstappen
Lando Norris summed it up finest by saying Max Verstappen “did a Max lap” with one other blistering effort to safe his third pole place of the 2025 season.
Verstappen beat the McLaren driver, who gained the dash race earlier on Saturday, to pole by simply 0.065 seconds in his Crimson Bull, which has an upgraded ground design this weekend.
It was the right response to solutions that changing into a father for the primary time would possibly sluggish the Dutchman down, however he as soon as once more produced an impressive efficiency.
Max Verstappen
Loser – Lewis Hamilton
After having fun with a robust run to 3rd within the dash, Lewis Hamilton endured his newest qualifying disappointment for Ferrari as he didn’t make it into the top-10.
Though Hamilton was a lot nearer to Charles Leclerc than latest weeks, being simply 0.058s adrift, that also put him 4 locations behind his Ferrari teammate and resulted in him exiting qualifying on the second stage with a time solely adequate for P12.
It was a troublesome day on the workplace for each the seven-time world champion and Ferrari, who continued to underperform with Leclerc properly off the tempo in eighth.
Winner – Williams
Carlos Sainz
Williams loved an excellent qualifying because the British squad took a formidable sixth and seventh on the grid with Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon respectively.
The Williams duo out-qualified each Ferraris and have put themselves in a superb place to attain a double factors end and increase their maintain on P5 within the constructors’ championship place.
Loser – Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri would be the most dissatisfied of the frontrunners on the finish of Saturday.
Unlucky to have missed out on the dash win (and to have misplaced a degree to teammate Norris), the championship chief suffered his worst qualifying results of 2025 with P4. That claims one thing about how remarkably constant Piastri has been over one lap this season, however he could have been annoyed to have been pipped by the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli in Q3.
Piastri was left to rue “poor execution” and felt he ought to have been within the battle for pole with Verstappen.
Winner – Kimi Antonelli
Contemporary from securing a record-breaking pole in dash qualifying, Antonelli’s spectacular weekend continued in Miami as he grabbed third on the grid.
The Italian teenager completed simply 0.002s shy of Norris in second and was solely 0.067s away from Verstappen as he break up the McLaren drivers and outperformed Mercedes teammate George Russell for the primary time in common grand prix qualifying.
Kimi Antonelli
Loser – Aston Martin
Aston Martin suffered a disappointing double Q1 elimination with Fernando Alonso solely seventeenth and Lance Stroll two tenths additional again in nineteenth.
The group’s aggressive points continued as each Alonso and Stroll struggled for tempo over one lap and couldn’t progress past the primary a part of qualifying. Given Aston Martin’s lowly beginning positions, factors look extremely exhausting to realize.
Winner – Esteban Ocon
Whereas his teammate struggled, Esteban Ocon loved a way more fruitful afternoon on his technique to securing his first high 10 qualifying effort for Haas. A superb lap in Q3 noticed Ocon take ninth and pip the second Crimson Bull of Yuki Tsunoda within the course of.
Loser – Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson
One of many greatest losers on Saturday was Liam Lawson.
After the frustration of being stripped of his first F1 factors of 2025 for his half in Alonso’s race-ending crash within the dash, the Kiwi was eradicated with the slowest time in Q2 and can line up solely fifteenth after being plagued with battery points in his Racing Bulls automobile.
Winner – Jack Doohan
A much-needed outcome for Jack Doohan, who out-qualified Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly for the primary time and reached Q2 on a weekend his future has as soon as once more been a speaking level within the F1 paddock.
If the Australian can translate his qualifying show right into a strong efficiency on Sunday, it is going to assist alleviate the stress on him.
Loser – Ollie Bearman
Contemporary from shedding the purpose he thought he had scored within the dash following a post-race penalty, Ollie Bearman ended up slowest in qualifying for the third time in six races this season.
The younger Briton might want to depend on his latest race day heroics to have any likelihood of coming away from Miami with factors.
