Max Verstappen forever the first to win, ahead of Charles Leclerc

Max Verstappen will forever be the first Formula 1 driver to win the Miami Grand Prix. The leader of Red Bull won this new GP on Sunday ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc, second, and Carlos Sainz, who nevertheless started on the front row. This is the third victory of the season for the reigning world champion and the 23rd success of his career.

It took less than 10 laps for the Dutchman to take the reins of the race, which he would not let go until the finish. Verstappen, who started third on the grid, blew Sainz out of second place from the start only to take the race lead a few laps later from championship leader Charles Leclerc.

At the end of this fifth Grand Prix of the season, the Monegasque remains at the top of the drivers’ classification, with 104 points, ahead of Verstappen (85 pts) and the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull, 66 pts), who finishes at the foot of of the podium in Miami, after a battle for third place with Sainz. In the constructors’ championship, the same situation: Ferrari continues to lead the dance, ahead of Red Bull.

Ocon eighth, Gasly retires

Behind the leading men, the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton secured 5th and 6th places, ahead of the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas. Frenchman Esteban Ocon, driving his Alpine, climbed to eighth place despite starting from the back of the grid.

Five abandonments are also to be deplored. In addition to that of the Chinese Zhou Guanyu, the Dane Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and the German Sebastian Vettel, the Briton Lando Norris (McLaren), was the victim of a collision with the AlphaTauri of the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, also forced to leave. abandonment.

Next step: May 22 in Barcelona, ​​for the Spanish Grand Prix.