The two-time world champion started ninth on the grid after failing to set a lap time before Charles Leclerc’♌s crash ended qualifying prematurely, but made light work of his recovery charge to claim back-to-back🔴 wins on the streets of Miami. 

A combination of relentless pace and 𒀰an ability to 🅠manage his tyre life put Verstappen in prime position to challenge Perez, who was running a different strategy. 

When Verstappen finally pitted at 🔯the end of Lap 45, he remerged just 1.5s behind rac꧂e-leader Perez. 

Using his 20-lap fresher medium t⭕yres, Verstappen pounced on Perez,ꦬ who was on hard rubber, down the main straight but was forced the long way round at Turn 1. 

Having completed the move, Vꦺerstappen pulled clear and claimed his third win from five races to move 14 points clear of his teammate at the t🐲op of the world championship standings. 

Over 20 seconds behind the dominant Red Bulls, Fernando Alonso continued his superb run of top-four finishes with his fourth pod🌟ium of the seas🌄on for Aston Martin in third. 

Geor♔ge Russell impressed on his way to fourth as the lead Mercedes driver, ahea𒐪d of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton bounced back from a dreadful qualifying to take sixth, overtaki🔯ng Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in the closing stage🦂s. 

The Alpine pair of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon took eighth and ninth, while Kevin Magnussen claimed the f🍒inal poin꧙t in 10th for Haas.