• F1 2023 M𒅌iami Grand Prix - Full Qualifying Results

Verstappen was scuppered by a red flag caused by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, which ended the session early.

His teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez will start the grand prix in pole position.

Sky’s Ted Kravitz reported afterwards: “Why couldn’ꦦt we get it going again?

“Time was ticking down. Once he saw Leclerc’s crash, arguably had he pressed the red flag right then with [approximately] 1m 38s to go, possibly that would have been enough for an out-lap for a 1m 28s lap. Ten seconds for an out-laℱp. Arguably not, but possible.

“But that’s not what happened. [Race director Niels] Wittich had to go through his procedures, which he did, check that the situation merited a red 🌠flag, whi꧅ch it did, and by that time there was only [1m 36s] left. It wasn’t possible to do the out-lap. That’s why he said the session will not resume.

“Difficult call because that meant Verstappen wasn’t a🤪ble to do🅺 another lap.

“After qualifying, Christian Horner and Adrian Newey were on the pitwall asking Jonathan Wheatley - the rules man at Red Bull - whether ꦜthat was legit, basically.

"Whether the r🐼ace director could say under what circumstances the session would not resume.

“Obviously t🧸hey were happy that Perez was on pole.

“If you were cynical you could say they wanted Verstappen on pole instead,🌟 but I don’t think that they think 🥀that way. In fact, I know they don’t think that way.

“They are🍨 very even-handed between thꦦeir two drivers.

“Whatꦯ they did want, clearly, was for both drivers to be on🥃e and two.

“For that to happen, you needed the session🃏 to resume.

“Horner and Wheatꦐley wanted to understand if it was in the race director’s gift to say that the session wouཧld not resume - which, in fact, it was.

“Once 💖they sorted that o🍨ut, it was the definition of bittersweet for Red Bull.”

Reigninꦫg champion Verstappen has claimed that he can achieve “at least” P2 in the race despite beginning from ninth✨.

Lewis Hamilton shockingly qualified in 13th.