Max Verstappen won the shootout in Miami. Ricciardo got to the second row – F1sport.cz

On Friday afternoon local time, a shootout took place in Miami, which determined the grid order for tomorrow’s sprint.

From the first part, Gasly, Chou, Bottas, Sargeant and Albon, whose time was erased, did not advance, but he would not have advanced even without that.

In the middle part, the shootout ended for both Mercedes drivers. Russell, Hamilton, Ocon, Magnussen and Cunoda did not advance.

McLaren deployed a large number of new parts in Miami. Lando Norris dominated the first two parts of the shootout and set an even faster time in SQ2 than Verstappen in SQ3 on soft tires on the medium compound, but he failed in the final part and finished ninth.

On the other hand, Daniel Ricciardo shone, who made it to the second row.

The starting grid for the sprint

Third part (SQ3)

11:15 p.m.:

1. Ver
2. Lec
3. Per
4. Ric
5. Sai
6. Pia
7. Pg
8. Hello
9. Norwegian
10. Stick

11:14 p.m.: Verstappen first, Norris to seventh…

23:13: Hülkenberg and Stroll put on used soft tyres.

11:10 p.m: Only now does the Hulk break the silence…

11:07 p.m: time is running out, but no one is on the track yet.

Second part (SQ2)

23:00: Not a single Mercedes advanced. Hülkenberg beat Russell by 0.01s.

22:59: Russell, Hamilton, Ocon, Magnussen and Cunoda will not advance.

10:58 p.m.: Verstappen sets the time, he is fourth with a loss of 4 tenths on Norris.

22:57: Norris as the only one in the pits. Verstappen no time yet.

10:54 p.m: Norris goes to the front. Back to the first part… Piastri had a very close encounter with Bottas.

10:50 p.m: The second part of the shootout begins.

First part (SQ1)

10:44 p.m.: Albon’s time has been erased, dropping him to last place behind Sargeant.

22:43: Albon, Gasly, Chou, Bottas and Sargeant will not advance.

22:41: The track seems to be accelerating. Magnussen goes third.

10:40 p.m.: Norris took over.

22:38: Leclerc fifth. Five riders are within 0.086s!

1. Ver
2. Pia
3. Lec
4. Per
5. Sai

22:37: Tsunoda sends his car to fourth place.

10:36 p.m: Verstappen leads by 0.038s ahead of Piastri.

10:33 p.m: Leclerc had to tame his car.

10:30 p.m: Leclerc, who drove about two laps in the first practice, first on the track.

10:30 p.m: The shootout begins…

10:23 p.m.: The track temperature remains just below 50°C.

22:22: As usual.. the individual parts of the shootout are shorter than in the qualification. In the first two parts, it is necessary to put on a medium mixture, in the last a soft one.

10:18 p.m: Welcome to the online coverage of the shootout that will determine the starting grid for tomorrow’s sprint.