Several interesting statistical selections based on the results of the Miami Grand Prix…
Qualification
After winning qualifying in Miami, Max Verstappen won the 38th pole of his career, his sixth of the season and seventh in a row. Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton previously achieved seven pole positions in a row. Only Senna had eight pole positions in a row (Spain’88 – USA’89).
Charles Leclerc qualified second, the first time since Jeddah and the 35th time in his career that he started from the front row.
Carlos Sainz qualified third. He is the only driver to have started every race in Miami in the top three.
Lando Norris’s fifth place at the start is McLaren’s highest result in Miami.
George Russell qualified seventh, Lewis Hamilton eighth. For the first time, Mercedes took both cars to the qualifying final in Miami.
Nico Hulkenberg started ninth for the second Grand Prix in a row, repeating the team’s best performance this season.
Pierre Gasly’s twelfth place is Alpine’s best starting position this season and the first time he has finished ahead of a teammate this year.
For the first time this season, Fernando Alonso failed to qualify for the final qualifying round.
Logan Sargent’s 17th place is his best qualifying result this season.
Kevin Magnussen dropped out of the race for the third time in a row in the first part of qualifying.
Race
By winning the Miami Grand Prix, Lando Norris achieved his first victory in Formula 1, becoming the 114th Grand Prix winner and the 21st Briton on this list. This is McLaren’s first victory since Italy ’21.
Norris equaled Patrick Depailler, Jean Alesi, Mika Hakkinen and Eddie Irvine for the most podium finishes before taking a maiden win (15).
After finishing second, Max Verstappen reached the podium for the 103rd time in his career, equaling Kimi Raikkonen in this indicator.
Charles Leclerc finished third, his 33rd career podium finish and third this season. This year, Leclerc did not finish outside the top four in either the sprints or the Grand Prix.
For the first time this season, Lewis Hamilton finished the race in the top six. Nu finished sixth in all three Miami Grand Prix.
Yuki Tsunoda finished seventh, repeating his best result of the season.
Eighth place is George Russell’s worst result in Miami since he drove for Mercedes.
Esteban Ocon’s tenth place gave Alpine its first point of the season.
Source: F1 News
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