After the victory in Baku, Sergio’s magical moment continues Perez. The Mexican pilot of the Red Bull in fact, he set the best time conquering the pole position valid for the Miami GP 2023 Of Formula 1, making the most of his opportunity. Second place for Alonso (Aston Martin), third for the Ferrari driver Sainz. Perez took advantage of mistakes by teammate Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc in their flying attempt.
The Monegasque of Ferrari he lost control of the car, going into spin and ending up against the barriers. The result was that of the red flag at 1’36” from the end with the consequent frozen standings. Leclerc he will have to settle for sprinting seventh, with all the consequent risks of starting from the center of the grid. Even worse it went to Verstappen, who, after the error in the first fast attempt, had no more time to make a second launched attempt due to the interruption of qualifying. Of note is the excellent fourth place of the revived Kevin Magnussen with the Haas, who precedes Pierre Gasly and the Mercedes of George Russell.
In the Q1 Verstappen was the fastest ahead of Sainz, Perez and Leclerc. These are the eliminated drivers: Norris (McLaren), Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Stroll (Aston Martin), Piastri (McLaren), and Sargeant (Williams).
In the Q2 Verstappen confirmed first place, ahead of Leclerc, Alonso, Sainz, Perez, Ocon (Alpine), Bottas (Alfa Romeo) and Gasly (Alpine). These are the drivers eliminated in Q2: Albon (Williams), Hulkenberg (Haas), Hamilton (Mercedes), Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and De Vries (AlphaTauri).
The race on Sunday 7 May will be broadcast in direct are Sky at 21:30 e in deferred are TV8 give her 23:30.
QUALIFYING TIMES
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | LAPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:27.713 | 1:27.328 | 1:26.841 | 20 |
| 2 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:28.179 | 1:27.097 | 1:27.202 | 19 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 1:27.686 | 1:27.148 | 1:27.349 | 18 |
| 4 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 1:27.809 | 1:27.673 | 1:27.767 | 19 |
| 5 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:28.061 | 1:27.612 | 1:27.786 | 20 |
| 6 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 1:28.086 | 1:27.743 | 1:27.804 | 20 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 1:27.713 | 1:26.964 | 1:27.861 | 19 |
| 8 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:27.872 | 1:27.444 | 1:27.935 | 20 |
| 9 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:27.363 | 1:26.814 | DNF | 15 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 1:27.864 | 1:27.564 | DNS | 15 |
| 11 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:28.234 | 1:27.795 | 15 | |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 1:27.945 | 1:27.903 | 15 | |
| 13 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:27.846 | 1:27.975 | 15 | |
| 14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | ALFA ROMEO FERRARI | 1:28.180 | 1:28.091 | 17 | |
| 15 | 21 | Nyck De Vries | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 1:28.325 | 1:28.395 | 16 | |
| 16 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.394 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT | 1:28.429 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:28.476 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.484 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:28.577 | 10 |
