Starting from ninth place, Max Verstappen drove around the field

2023-05-07 23:02:57

Red Bull took a double victory at the Miami Grand Prix, with his team-mate starting from pole finishing behind the champion Dutchman.

Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, thus he was able to increase his advantage in the world championship overall over his teammate who started from pole and finished second, Sergio Perez before.

In other words, the situation has not changed even after the fifth location of the race calendar, so far the Red Bull drivers have won every race, and they have taken the first two places for the fourth time.

The third Fernando Alonso became the one who reached the podium for the fourth time.

Verstappen waited for the start from ninth place, then methodically hunted down his rivals, and then took the lead during the tire changes. When he was called to the pits on lap 46, he dropped back to second, but quickly used his grip advantage to overtake Pérez and take an outright victory overall, even picking up the bonus point for fastest lap. It was his 38th career win.

Verstappen overtakes Perez for the lead of the race

Pérez and Alonso still reached the podium, while George Russell, Carlos Sainz (with a five-second penalty), the timekeeper is at fault Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton (he started from 13th place), Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen fate also in a scoring place.