F1 Qualifying Results: Kimi Antonelli stars but Max Verstappen shocks rivals in Miami

Kimi Antonelli reaffirmed his F1 title credentials with a brilliant pole lap ahead of Sunday's Miami Grand Prix.

Bouncing back from a disappointing sprint race just hours previously, the Mercedes star and championship leader beat a resurgent Max Verstappen into second place by more than a tenth of a second.

There will be four different teams in the first four grid spots on Sunday after Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris went third and fourth fastest respectively, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton filling out the third row ahead of Oscar Piastri.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the boards...well. Every weekend in F1 there is one crisis team. The goal is to not be it.

It's been Audi taking up the mantle from Aston Martin this weekend though, with Gabriel Bortoleto failing to get out on track until the dying moments of Q1, just hours after being disqualified from the sprint race for an engine intake air pressure violation.

In his sole lap, he was more than five seconds off the leader's pace. He will start last on Sunday. Also, his brakes caught fire at one point.

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F1 Qualifying Results: Miami Grand Prix 2026

Changes to F1 Qualifying in 2026

There are a couple of changes to the way qualifying works this year, not quite as sweeping as the new technical regulations.

Firstly we now have 22 cars on the grid, so instead of 5 cars exiting after Q1 and Q2, we will have 6 being eliminated. That still leaves 10 for the pole shootout in Q3.

The other notable change is in the timings - Q3 now gets an extra minute and lasts for 13 rather than 12.

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