F1 Miami Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results: Verstappen takes pole as Hamilton crashes out

Max Verstappen took pole for Saturday's sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix with a less than perfect lap, but Daniel Ricciardo was the real winner of the session – grabbing a stunning fourth place.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were both eliminated in the second part of qualifying, each finishing a few hundredths of a second outside the top 10.

Logan Sargeant was eliminated in SQ1 at his home grand prix, with he and Williams team-mate Alex Albon finishing dead bottom of the time sheets in the first competitive session of the weekend.

Albon's fastest lap was deleted – although he was set to be eliminated either way – leaving him languishing behind his under-pressure team-mate.

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However, the Monegasque had no issues getting through to SQ2, comfortably planting his car in the top 15.

F1 Sprint Qualifying Results: Miami Grand Prix 2024

1. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - 1:27.641sec

2. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.108sec

3. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - + 0.235sec

4. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +0.403sec

5. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.462sec

6. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - + 0.520sec

7. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +0.734sec

8. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - +0.778sec

9. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.831sec

10. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +0.835sec

ELIMINATED IN Q2

11. George Russell [Mercedes]

12. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes]

13. Esteban Ocon [Alpine]

14. Kevin Magnussen [Haas]

15. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB]

ELIMINATED IN Q1

16. Pierre Gasly [Alpine]

17. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber]

18. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] 19. Logan Sargeant [Williams]

20. Alex Albon [Williams]

How does F1 Sprint Qualifying work?

The shortened qualifying session is split into three finite windows, which provide a dramatic prelude to Saturday's sprint race.

The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of SQ1, with a further five eliminated after SQ2.

Then SQ3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.

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