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Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix after topping qualifying. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of the Miami GP at 12:30am BST on Monday morning. Current weather forecasts predict hot and sunny conditions at Miami Gardens, with a small chance of rain and thunderstorms during the race. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £33.99p per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will be live broadcasting the Miami GP, with the race shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Pre-race coverage will be starting on Sky Sports F1 at 7:00pm BST, and on Sky Sports Main Event at 7:30pm BST, ahead of the race start at 8:30pm BST.

Charles Leclerc has a huge chance to extend his championship lead over Max Verstappen as he lines up on pole for Sunday night's Miami GP, the star-studded ...

"The impact has been so hard in comparison to what it should have been. "I am generally really happy with the job I did," Hamilton said after qualifying. Despite not being in contention at the front, Mercedes will once again be a major talking point for the race after a topsy-turvy weekend. Hamilton, however, should be able to score strong points and, after a couple of tricky weekends, is proud of his work so far. We've discussed it with Carlos yesterday, with the race directors, to say that we should probably put a Tecpro barrier there and it hasn't been listened to," he added. "I am sorry to be critical but I told the FIA yesterday that my crash in second gear should not feel that hard but today my neck was in pain a bit," said Sainz.

Charles Leclerc was unable to reassert his authority in the Formula One 2022 world title race with victory in F1's inaugural race around Miami.

To be honest, we’ve had the pace all weekend - qualifying was the anomaly and we were really frustrated to be P18. We benefited from the collisions in front but we were right there catching the cars in front. “But it’s just a bit unfortunate on the safety car and at least we got points today, we’re finishing, reliability is good. The track kind of kinks to the right and I’m going with the flow of the circuit and it didn’t look like he was. This is where we are, behind the Red Bulls and Ferrari. “I really don’t know, in that scenario I have no clue where everyone is. I thought I did what I normally do but it just ended up a silly accident - quite annoyed I guess as we could have scored a few points today but it happens.”

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz says the Formula 1 drivers have petitioned the FIA to clean the Miami Grand Prix track's first corner to reduce the risk of a start ...

"All drivers complained about the lack of grip that there is off-line," he continued. That whole area will make for some interesting side-by-side battles," he said. Williams' head of vehicle performance, Dave Robson, says the drivers back in the pack will have to "accept the lack of grip" off-line at the start in a bid to gain ground.

The Red Bull defending world champion overtook pole-position Charles Leclerc early in the race and held the position to the chequered flag.

33/57 Hamilton is in seventh and George Russell is in fifth. 32/57 Verstappen’s lead over Leclerc is 7.5 seconds, and those two look the likely 1-2 come the end of the race. 42/57 Hamilton is coming in while the safety car is out, and on soft tyres. Leclerc is showing the fastest times around the middle section, and in comes Sainz to change his tyres, having led for barely a lap. 38/57 Verstappen has the fastest lap now, worth an extra point, of course. 41/57 Famous last words from Phil as Lando Norris comes a cropper, and there is a safety car. 51/57 Leclerc continues to chase down Verstappen, who is better round the bends even if the Red Bull has the better on the straight. 46/57 The fans in the stands look a bit perplexed by this safety car malarkey, it’s not the racing they came to see. Verstappen gets a jump on Leclerc as Perez chases Sainz. Is there a yellow flag on the play? Perez in fourth, with the Mercs of Russell and Hamilton in fifth and sixth. 53/57 This is close at the front, and any mistake now would surely decide the outcome. 52/57 Leclerc and Verstappen go at it once more.

Formula 1 drivers have given a thumbs up to the Miami track layout with the exception of its chicane, which has been called “a little too Mickey Mouse”.

I'm told there was a reason they had to put it in. "The cars are only allowed at a certain speed, so therefore they had to put in a chicane. But the chicane within the slow-speed section has been a site for a number of spins and mistakes through the weekend so far.

The 2022 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix takes place on Sunday at a newly-built temporary circuit around the Hard Rock Stadium. Here's how and when you can watch ...

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Max Verstappen resisted a late Charles Leclerc onslaught to win the inaugural Miami Grand Prix and cut his rival's championship lead.

It was another unfortunately-timed Safety Car for Hamilton, who toyed with pitting for fresh tyres but eventually stayed out - leaving him somewhat of a sitting duck to his team-mate. Russell had started 12th but ran long before the Safety Car played into his hands. They have, though, still gained on Ferrari in both championships. Despite his two DNFs, he has cut Leclerc's title lead to just 19 points. Leclerc was struggling with his tyres and Verstappen built a significant lead, seven seconds ahead after the first stops and seemingly managing his way to victory. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton placed fifth and sixth for Mercedes in more meagre damage limitation for the world champions, with Russell finishing ahead of his team-mate for the fourth race in a row.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, after passing the Ferrari of Formula 1 world championship rival Charles Leclerc.

Zhou Guanyu was the first retirement of the race when his Alfa Romeo broke down. Hamilton finished sixth, ahead of Bottas, Esteban Ocon, the penalised Alonso and Alex Albon’s Williams. With three laps to go, Verstappen escaped Leclerc’s DRS range and sealed his third win of the year. Perez also pitted for a new set of mediums, but none of the front trio stopped. As soon as he got into DRS range of Leclerc, Verstappen grabbed the lead at Turn 1 on lap nine. Leclerc was running 4.5s behind Verstappen when he pitted on lap 25, rejoining in fourth.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, after passing the Ferrari of Formula 1 World Championship rival ...

Guanyu Zhou was the first retirement of the race when his Alfa Romeo broke down. Hamilton finished sixth, ahead of Bottas, Esteban Ocon, the penalised Alonso and Alex Albon’s Williams. With three laps to go, Verstappen escaped Leclerc’s DRS range and sealed his third win of the year. Perez also pitted for a new set of mediums, but none of the front trio stopped. As soon as he got into DRS range of Leclerc, Verstappen grabbed the lead at Turn 1 on Lap 9. Leclerc was running 4.5s behind Verstappen when he pitted on Lap 25, rejoining in fourth.

Max Verstappen won the first-ever Miami Grand Prix having pried the lead off Ferrari's pole-sitter Charles Leclerc early in the race, and defended it on a ...

Alonso – now holding a five-second penalty for contact with Gasly – led Schumacher and Ocon at the back of the top 10. "I think I’ll stick to racing," he said when asked by Willy T Ribbs if he was fit enough to step into the boxing ring, "but I appreciate a lot of boxing. Tsunoda was however promoted to 12th after the post-race penalties for Alonso and Ricciardo. That left Williams driver Latifi in P14. The podium saw the top three celebrate in front of Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino – and his statue. Then, on Lap 41, Gasly – who had previously been tapped at the final corner by Alonso – went wide at Turn 8, rejoined, and clashed with Norris, ripping the McLaren’s rear-right tyre off and sending him into a spin. Leclerc prepared his rebuttal, tailing the Red Bull throughout the next lap – but the reigning champion was now in a commanding position. Leclerc was next to pit, a swap to hards taking 3.2 seconds, as he emerged in P4 on Lap 25. A sensor issue was to blame and Perez was back – but had lost considerable time (and some engine power to boot) to Sainz ahead. Perez attempted to pass Sainz on Lap 52 but locked up, both drivers avoiding contact, while Leclerc was under half a second behind Verstappen in the chase for the lead. On Lap 6, he took P6 off Gasly and the seven-time champion was back where he began. Hamilton lamented the fact that he couldn't pit during the VSC but was promoted to P6 when Valtteri Bottas went wide at Turn 17 on Lap 49. Perez took the opportunity to pit for new mediums from P4, emerging there, with hard-shod Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz ahead.

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"It's crazy. Crazy." "It was scary!" But you want it to be settled with a real racing lap." "If you truly think about it from a business perspective, there are millions and millions of dollars on the line there, world record eighth championship... "So when something is taken out of your hands and you can't settle it on the field... "It's crazy, the complexity, the scale of the whole operation," J.J. added. It's phenomenal." "We're Haas guys all the way". It's the sign of a great person when they can just sit down and shoot the s--- with them so that's been great." "I thought it was badass how he came back from just not being in F1, then popped onto Bahrain and went out and crushed it." "We definitely didn't pick their brains with the non in-depth questions we had.

Formula 1 drivers have criticised the surface of the new Miami Grand Prix track, leading to Red Bull driver Sergio Perez calling it “a joke.”

So when you come to it, and then they're trying something new with the surface, and something they've not really done before, then I think we end up in a position like we are. So I don't want to lie and say I like the surface.” “You literally have to just stay on that one line,” he said. “There's like rubble out of line, so it's going to be difficult. It's very difficult to race like this.” “It's still very difficult to go offline,” he said.

Max Verstappen edged past Charles Leclerc, and Mercedes had a topsy turvy weekend. But was the track actually successful?

The important thing is that we’re able to race, and I will be able to race as well.” Ocon said on Sunday that he felt “50%” after the race, still feeling the after effects from Saturday’s crash. That was a shame not to see that implemented.” “When the car and tires are in the right window the car, except for the bouncing, feels really good to drive. Sainz and Esteban Ocon crashed in the same turn a day apart from each other, but both said the crash was harder than it should have been. So, I’m just grateful for everyone continuing to keep their heads down and for the amazing hard work that everyone is putting in.” There was improvement in terms of how the team was finishing. George Russell previously highlighted that Imola was “the first weekend where I’ve been truly struggling with my back and, like, chest pains from the severity of the bouncing. With over 20 laps to go, the AlphaTauri star had contact with Fernando Alonso and was running slower. Typically the cause is related to the cars’ aerodynamics. Meanwhile, the Ferrari star appeared to struggle despite running in the top two spots consistently throughout the afternoon, saying at one point “The car is so difficult to drive,” before pitting for hard tires. Weather, including the heat, aside, numerous drivers complained about the track, and Mercedes had a topsy turvy weekend that leaves everyone wondering if they have found a possible fix for the porpoising.

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So who wins the Miami Grand Prix 2022? Ferrari and Red Bull have established themselves as the unquestioned top teams in Formula 1 2022, and Mercedes has some kinks to work out before McClure will be back to recommending Hamilton as a top pick. You can see all of the model's F1 picks at SportsLine. One massive shocker: Sergio Perez surprises the field and makes a strong run at taking home his first win of the 2022 F1 season. You can head to SportsLine now to see the complete projected 2022 Miami GP leaderboard. The model followed that up by calling Verstappen's win at the Rolex Emilia Romagna GP in April. Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen huge returns

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- Lando Norris, McLaren, +18 laps - Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri, +12 laps Bottom line: The Miami Grand Prix led off with a swagger, an assuredness far beyond what its rookie status should have. After his brief run of bad luck, Verstappen was a man on a mission, and anyone who bets against a pissed-off Verstappen does so at their own peril. The race itself was surprisingly lackluster, a largely follow-the-leader affair after Red Bull's Max Verstappen squeezed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the first few laps. Traffic was miserable leaving the race, but compared to, say, Circuit of the Americas, it was a mere inconvenience.

A machine which was being used to clean the Miami International Autodrome track damaged its surface in two places.

Even at the start it could be very tricky on that inside line, and that outside line of turn one.” “On the racing line it’s not bad grip, it’s reasonable-ish. With this treatment, you increase the level of grip.”

Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Formula 1's first Miami Grand Prix, winning after passing on-track early on and then defying considerable ...

Leclerc came closest to making a pass with a look to the inside of Turn 11 at the end of the long, curving run from the ‘marina’, but was pinched on the inside line and lost ground – never getting alongside the leader. Leclerc was able to set competitive times at this stage, but could not do so consistently and with Verstappen able to cover him off each time anyway, so Ferrari called him in to switch to the hards at the end of lap 24 – just after he had reported his car was “so difficult to drive”. But a serene had no chance to play out after the safety car was called out on lap 41 after Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris collided – putting the McLaren driver out just past the start of the long, meandering acceleration zone that follows the fake marina at Turn 8. The Red Bull was steadily able to build a lead, aided by Leclerc locking up and sliding deep at Turn 17 on lap 12, which cost him a second and meant at the end of that tour Verstappen’s lead had reached 2.6s. At the end of lap eight, Leclerc slid exiting the Turn 17 hairpin and Verstappen arrived right on his gearbox – moving alongside as they ran down the pit straight and then taking the lead with a simple pass into Turn 1, Leclerc opting not to fight too hard. Leclerc had a 0.8s lead at the end of the first lap of 57 and quickly moved to pull clear of Verstappen’s DRS range by the time it was activated on the third lap.

Charles Leclerc said Red Bull's superior tyre management during the Miami Grand Prix meant they were too quick for Ferrari as the Monegasque surrendered ...

“I quite like this position but it’s also true that the gap is slowly closing down. “But it’s like this and we need to work on that. But after four, five laps they [Red Bull] seem to stabilise the tyres in a better window and there they are just quicker than us and it’s very difficult for us to do anything.

The Red Bull driver held off a late push by Charles Leclerc to clinch his second win in three weeks.

It was Verstappen’s second straight win, coming weeks after finishing first in Italy at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. George Russell of Mercedes (59 points) and Sainz (53) round out the top five. After 57 laps in Miami on Sunday, he accomplished his goal.

Max Verstappen won Sunday's Inaugural F1 Miami GP moving from his third place starting spot to the lead. · Polesitter Charles Leclerc had to settle for second ...

It largely faded in time for Imola but ahead of the race in Miami Albon got it dyed professionally – and he left the weekend with his second point of the season after rounding out the top 10. Formula 1 is obviously not just a race and that was evident in Miami through the plethora of sporting stars present throughout the weekend. But do that before and after the race. And naturally the TV cameras gravitate towards that during the build-up, or even afterwards, to cash in on the showbiz element. He’d come very close to fighting back along the back straight but the replays denied us watching that live. When Max Verstappen passed Charles Leclerc early on a replay was immediately shown – despite the action being shown live – and which meant we missed what Leclerc was doing. “It was a race with no DNFs ahead so fighting for fifth position with this car is good to see.” Team boss Frederic Vasseur added that “it shows how much progress we have made this year that we’re actually a bit disappointed with P7 – which is a really good result in itself. To get P10 is where we should have been all weekend, we lucked into it with some collisions but we were right behind them, I’m happy. The data doesn’t show these big swings [in performance]. We haven’t had this situation before in any years that it didn’t correlate what we see on the screens with what the driver feels and that’s making it more difficult.” A year ago Alfa Romeo would have leapt at finishing seventh at a grand prix but that Valtteri Bottas’ result in Miami left him slightly disappointed spoke volumes about the squad’s progress. Russell maximized his opportunities once more, profiting from the timing of a Safety Car to make gains to bag fifth, while Lewis Hamilton was less fortunate but only realistically slipped one position – which was to his team-mate.

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari)3 – Carlos SAINZ (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Willy T Ribbs) Q: Welcome ...

The important thing is that we got a full race in, but at some stages of the race I was pretty quick and also the battles and the feeling with the car in battle with Checo, you know what to do with the battery, with the tyres, I think it gave me a good understanding of what to do in the future. MV: Yeah, I think if I would have been in a go kart, it would be a nice chicane to take, but not in an F1 car like we have at the moment. It's a corner that is just a bit unnatural and it's a corner that I think it can be easily manipulated to look a bit different and create a better combination, you know. But yeah, so it was very important to get a good run out of the chicane and actually also turn 16 onto the straight but of course with the extra top speed we had today that of course also helps. Red Bull are quite quick in a straight; we are quite quick in the medium and high speed – but today I have to say that I was quite surprised that we were struggling quite a bit more than them in the slow speed corners. I think I needed to complete a race distance, to get the body back to shape, and also get the feel for the car on used tyres, high fuel. And it’s a combination of those two things that maybe I was paying a bit the price and at some stages of the race I couldn't push 100 per cent. CL: In a race we need to, especially on the softer compounds, on the Medium, Soft, it seems that it's been already two races that in terms of race pace, they seem to be a bit stronger and managing those tyres better. And also Checo had a few issues in the race, so we have to be on top of that, but clearly there is a lot of potential, we just need to make sure it's reliable. So I was very happy once we always got to the straight because that gave you a bit of air. And luckily, it worked, so then, I just tried to see the pace, of course, Charles in front of me, and I think already from the start, it was very close. Obviously after the crash from Friday, I still had a bit of neck pain going into the race, but I had to manage it and I fought through it, especially with Checo at the end on the Medium tyre, he was very difficult to keep him behind.

Miami Formula 1 chiefs have vowed to make whatever changes are needed at their track for next year to ensure the race is a success.

"The surface itself, we're evaluating," he said. But it is a bit of a necessary evil through there to get them to slow down." "And we'll make whatever changes we need to, if we need to, to make the track as good as we can."

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– MB It’s just unfortunate given how many incidents and disappointments he’s notched up since Haas got on the pace that the most costly one should come in this manner. But it could’ve been a fair few more. Schumacher certainly shouldn’t get all the blame for the collision, which could be interpreted as either driver’s fault or a racing incident really. Overall, there was more than enough this week to make Miami 2023 worth looking forward to – and for Las Vegas to aim to exceed. That wasn’t entirely fair – things were pretty eventful behind the well-spread top four and there had been a decent early lead battle. Two very different sets of conditions and track layout too. But he kept it clean and settled into a consistent stint that would have yielded a solid points finish even without the safety car. Whatever your view of the Miami festivities, this event has certainly got noticed and made an impact. He probably made passing Lewis Hamilton harder than it needed to be, but the result was the same. That left him still trying to figure out the circuit and his set-up in Q3. It was a little fortunate to do so, however.