F1 is back this weekend for racing fans all over the world to enjoy with the best race car drivers on earth set to grace Miami for the very first time. So it turned out Verstappen went off the track on his flying lap, leading him to abandon the rest. He was only 0.064 quicker than Leclerc, proving how tight the fight for first will be between the big teams. In fact, Carlos Sainz in third is only 0.080 behind Verstappen himself. Leclerc – 1.29.130Verstappen – 0.072 (behind him)Norris – 0.504 Perez – 0.543Sainz – 0.599. His teammate Lewis Hamilton is safe in p7, but Russell will find himself not taking part in the fight for pole for the second race in a row. Four minutes to go and George Russell is yet to set a time. Leclerc – 1.29.474Verstappen – 0.362 (behind)Perez – 0.581 Sainz – 0.605Hamilton 0.914. Verstappen is the quickest so far in the first hot laps from the big guns.

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