F1 starting grid: What is the grid order for the Miami Grand Prix?
Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso line up alongside each other for practice starts.
The latest F1 starting grid is a mixed-up one, with a late red flag ending Q3 early in Miami and stopping final flying laps from taking place.
Sergio Perez will start from pole with Fernando Alonso alongside him on the front row, and Carlos Sainz joined on the second row by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen after an excellent lap from the Dane in the session.
It was an entertaining qualifying session in Miami on Saturday, with a tight battle throughout the field behind the front-runners and a couple of shock exits in the early sessions.
Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll went out in Q1, as did the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, before Lewis Hamilton failed to make it through Q2 in his Mercedes – with the seven-time World Champion set to start in P13.
But Q3 saw Max Verstappen forced to back out of his first flying lap after a gust of wind forced him off balance, but Charles Leclerc’s crash on his final flying run brought the red flags out.
There was not enough time for the session to restart, meaning Verstappen could not set a full lap time in Q3 and it will be Perez who starts on pole, with Verstappen down in ninth come the race start provisionally.
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F1 starting grid: 2023 Miami Grand Prix
1 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull
2 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin
3 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari
4 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas
5 Pierre GASLY Alpine
6 George RUSSELL Mercedes
7 Charles LECLERC Ferrari
8 Esteban OCON Alpine
9 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull
10 Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo
11 Alexander ALBON Williams
12 Nico HULKENBERG Haas
13 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes
14 ZHOU Guanyu Alfa Romeo
15 Nyck DE VRIES AlphaTauri
16 Lando NORRIS McLaren
17 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri
18 Lance STROLL Aston Martin
19 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren
20 Logan SARGEANT Williams
[Correct as of end of qualifying, Saturday 6 May]