Kimi Antonelli takes surprise Miami GP sprint pole

MIAMI – Mercedes Wonderkid Rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli bit the mclaren drivers to pole position for the sprint race in miyami and in the youngest polesitter in any formula 1 format.

Antonelli, 18, Beat Championship Leader Oscar Piastri by 0.045 seconds to top a commentary F1 session for the first time in His Young Career.

Antonelli Replaced Seven-Time World Champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes this year and has already been tipped for great things.

“Yes Mate! Come on! Come on!

In an interview after the session, he said it was an “intense” qualifying.

“I felt really good since this morning, and I felt confident going into qualifying. And the last lap was mighty. The first pole.

“Tomorrow it’s Going to be nice to start on the front row. It is going to be a bit of a different less, but I can be cannot for time and to see how we can do in the sprint and then Well. “

Antonelli will start ahead of Piastri and Lando Norris.

New Father max verstappenWho missed the media day on Thursday Due to the Birth of his first daughter lily, Qualified Fourth ahead of Antonelli’s TeamMate George Russell.

Red Bull Will Only Have One Driver Fighting at the Top End of the Field in the Sprint, with verstappen’s Teammate yuki tsunoda failing to make it out of the sq1 session. The japanese driver will start 18th.

Ferrari Pair Charles LeclerC and Lewis Hamilton will start sixth and seventh.

William Driver Alex Albon Took Eighth, WHILE Impressive Racing Bulls Rookie Isack Hadjar Continued His Strong Recent Run With Ninth Position.

Aston Martin Fernando Alonso, Still Without A Point This Season, Took A Morale-Boosting 10th Position for His Team.

Nico Hukenberg Took an Impressive 11th Position for the Sauber Team – Tsunoda’s Elimination from Sq1 was the only Major Surprise otherwise.

The opening session featured a Furious Radio Message from Alpine Driver Jack Doohan, directed at his time.

Jack doohan complained that his hopes of progressing to sq1 had been ruined by the an angle he was released from the garage ahead of his final run.

Doohan Lost Valuable Time WHILE TRYING TO REALIGN HIS CAR ON ITS TURN INTO The Pit-Lane as Teammate Pierre Gasly Emerged from the Pit-Lane Next to Him.

“Mate, that’s not accident. That’s not accident,” Doohan sa. “If you have gonna send him after me you have to make sure he read, I can get turned out and have to run to run in intello and then you guues put me out of q1.”

Doohan’s Future Beyond this week is still unclear with alpine reserve driver franco colapinto waitera in the wings.