Verstappen 巡航するs to 勝利，勝つ in 就任の Miami Grand Prix
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - His first day racing around the new 決まり文句／製法 One 回路・連盟 in Miami was 絶対 horrible. Then he made a mistake in qualifying that cost him a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す on the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動.
By the time race day rolled around, Max Verstappen had knocked it all out of his system.
Verstappen was 爆発性の at the start Sunday and used a pair of 積極的な passes to get past Ferrari and 現在の 選手権 leader Charles Leclerc. Once out 前線, the 統治するing world 支持する／優勝者 controlled the 就任の Miami Grand Prix for his third 勝利，勝つ in five races to start the season.
"We still have a few 問題／発行するs we have to solve," Verstappen said. "I mean, we are quick, but my Friday was terrible, which is not 広大な／多数の／重要な. But there's a lot of 可能性のある."
The 23rd 勝利，勝つ of the Dutchman's career sliced eight points off Leclerc's lead in the standings. Verstappen now 追跡するs him by 19 points 長，率いるd into the Spanish Grand Prix in two weeks. He celebrated on the podium with Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino, who 代表するd the host Miami イルカs in 現在のing Verstappen with his winning トロフィー and an 公式の／役人 helmet.
Later, Verstappen, Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. 提起する／ポーズをとるd for photographs all wearing helmets.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands receives the 勝利者's トロフィー from former Miami イルカs quarterback Dan Marino at the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Verstappen started third after Ferrari locked up the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動 with Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. in qualifying. But in the end, Red Bull got the best of its new 競争相手 for a second 連続した race.
Verstappen pounced at the start to get ahead of Sainz, then 始める，決める his sights on Leclerc and used a strong outside pass on the ninth （競技場の）トラック一周 to （人命などを）奪う，主張する the lead.
Leclerc said the tires on his Ferrari struggled on a hot South Florida day in which 気温s reached 90 degrees にもかかわらず 簡潔な／要約する intermittent にわか雨s.
"We struggled a little bit after five, six （競技場の）トラック一周s with the 前線 tires, and then we struggled and 基本的に lost the race in that 行う／開催する／段階," Leclerc said. "Losing the lead and then losing やめる a bit of race time because of the degradation, we need to look at that and be on 最高の，を越す of it for the next race."
Verstappen went unchallenged until a late 衝突，墜落 between Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly brought out the safety car and 体制／機構 a 10-（競技場の）トラック一周 sprint to the finish on the 19-turn, 3.36-mile 回路・連盟 (5.41 キロメーターs) built around Hard 激しく揺する Stadium.
Leclerc got a few looks inside in the の近くにing （競技場の）トラック一周s but Verstappen didn't relent and won by 3.7 seconds.
"I think we were very 競争の激しい or at least as 競争の激しい as Max," Leclerc said. "And after the safety car, I really felt that we had a 発射 to actuall y take 支援する the lead."
Verstappen also won two weeks ago at Imola as Red Bull 出資するd on a poor Ferrari 週末 on Italian home 国／地域 with a 1-2 finish for Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
In Miami, Ferrari settled for second and third for Leclerc and Sainz, while Perez was fourth. After the race, Perez said he's started 会談 on a new 契約 with Red Bull but neither 味方する is in a hurry to 完全にする a 取引，協定.
Mercedes showed much 改良 with fifth- and sixth-place finishes for George Russell and 吊りくさび Hamilton. It's the fourth time in five races that first-year Mercedes driver Russell has beaten the seven-time 支持する／優勝者.
The race itself wasn't the thriller the 85,000 in 出席 Sunday breathlessly 推定する／予想するd when they snagged one of the hottest tickets in sports. Promoters never had a general ticket sale because of 鎮圧するing 早期に 需要・要求する and the campus surrounding Hard 激しく揺する Stadium was the place to party over the last three days.
Whether it was at the man-made beach club where musical 行為／法令／行動するs have entertained since Friday or the "marina" that ドッキングする／減らす／ドックに入れるd 10 boats on plywood covered in a decal to 似ている rippling water, F1 got the sun, sand and Miami 背景 it 手配中の，お尋ね者 when it agreed to this 10-year 取引，協定.
Come race day, the celebrities were out in 十分な 軍隊. Dwyane Wade took selfies on the starting grid and Paris Hilton danced in 前線 of the McLaren garage; Tom Brady, David Beckham and Michael Jordan 提起する／ポーズをとるd for a pre-race picture with 吊りくさび Hamilton, who hosted former first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday at the 跡をつける. Serena Williams ducked into Mercedes' 歓待 and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny arrived at the 発生地 with Perez and spent most of pre-race at Red Bull with the Mexican driver.
The Miami event gives the U.S. two F1 races in one season for the first time since 1984. F1 will 追加する Las Vegas as a third American race in 2023.
It was a strange event for Haas F1, the only American team on the 20-car grid. The team 分裂（する） its 戦略 between Kevin Magnu ssen and Mick Schumacher に引き続いて the late safety car and Schumacher was in position to 得点する／非難する／２０ the first points of his career and give Haas its best finish in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.
But Schumacher inexplicably ran into Sebastian Vettel to end his breakout day. He finished 15th and Magnussen retired one （競技場の）トラック一周 from the end.
"It was the hardest race I´ve ever done, it was unbelievably hot," Magnussen said.
Schumacher said he was "gutted" he didn't finish inside the 最高の，を越す 10.
"I think it was our best race so far this year," he said. "We were on the road to getting points, but we´ll have to wait some more."
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, 勝利者 of the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race, 持つ／拘留するs his トロフィー and a Miami イルカs' helmet at the Miami International 自動車 drome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands takes the 行う／開催する／段階 wearing a football helmet after winning the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Red Bull mechanics and 乗組員 元気づける as Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands crosses the finish line to 勝利，勝つ the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo 物陰／風下)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands leads Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Mon aco during the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo 物陰／風下)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands races during the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco leads the field at the start of the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco leads the field at the start of the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Race car drivers Simon Pagenaud, left, speaks to H?lio Castroneves ahead of the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
観客s 反応する as they watch the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo 物陰／風下)
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, 中心, of Monaco and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz of Spain wear football helmets as they speak to former Miami イルカs quarterback Dan Marino at the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands takes the 行う／開催する／段階 wearing a football helmet after winning the 決まり文句／製法 One Miami Grand Prix 自動車 race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
