モーター racing-Verstappen (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域s Leclerc to 勝利,勝つ first Miami Grand Prix

By Simon Evans

MIAMI, May 8 (Reuters) - 決まり文句/製法 One world 支持する/優勝者 Max Verstappen won the 就任の Miami Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday, 削除するing Ferrari 競争相手 Charles Leclerc's 全体にわたる lead from 27 to 19 points after five races.

Leclerc finished a fighting second, 3.786 seconds behind after starting on 有利な立場(位置), with Spanish team mate Carlos Sainz 完全にするing the podium at the Miami イルカs' Hard 激しく揺する Stadium.

The victory was the Dutch driver's third of the season, and second in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動, and he made it happen with a 決定的な 追いつく around the outside on Sainz at the start to 掴む second place before 爆破ing past Leclerc on the ninth of the 57 (競技場の)トラック一周s.

Verstappen, who also made sure of the 特別手当 point for fastest (競技場の)トラック一周, had looked to be 巡航するing to victory until McLaren's Lando Norris 衝突する/食い違うd with AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly and 衝突,墜落d on (競技場の)トラック一周 41, 誘発する/引き起こすing the safety car.

That 許すd Leclerc to の近くに the gap and get 支援する into 論争 over the final 10 (競技場の)トラック一周s.

"It was an incredible Grand Prix," said Verstappen, who has won every race he has finished so far this season and was 手渡すd his 勝利者's トロフィー by イルカs NFL quarterback 広大な/多数の/重要な Dan Marino. "(It was) very physical but I think we kept it exciting until the end."

The race drew a cast of A-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) celebrities, 冒険的な 広大な/多数の/重要なs and a sellout (人が)群がる as 決まり文句/製法 One basked in a wave of 人気 fuelled by the Netflix docu-series "運動 to 生き残る".

"It´s been insane. I´ve never known such 利益/興味, such passion and a 抱擁する, 抱擁する event," said Red Bull boss Christian Horner. "I think it´s been 広大な/多数の/重要な for the American public to tune into 決まり文句/製法 One. ... it´s been a 広大な/多数の/重要な event and an exciting race in the end 同様に."

MIAMI HEAT

What was a slow burner in the energy-sapping 湿度 供給するd some 花火s at the end with the safety car bunching up the field, putting Leclerc 権利 on Verstappen's tail with five (競技場の)トラック一周s remaining.

"On the hard (tyres) we were very 競争の激しい and に向かって the end I thought I could get Max at one point but today they had the advantage ーに関して/ーの点でs of pace," Leclerc said.

Verstappen's Mexican team mate, Sergio Perez, finished fourth, with Ferrari 保持するing the lead in the 建設者s' standings on 157 points to Red Bull's 151.

Perez, who lost 速度(を上げる) with a sensor 問題/発行する that the team 直す/買収する,八百長をするd, tried to pass Sainz on (競技場の)トラック一周 52 but overcooked his move, with the Spaniard 軍隊ing his way 支援する in 前線 and staying there にもかかわらず the Mexican's fresher tyres.

George Russell continued his 記録,記録的な/記録する of finishing every race so far in the 最高の,を越す five, with Mercedes team mate and seven-times world 支持する/優勝者 吊りくさび Hamilton sixth after a 簡潔な/要約する 戦う/戦い between the two.

Russell, starting 12th but helped by pitting during the 事実上の safety car 段階 and having the advantage of fresher tyres, passed Hamilton twice on 跡をつける.

He 手渡すd 支援する position after the first 追いつく because he had 利益d from going wide but re-passed him すぐに afterwards.

Valtteri Bottas was seventh for Alfa Romeo with Alpine's Esteban Ocon eighth in a stirring fight 支援する after 存在 unable to 参加する Saturday's qualifying 予定 to a practice 衝突,墜落 that 軍隊d the team to change his car's chassis.

二塁打 world 支持する/優勝者 team mate Fernando Alonso was demoted to 11th place after receiving a five-second 刑罰,罰則 for 原因(となる)ing a 衝突/不一致 with Gasly.

Alex Albon moved up to ninth and Aston ツバメ's Stroll 10th as a result of Alonso's 刑罰,罰則.

There was heartbreak for Mick Schumacher, who had been having his best race to date and looked like taking his first point in 決まり文句/製法 One until he 衝突する/食い違うd with Aston ツバメ's Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel and team mate Stroll had both started from the 炭坑,オーケストラ席 小道/航路 after a 燃料 気温 problem stopped them from going to the grid. (令状ing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Pritha Sarkar, Gerry Doyle, Peter Rutherford)

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