Verstappen wins debut Miami Grand Prix

Title holder Max Verstappen thundered to a definitive triumph for Red Bull Sunday when he beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in boiling conditions at a VIP pressed debut Miami Grand Prix.

The 24-year old Dutchman started to lead the pack from the shaft sitting Monegasque driver on the initial lap and stayed in charge all through a to a great extent processional challenge.

He got back home 3.78 seconds in front of Leclerc for his third Grand Prix win this year and the 23rd of his profession.

Carlos Sainz polished third in the second Ferrari in the wake of holding off a late charge from Sergio Perez, on new tires in the subsequent Red Bull, and George Russell returned home fifth in front of Mercedes colleague seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

“What a race,” said Verstappen, who had missed the greater part of Friday’s training meetings when he had a gearbox supplanted after an early brush with the obstructions.

“It was great, yet it was an extreme one, however great. The group worked effectively – a decent recuperation we can be pleased with… I think I could seriously use a beverage and I think you could use a beverage!”

On a hot day in southern Florida, the track temperature was 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) and the air 32 degrees Celsius as a pre-race matrix spotted with big names was cleared before the lights went out.
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Valtteri Bottas completed seventh for Alfa Romeo in front of Esteban Ocon and his Alpine colleague Fernando Alonso, with Alex Albon taking an astounding tenth for Williams.

Leclerc made a decent begin to lead from his third post position of the year, however behind him Sainz battled to oppose Verstappen who constrained his far beyond outwardly of Turn One to part the Ferraris.

Hamilton secured at Turn One, dropping to eighth after a wheel-banging conflict with Alonso, however recovered a spot when he passed the Spaniard at Turn 11 on lap three.