Red Bull blamed human error after Max Verstappen was released into the path of Mercedes' pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli in the pitlane during Saturday's Miami Grand Prix sprint.

Max Verstappen finished in P17 in the Sprint, after his 10-second penalty was applied. Red Bull however possibly made an attempt to try and salvage a point, asking Yuki Tsunoda. Verstappen already had his penalty given to him,

Max Verstappen says Red Bull's pitstop issues at the Miami GP sprint "really shouldn't happen”, but added that it can't all be pinned on the departure of sporting director Jonathan Wheatley

MIAMI (Reuters) -Formula One champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren's Lando Norris joining him on the front row. Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli qualified third fastest with McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri completing the second row.

Max Verstappen celebrated the birth of his first child with a pole-winning run at the Miami Grand Prix. The four-time defending Formula 1 champion edged Lando Norris of McLaren by .065 seconds to take the top starting spot for Sunday’s race.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen narrowly beat Lando Norris to pole position for the Miami Grand Prix to take his third pole position of the season.