Max Verstappen at home in the United States.
Winner of the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin last year, the Dutchman won the first Miami Grand Prix in history this Sunday.
Starting third on the grid behind the Ferraris, the world champion devoured Carlos Sainz at the start before benefiting from a braking error by Charles Leclerc at the start of the race.
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Formula 1: the calendar for the 2022 season
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Never worried then, not even by a “safety car” deployed at the end of the race, “Mad Max” went it alone on the Florida track to finish ahead of the two Ferraris.
A satisfactory result for the Scuderia, which remains at the top of the constructors' standings by six points ahead of Red Bull, for whom Sergio Perez recovered the points for 4th place.
As for the drivers, Leclerc is only 8 points ahead of the outgoing champion, who won his third success in five races this season.
Behind, the Mercedes proved that the interesting rhythm during the timed exercises was not a breeze.
Thus, if George Russell (5th) was still ahead of Lewis Hamilton (6th), the six-time world champion rebounded after his anonymous 13th place at Imola.
Also note the convincing 8th place of Esteban Ocon (Alpine), who started last on the grid, arriving just ahead of his partner Fernando Alonso (9th).
