00:01Lewis Hamilton is... Whoa! Very nearly into the wall!
00:06Check the front way up, that's with the wall.
00:08Okay, copy. Will do.
00:09What was that?
00:12Let's go on board with Joe Guineu in the Alfa Romeo.
00:16And are we arguing over track position? Very... Whoa! Nearly in the wall!
00:20Man, that's probably just squished me into the wall, man.
00:23Guys, what the f*** is he doing?
00:26Stay calm, Joe.
00:28On board with Hulkenberg.
00:30Getting a face full of Alfa Tauri.
00:33Whoa! Was that safe release?
00:34We're okay.
00:35Yeah, we're okay. Almost got taken up by Alfa though.
00:38It's pretty calm, considering he's just at a half-to-mouth moment.
00:41Yeah.
00:43The McLaren driver going past the huge grandstands.
00:46On his right-hand side, his lap is basically complete
00:49because he's flat to the floor through here,
00:51and he's going to go just over the line before the checkered flag
00:54and improve up to 11th,
00:56but he's between the Alfa Tauris and he's behind Nick DeFries.
01:00So Lando Norris will be nervously awaiting what is happening there.
01:05Joe and signs have been noted for impeding.
01:07That's the incident that we saw.
01:09Joe has gone ahead of Alex Alvin.
01:11The driver at risk is Logan Sargent,
01:13but unbelievably the Mercedes are 18th and 19th right now.
01:17And you see Stroll now at risk.
01:19Was not expecting an Aston Martin to maybe be not getting out of Q1,
01:23but if either of these Mercedes get a lap done, never mind Gasly in the Alpine,
01:27that's all over for Stroll.
01:29Something's gone very wrong.
01:30And Piastri is not quite going to get it done in P16 right now.
01:33So Piastri is out, but Stroll is at huge risk.
01:36Stroll is gone.
01:37Lance Stroll in the Aston Martin goes.
01:40Russell moves up to 10th position.
01:41It's Tsunoda, Stroll and Piastri who are going in this first part of qualifying.
01:46Howlton's late lap puts him up to 6th position.
01:51But look, Lando Norris is just over a second behind.
01:54And the difference between making it through and going out in the first part of qualifying,
02:01absolutely extraordinary stuff.
02:05And this is Fernando Alonso heading out onto the circuit and another borderline release.
02:11That was a dangerous release by the Haas.
02:13It was.
02:17Quickest first sector for Max Verstappen.
02:20Personal best in the middle sector.
02:23He's only got a couple corners left here.
02:25See if he can get back on top ahead of Leclerc as we see Magnussen cross the line.
02:29That's a lap that gives him a chance.
02:31The pit lane incident involving Hülkenberg has been noted by race control for an unsafe release.
02:37Max Verstappen returns to the top of the times to 1.26.8 for him.
02:41This is so much faster this year than we saw last year in the first running of the Miami Grand
02:46Prix.
02:46Alonso is the first car to take the flag.
02:48It's Alonso, then Sainz.
02:50But who is going through into the final shootout, the top ten?
02:54Ocon's going to give himself a chance with that lap to put himself in sixth place.
02:58The driver at risk is his teammate, Hülkenberg, looking for an improvement.
03:02De Vries got himself through into Q2, but he's only 15th.
03:05George Russell puts Gasly in the drop zone along with Hülkenberg.
03:09Hamilton is out!
03:11Lewis Hamilton is out in the second part of qualifying.
03:15His effort only leaves him 13th, and Mercedes' struggles around the Miami circuit continue.
03:24Gasly moves himself up to eighth position, and Gasly gets himself through.
03:30But the massive shock.
03:32Last year, it was the Mercedes of Russell.
03:34This year, it's the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton out in the second part of qualifying.
03:41You know, he's so confident in the package that he has, and the ability he has to deliver with it.
03:47That, oh, as we say that!
03:49Step back in the con box!
03:51Oh, another one!
03:52He's very nearly dropping into multiple parts of the racetrack.
03:55He had the confidence to go first, but he did not have the ability to keep it pointing in the
04:00right direction.
04:01Lap abandoned for Max Verstappen.
04:04That went wide.
04:09So, that may just take a little bit of pressure off Cecho to just, you know, be silky smooth with
04:15these inputs on the steering.
04:17So, all he's got to do now is go up through the gears with the foot pinned flat to the
04:21floor.
04:21The man who said he needed to take a step forward with his driving from yesterday to today puts a
04:261.26.8 on the board.
04:28How does everyone respond out there? Ocon in two-second position and a flurry of laps now.
04:35As you would expect, Alonso has gone over the line.
04:37Alonso is three tenths of a second away from Perez's benchmark.
04:41Third place for George Russell, the sole Mercedes in the session.
04:45He's nine tenths of a second away from Perez.
04:47We await the time from the Ferraris. Gasly to P3.
04:51Magnussen has beaten his teammate for the first time in Formula 1 qualifying this year.
04:56Now, Haas' home race. Where can he put them on the grid?
04:59That is a mighty lap from Kevin Magnussen. P3.
05:04Still a way to go. That's a lock-up for Charles Leclerc.
05:07He's fighting it as he applies the throttle as well.
05:10He was so good in that middle sector as well. And he just... I don't doubt that car's tricky.
05:16But it does seem to be Charles makes a few more mistakes than Carlos.
05:21The driver in seventh place after the error at Turn 17.
05:26Maximum attack. Trying to find his way to the front row.
05:30Wonderful sound as he sweeps through. Sparks out the back of the car.
05:33Can the Monagas driver... Oh, he's lost it! He's lost it! He spun off the road!
05:37And into the wall goes Charles Leclerc on maximum attack.
05:41It was a mistake on the first run. It's into the wall on the second run.
05:45And he has gone deep off the road once again. At turn number seven.
05:50He was chasing the front row. In the end, he's found the wall.
05:54It's Session. Unless they're not going to recover that car. It's Red Flag.
05:58Red Flag with one minute and 36 seconds on the clock.
06:03It was looking so good. So committed.
06:06And it was looking like it was the basis of a great lap.
06:08But it got too greedy on that left-hander. Cut across the inside of the painted drainage ditch there.
06:15And it's just brought the rear round. It's one of those situations, if only.
06:20If only it hadn't gone sideways. That could have been a great lap.
06:23I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry.
06:27Qualifying concluded. And against all expectations of what we've seen earlier in the weekend.
06:34It's Perez on pole.
06:36Well done, Checo. That's pole position after Red Flag. Well done, mate.
06:39Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:43Awesome job. Awesome job.
06:46Oh, P4, guys. P4.
06:48P4 is super.
06:51But it's a moment of regret for Charles Leclerc.
06:55It's a moment that affects the championship leader.
06:57And it's a big opportunity for Perez, Alonso and Sainz.
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