22:06
2023 F1 Miami Grand Prix - LIVE UPDATES! Verstappen wins from P9
Max Verstappen won the F1 Miami Grand Prix from ninth ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez.
Lewis Hamilton complained via team radio that he might not last the race after first-lap contact with Nico Hulkenberg but he continued.
Follow all of the action from Miami here with the Crash.net live blog.
07 May 2023
22:02
Max Verstappen wins!
Another 1-2 for Red Bull.
Top 10: Verstappen, Perez, Alonso, Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Leclerc, Gasly, Ocon, Magnussen.
22:00
Verstappen starts the final lap
A whopping fastest lap from Verstappen - a 1m29.708s.
21:59
Amusing Russell team radio
Who's that ahead of Alonso? Are we that close to Perez?"
Engineer: "No, sorry, it's Sargeant."
Russell: "Was gonna say."
21:57
Three laps to go
Hamilton makes a great lunge on Leclerc to move into sixth.
21:55
Leclerc into sixth
Gasly locks up when defending against Leclerc into Turn 1, allowing the Ferrari driver to get through.
Soon after, Hamilton makes light work of Gasly.
21:54
Lap 53/57
Leclerc is now right behind Gasly in the battle for sixth.
21:53
Battle at the front
Verstappen's leads is up to 2.3s now.
21:51
Alonso is watching the race?!
Alonso: "Which position is Lance? Great move into (Turn) 1".
21:49
LAP 47/57
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WHEEL-TO-WHEEL!
Verstappen seizes the lead from team mate Perez at Turn 1 #MiamiGP#F1pic.twitter.com/ENxOTFa8L9
21:48
Lap 49/57
Verstappen leads ahead of Perez, Alonso, Russell, Sainz, Gasly, Leclerc, Hamilton, Ocon, Magnussen, Bottas, Tsunoda, Albon, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Zhou, Norris, de Vries, Piastri and Sargeant.
21:47
Verstappen leads!
He uses DRS and his fresh medium tyres to get past into Turn 1. Verstappen leads.
21:45
Verstappen in DRS
This should be a comfortable move for Verstappen.
21:43
Verstappen finally stops
He rejoins in second - 1.2s behind Perez.
21:42
Perez responds
He sets the fastest lap of the race to cut Verstappen's lead by a couple of tenths.
When will the Dutchman finally pit?
21:40
Verstappen still quicker
His gap over Perez is 18.5s - he was 0.3s quciker on the last lap.
21:37
The order on Lap 42
Verstappen, Perez, Alonso, Russell, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Leclerc, Magnussen and Hamilton.
21:35
Hamilton overtakes Bottas
Throwback to a few years ago, Hamilton clears his ex-teammate for tenth.
21:34
A bad lap for Perez
He's now 17.5s behind Verstappen in the race for the lead.
21:33
Happy Russell
"That's how he roll," he tells his engineer after overtaking Sainz.
21:32
Leclerc gets through!
That took longer than it needed to.
Leclerc makes the most of DRS into Turn 1 to get past Magnussen.
21:31
Great scrap
A fun tussle between Magnussen and Leclerc.
Leclerc managed to get through into the final braking zone on the lap, but Magnussen gets him back into Turn 1 with DRS.
Clever driving from the Dane.
21:28
Verstappen flying
Despite not stopping, Verstappen is still setting fastest laps at the front of the field.
He's 15.8s clear of Perez.
He will come out around five seconds behind when he eventually stops.
21:27
An explanation for Leclerc's struggles?
"The car is jumping all over the place," he reports over team radio.
21:26
Russell thanks Hamilton
“Thank you very much. Very much appreciated," Russell said, after Hamilton let him past into P6.
