Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli took his first Formula 1 pole position for the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix.
The 18-year-old beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, the championship leader, by 0.045 seconds. The second McLaren of Lando Norris was third ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Antonelli’s team-mate George Russell was fifth fastest, 0.309secs slower than the Italian rookie.
It was an outstanding performance from Antonelli, the first time he has beaten Russell in qualifying this season, and the first time he has shown a glimpse of the huge potential Mercedes believed they saw in him when they chose him to replace Lewis Hamilton.
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