Antonelli won qualifying. Colapinto threw away pole.
Four deleted lap times. The fastest Alpine on the grid finished eighth.
Kimi Antonelli took pole in Miami by half a second. Franco Colapinto finished eighth.
Colapinto was faster in the first sector.
Key Finding
Colapinto had the pace for pole but deleted four laps for track limits. Antonelli kept it clean and took P1.
Antonelli was quicker everywhere
ANT vs COL — sector-by-sector breakdown
The green bars show Antonelli's advantage across all three sectors — over half a second in Sector 1 alone.
▲ ANT faster▼ COL faster
S1: +0.504s · S2: +0.255s · S3: +0.205s
Key Finding
Colapinto had the pace for pole but deleted four laps for track limits. Antonelli kept it clean and took P1.
That's not a typo. Colapinto was faster in Sector 1 than Antonelli. He was also faster in Sector 2 and Sector 3. His best lap was a tenth quicker.
He deleted it for track limits at Turn 15.
Key Finding
Colapinto had the pace for pole but deleted four laps for track limits. Antonelli kept it clean and took P1.
It happened four times. Lap 6, Turn 15. Lap 7, Turn 15. Lap 20, Turn 15 again. Plus another deletion earlier in Q1.
The sector delta data shows Colapinto with a faster theoretical lap. The classification shows him eighth. The difference is four white lines.
Where Colapinto found the time
ANT (Lap 14) vs COL (Lap 16) — fastest laps compared
The blue line pulls ahead through the opening corners and stays there — that's the pace Alpine had in qualifying trim.
ANT (Lap 14)COL (Lap 16)
Fastest laps: ANT Lap 14, COL Lap 16.
Key Finding
Colapinto had the pace for pole but deleted four laps for track limits. Antonelli kept it clean and took P1.
Miami's Turn 15 is a flat-left kink onto the back straight. It's not a corner. It's barely a steering input. But it has a white line, and Colapinto kept crossing it.
Antonelli deleted one lap — at Turn 5, on Lap 13, in the middle of a red flag session when nobody was pushing. When it mattered, he kept it clean.
Key Finding
Colapinto had the pace for pole but deleted four laps for track limits. Antonelli kept it clean and took P1.
Colapinto's degradation rate was negative — he was getting quicker as the tyres wore in. Antonelli's was positive at over a second per lap. The Alpine had the pace window. The Mercedes driver had the discipline.
In Montreal, watch who keeps it between the lines.