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1 Miami Grand Prix 2026: Antonelli Holds Off Norris for a Third Straight Win Lando Norris had the faster car for most of a Sunday that swung through five lead changes, yet Kimi Antonelli still crossed the line three seconds clear because he owned the one stretch of the Miami International Autodrome that decided everything else. Race United States 3 May 2026 7 MIN 2 Antonelli Takes Miami Pole With Four Teams Inside Four Tenths Antonelli topped the timesheet again in Miami, but the real story is that Verstappen, Leclerc and Norris all had a puncher's chance at pole, and Alpine wasn't far behind them either. Qualifying United States 2 May 2026 4 MIN 3 Miami Sprint Qualifying 2026: Norris Snatches Pole and Ends Mercedes' Perfect Run Norris out-hustled championship leader Antonelli by two tenths in a nervy SQ3 shootout, and it was McLaren's upgraded floor, not raw one-lap pace across the board, that made the difference. Sprint Qualifying United States 1 May 2026 4 MIN 4 China GP 2026: Antonelli Takes Pole in the Hairpin Sector Antonelli beat Russell by two tenths for pole in Shanghai, and the sector sheets say it was a hairpin, not the long back straight, that settled it. Qualifying China 14 Mar 2026 4 MIN 5 Leclerc Beats Vettel and Both Mercedes to Bahrain 2019 Pole Charles Leclerc beat a four-time champion team-mate and both Mercedes to his first pole, and the lap sheet says he did it in the last five corners, not the long straights. Qualifying Bahrain 30 Mar 2019 4 MIN 6 Canadian GP 2018: Vettel Takes Pole by Under a Tenth Vettel beat Bottas to pole by well under a tenth of a second at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, breaking Hamilton's grip on Montreal pole that had lasted three straight years, even as the top six were separated by barely a third of a second. Qualifying 9 Jun 2018 5 MIN 7 Monaco GP 2018: Ricciardo Takes Record Pole, Verstappen Last Daniel Ricciardo lapped Monaco quicker than anyone in history had gone around it, yet the loudest story of the hour was the Red Bull that never left the garage. Qualifying 26 May 2018 4 MIN