Catch him if you can!

Antonelli continues his winning streak

It was another historic victory for Kimi Antonelli. He has become the first driver in Formula 1 history to convert his first 3 Pole Positions into Race Wins, as well as becoming the first driver to win from Pole in Miami. It was another tricky start for the Italian, locking up at turn 1, but he managed to come out of it P2, behind Leclerc. Over the race the battle at the top lost Leclerc and saw Lando Norris join, Norris leading the majority of the first half of the race. However Mercedes chose to box Antonelli before McLaren boxed Norris, which ended up giving the Italian the net lead, and it was a lead he wasn't going to lose. Taking his points tally to 100 now

A difficult weekend for Hadjar

After a very strong start for Hadjar, many were confident he could break the infamous 'second seat curse' at Red Bull. That sadly wasn't evidenced in Miami as he crashed out of the race. He started from the Pit Lane following a disqualification from Qualifying, and was making up good positions in the opening laps of the race. But on Lap 5 his race came to an abrupt end. The Frenchman clipped the chicane at turn 14, breaking his front-left suspension and sending his car into the barriers. Hadjar was visibly annoyed after the crash, hitting his helmet and his car. After the race he said: "This one really hurt because I had such good pace. It felt very easy overtaking." He wasn't the only crash on that lap as Liam Lawson came together with Pierre Gasly, sending the Alpine flipping into the barrier. Ending both their races and bringing out the safety car. 

Leclerc suffers a painful end

Leclerc once again enjoyed a strong start, taking the lead at turn 1 and leading most of the first 13 laps, before Lando Norris overtook him, then once Antonelli passed him a lap later, the fight for the win quickly became between 2. Leclerc being sucked into a fight with Oscar Piastri for the final podium position. A fight which went right onto the final lap after some brief cameos from Verstappen and Russell came and went. On that final lap though it all started to unravel for Leclerc, spinning and miraculously not hitting the wall hard enough to end his race. This ended his podium challenge and put him back with Russell and Verstappen in a dramatic fight for 4th. A battle he lost in the final corners, finishing 6th. This wasn't it for the Monegasque though. After the race, the stewards handed Leclerc a drive-through penalty, which was automatically converted to a 20 second penalty. The penalty was given for leaving the track on several occasions without a justifiable reason. This dropped him to P8. Behind Franco Colapinto, giving him a new best finish position after a strong weekend for the Argentine.