F1 Miami GP LIVE: Race updates as Verstappen starts on pole with Hamilton in 12th

We’re simply moments away from lights out… all eyes on the push to that first nook.

The engines are being revved. Keep tuned!

Not lengthy to go till we get began in Miami – that is your 5 minute warning!

“I am all good,” Norris mentioned. “It is a lengthy race. Many alternatives. It is going to be good to get him off the road.

“If not, we’ll see after that. I wish to win all of them.”

“Observe is totally effective in the meanwhile, it is superb how rapidly it dries up,” Russell mentioned on the circumstances.

“However the rain is completely unpredictable right here. Right here it appears to come back out of nowhere, so who is aware of what the race will convey.

“Want a little bit of luck on our facet to get on that podium however we’ll do our greatest.”

As ordinary, we now have the nationwide anthem and flypass above the Onerous Rock Stadium to get the group going!

The pit lane is properly and actually open in Miami – and the monitor is bone dry!

You may’ve swam across the circuit a pair hours in the past, however for now, we’ve good racing circumstances.

Pierre Gasly, who certified 18th, will begin within the pit lane.

This comes after Alpine made adjustments to his suspension, taking the automobile out of parc ferme, which is in opposition to the foundations.

The climate has been temperamental in Miami, to say the least.

It was chucking it down forward of the F1 Academy race, which was known as off as a result of deluge.

Circumstances have since improved – it’s dried up considerably as we edge nearer to lights out at 9pm. We’ve getting very fortunate in the meanwhile, with radars displaying torrential rain passing both facet of the monitor.

Nonetheless, there’s nonetheless a menace of extra rain, and even lightning, within the space over the subsequent couple hours.

We’ve obtained 57-lap race to come back in half an hour, and I might be stunned if we make it by way of that with out the heavens reopening.

Lando Norris claimed his maiden F1 triumph of his profession on the Miami GP final yr, and he celebrated in fashion!

He adopted it up by reigning victorious within the dash yesterday – the query is, can he sustain his profitable kind in Miami right this moment?

Lando will definitely be hoping for a repeat as he hunts down McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri within the drivers rankings…