MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Max Verstappen celebrated the birth of his first child with a pole-winning run at the Miami Grand Prix.
The four-time defending Formula 1 champion edged Lando Norris of McLaren by .065 seconds to take the top starting spot for Sundays race. It was a rebound for Verstappen, who was penalized earlier Saturday in the sprint race and finished 17th.
Its been a great qualifying, it worked out well and Im very happy to be on pole, Verstappen said of his 43rd career pole. It is his third pole through six races this season and second consecutive.
It wasnt the result Norris hoped for from F1s newest father. Theres a myth that having children can slow drivers because they suddenly become a bit more conservative. Verstappen and his partner, Kelly Piquet, announced the birth of a baby girl on Friday.
Nod to Max, especially being a dad now, Norris said. I was hoping it was going to slow him down a little bit, but it clearly didnt.
Verstappen agreed.
Clearly it didnt make me slower, being a dad. We can throw that out the window for people mentioning it, he said. And although he didnt reveal when Lily was born, he indicated the reason he skipped Thursday activities in Miami was to spend a few days at home to make sure everything is OK.
He also said the myth that parenthood can change a drivers style is ridiculous.
I dont really listen to these kinds of silly things, you know, Verstappen said. I just do my thing. There are enough racing drivers in the past that they became world champion after having kids. I dont even know where that (myth) comes from.
Norris is both the defending race winner his Miami victory last year was the first of his F1 career and ended Verstappens two-year winning streak at Hard Rock Stadium and the winner of Saturdays sprint race.
Kimi Antonelli, who at 18 years old became F1s youngest pole winner in history when he started first in Saturdays sprint race, qualified third for Mercedes. It is the first time he qualified higher than teammate George Russell, who was fifth behind current F1 points leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren.
Williams qualified sixth and seventh with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alex Albon, while Charles Leclerc rebounded from crashing before the sprint race started to qualify eighth. He did not compete in the sprint race as his team worked to repair his Ferrari in time for qualifying.
Esteban Ocon qualified ninth for Haas and Yuki Tsunoda was 10th to give Red Bull both its cars in points-paying position.
Lewis Hamilton failed to carry momentum from his third-place finish in the sprint race held four hours before qualifying as the Ferrari driver was eliminated in the second round. His 12th-place effort was his lowest qualifying run since joining his new team.
I dont feel in my heart that Im I mean, as I said, Im trying everything, were trying everything, I mean like the smallest, the smallest (margin) of time today I was out, Hamilton said. It doesnt make a huge difference, but the fact is, you know, we are trying.
It rained early Saturday hard enough to delay the sprint race and the forecast calls for more weather issues on Sunday. The uncertainty on if it will be a wet or dry race has made it impossible for drivers to predict how the event will unfold.
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在迈阿密大奖赛中，马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）以杆位成绩庆祝了他第一个孩子的出生。
四届卫冕F1冠军以0.065秒的优势击败了迈凯伦的兰多·诺里斯（Lando Norris），获得了周日比赛的首发位置。这是维斯塔潘（Verstappen）的反弹，他周六早些时候在冲刺赛中受到处罚，最终排名第17位。
在排位赛中表现很出色，结果很好，我很开心能够站在杆位上。”维斯塔潘谈到了他职业生涯的第43个杆位。这是他本赛季第六场比赛的第三个杆位，也是连续第二个。
诺里斯没有从F1的新晋父亲那里得到他希望的结果。有一种说法是，有了孩子会让车手变得有些保守，从而影响他们的速度。弗斯塔普和他的伴侣凯利·皮奎特在周五宣布了他们迎来了一个女婴。
诺里斯说：“向马克斯（Max）致敬，尤其是他现在作为父亲的身份。我本来希望这会让他稍微放慢脚步，但显然没有。”
维斯塔潘表示赞同。
很明显，成为父亲并没有让我变慢。我们可以忽略那些提到这一点的人的言论。他虽然没有透露莉莉的出生时间，但他表示他跳过在迈阿密周四的活动是为了“在家待上几天，确保一切都好。”
他还说，认为为人父母能改变驾驶员的驾驶风格这一说法是荒谬的。
“我其实并不在意这些愚蠢的言论，你知道的，”维斯塔潘说道。“我只做我自己。过去有很多赛车手在有了孩子后成为了世界冠军。我都不清楚这个（谣言）是怎么传出来的。”
诺里斯既是上届赛事的卫冕冠军（他去年在迈阿密取得的胜利是他F1生涯的第一个胜利，并结束了维斯塔潘在硬石体育场两年的连胜纪录），也是周六短跑比赛的冠军。
18岁的基米·安东内利（Kimi Antonelli）在周六的冲刺赛中从杆位发车，成为F1历史上最年轻的杆位获得者，为梅赛德斯车队赢得了第三名的资格。这是他首次在资格赛中超越队友乔治·拉塞尔（George Russell），后者在迈凯伦车队的奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里（Oscar Piastri）之后获得第五名，皮亚斯特里目前是F1积分榜的领头羊。
在冲刺赛开始前，威廉姆斯车队凭借卡洛斯·塞恩斯·小（Carlos Sainz Jr.）和亚历克斯·阿尔本（Alex Albon）分别获得了第六和第七名的资格。查尔斯·勒克莱尔（Charles Leclerc）在冲刺赛开始前发生了事故，但后来成功反弹并获得了第八名资格。由于他的团队正在争取及时修复他的法拉利赛车以备资格赛，他并未参加冲刺赛。
埃斯特班·奥孔（Esteban Ocon）为哈斯（Haas）车队获得了第九名的资格，而裕山茂（Yuki Tsunoda）获得了第十名，为红牛（Red Bull）车队的两辆赛车都争取到了可以获得积分的位置。
在距离资格赛四小时前举行的冲刺赛中，刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）未能延续其第三名完赛的势头，因为法拉利车手在第二轮中就被淘汰。他以第12名的成绩结束了预选赛，这是他加入新车队以来预选赛中的最低排名。
汉密尔顿表示：“我内心深处并不觉得自己是……我的意思是，正如我所说，我尝试了所有方法，我们也在尝试所有方法，我指的是今天，我甚至利用了最小的、最小的（时间）空隙。这并不会带来太大的变化，但事实上，你知道，我们正在努力。”
周六早些时候，雨下得很大，足以延迟短跑比赛，而周日天气预报还可能继续出现其他天气问题。关于这将会是一场湿滑比赛还是干燥比赛的不确定性，使得驾驶员们无法预测这一事件将如何展开。
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