FRIDAY DEBRIEF: Can Mercedes pose a threat to McLaren after Antonelli’s magical Miami lap?


Kimi Antonelli delivered a magical lap to take a shock pole position in Sprint Qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix, as frontrunners McLaren were just edged out.
As ever with Sprint weekends, there was just one practice session, which makes it difficult to predict how the next couple of days will unfold – but some sort of pecking order has started to emerge for the races in the Sunshine State.

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