The two-time world champion started ninth on the grid after failing to set a lap time before Charles Leclerc’s crash ended qualifying prematurely, but made light work of his r🍃ecovery char🎉ge to claim back-to-back wins on the streets of Miami. 

A combination of rele🧸ntless pace and an ability to manage his tyre life put Verstappen in prime position to challenge Perez, who was running a different strategy. 

When Verstappen finally pitted at the end of Lap 45, he remerged just 1.5s bꦿehind race-leader Perez. 

Using his 20-lap fresher med🍬ium tyres, Verstappen pounced on Perez, who was on hard rubber, down the main straight but was forced the long way round at T🍃urn 1. 

Havin🃏g completed🌃 the move, Verstappen pulled clear and claimed his third win from five races to move 14 points clear of his teammate at the top of the world championship standings. 

Over 20 seconds behind the dominant Red Bulls, Fernando Alonso continued his superb run of top-four finishes wi♈th his fourth podium of the season for Aston Martin in third. 

George Russell impressed on his way to fourth as the lead Mercedes driver, a𒆙head𒈔 of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton bounced 🧸back from a dreadful qualifying to take sixth, overtaking Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in the closing 🍬stages. 

The Alpine paꦓir of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon took eighth and ninth, while Kevin Mag🔯nussen claimed the final point in 10th for Haas.