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诞生。
四次卫冕F1冠军的选手以0.065秒的优势击败了迈凯伦车队的兰多·诺里斯，获得了周日比赛的最好起跑位置。这是维斯塔潘的反弹，他此前在周六的冲刺赛中受到处罚，最终排名第17位。
维斯塔潘对自己的第43次职业生涯杆位感到非常满意，并表示这次排位赛非常出色，他非常高兴能够获得杆位。这是他本赛季六场比赛中的第三个杆位，也是连续第二次。
这并非诺里斯所希望的新晋F1车手父亲的成果。有一种说法是，有了孩子会让车手变慢，因为他们突然变得稍微保守一些。周五，维斯塔潘和他的伴侣凯利·皮奎特（Kelly Piquet）宣布了一个女婴的降生。
诺里斯说：“对马克斯表示敬意，特别是他现在作为父亲的身份。我原本希望这能让他稍微放慢脚步，但显然并没有。”
维斯塔潘表示同意。
显然，成为父亲并没有让我变慢。对于那些提到这一点的人，我们可以将这个理由抛开。虽然他没有透露莉莉的出生时间，但他暗示他跳过周四在迈阿密的活动是为了“在家里待上几天，确保一切都好。”
他还表示，认为为人父母会改变驾驶员风格这一说法是荒谬的。
维斯塔潘表示：“我其实并不太在意这些愚蠢的事情，我只要做自己的事就好。过去有足够多的赛车手在有孩子后成为了世界冠军，我甚至不知道这个（传说）是从哪里来的。”
诺里斯不仅是卫冕冠军，他在去年的迈阿密胜利是他在F1职业生涯中的首胜，并结束了维斯塔潘在Hard Rock Stadium的两连胜；同时，他也是周六冲刺赛的冠军。
18岁的Kimi Antonelli在周六的短跑赛中以第一名的身份起跑，从而成为F1历史上最年轻的杆位得主，同时为梅赛德斯车队赢得了第三名的资格。这是他首次在队内队友乔治·拉塞尔之上获得资格，拉塞尔在F1积分榜领头羊奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里（McLaren）之后排名第五。
在冲刺赛开始前，威廉姆斯车队（Williams）的威廉姆斯二世（Carlos Sainz Jr.）和亚历克斯·阿尔本（Alex Albon）分别获得了第六和第七的资格，而查尔斯·勒克莱尔（Charles Leclerc）在赛车在冲刺赛开始前发生碰撞后重新振作，最终获得了第八的资格。由于他的团队正在抓紧时间修理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）为哈斯车队（Haas）获得了第九名的资格，而角田裕依（Yuki Tsunoda）则获得了第十名，为红牛车队的两辆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短跑赛中，刘易斯·汉密尔顿未能保持其第三名的成绩，因为法拉利车队的赛车在第二轮被淘汰。他最终排名第12位，这是他加入新车队后最差的资格赛成绩。
我在心里并没有感觉到自己...我的意思是，正如我所说，我尝试了一切，我们尝试了一切，今天我甚至在最小的、最小的（时间）空隙里出去了。
周六早上下雨了，雨势之大足以推迟短跑比赛，而周日预报则显示可能会有更多的天气问题。是否会下雨或天气是否会转晴的不确定性，使得驾驶员无法预测比赛的进展。
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