Leclerc posted ⛄a lap 0.190 seconds faster than teammate Carlos Sainz, whileꦗ Max Verstappen was left to rue a mistake on his final lap of Q3, which left him third on the grid, 0.195s behind his main title rival. 

It marked Ferrari’s fir🐓st front-row lockout in qualifying since the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix. 

"Last weekend wasn't great for me,” said Leclerc afte🥃r securing his third⛎ pole of the season. “I made a mistake in the race, but today went well. We are starting on pole and we need to finish the job tomorrow.

"Red Bꦿull are extremely quick in the straight lines. W🐻e are quick in the corners. It will be a tight challenge tomorrow."

Sergio Perez was fourth-fastest for Red Bull, while 𒅌Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas starred on his way to fifth, two-tenths clear of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes. 

The seven-time world champion put in a strong lap in his improved Mercedes as team🧔mate George Russell suffered a Q2 exit, but Hamiℱlton was still 0.829s off the pace. 

Just behind Hamilton came Pierre Gasly, who outpaced McLaren’s Lando Norris and 🅘AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda. Lance Stroll comple𒁃ted the top 10 for Aston Martin. 

What went wrong for Verstappen in qualy for F1 Miami GP? 

Verstappen sat on provisional pole but made a critical error through the first sector as he attempted to respond t🙈o Leclerc’s improvement. 

“I f**ked i𒈔t,” the reigning world champion admitted after suffering a big snap wℱhich ruined his final attempt. 

Nevertheless, Verstappen said he was surprised to make the second row after the reliability issues that disru🐽pted his Friday running and restricted him to just five timed laps across the two practice sessions. 

"Overall I am pretty pleased with qualifying,” he said. “Literally I did four or five laps yesterday so today I was still trying to learn the track and trying to find a decent balance in the car. To be that competitive in qualif🌌ying, I was a bit surprised. 

"We have a goodꦏ chance tomorrow. We have a bit of speed. The car is handling quite well. I'm looking forward to that.”

How did the rest fare? 

Fernando Alonso narrowly missed out on a spot in the top 10 shootout as he finished 11th for Alpine, just ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, who was the biggest scalp of Q2 as he also💝 failed to advance into Q3. 

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel was less than a tenth shy of progressing into the final part of qualifying as he took 13th.&nb♔sp;

Daniel Ricciardo could not replicate the pace of his McLare🔯n teammate on his way to 14th, while Mi🥂ck Schumacher outpaced Haas teammate Kevin Magnussen for just the second time this season. 

Alfa Roꦺmeo rookie Guanyu Zhou was only 17th after seeing his best la🦹p was ruined by traffic as he too suffered an early exit in qualifying. 

Alex Albon outqualified Williams teammate Nicholas L🌌atifi by just 0.059s as the pair ended up with the slowest times of qualifying, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who did not take part after a crash in final practice. 

Ocon’s chassis was cracked in his hefty impact with the Turn 14 barriers and could not be repaired in time. The Frenchman is “physically fine” and will starꦗt Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix from the very back of the grid.