Oscar Piastri attributed his failure to secure the Miami Grand Prix sprint pole to a last-corner lock-up, finishing just 0.045 seconds behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Antonelli set a benchmark time of 1m26.482s during the final runs of the session, surpassing Max Verstappen’s second lap attempt on soft tyres in SQ3. The Italian rookie experienced a tense wait to see if his time would hold up against the competition.
