Kimi Antonelli, who at 18 years old became F1’s youngest pole winner in history when he started first in Saturday’s 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.

Mercedes Formula 1 star Kimi Antonelli will start from pole position for the first time in his short career in Saturday's Miami Grand Prix sprint race. The new Silver Arrows star made history on Friday becoming the youngest-ever pole-sitter of all race formats, smashing the record previously held by Sebastian Vettel by two and a half years.