Sports writing (EFE).- The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) reinforced his leadership in the Formula One World Championship by winning the Miami Grand Prix (USA), the fifth of the year, held on the circuit built around the Hard Rock Stadium of the aforementioned town in the state of Florida.
Where he relegated to second and third place -respectively- his partner, the Mexican Sergio Pérez, and the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who achieved his fourth podium of the season: 102 in the premier class.
Verstappen, 25 years old and who is aiming for a third title in a row, achieved his 38th victory in F1, the third of the season, with a new display -after having started ninth- with which he triumphantly crossed the finish line ahead from ‘Czech’.
From the once again great Alonso; in a race that the other Spaniard, Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) finished in fifth position, behind the Englishman George Russell (Mercedes).
Alonso achieves his podium 102
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) was once again the great sensation when he finished third and celebrated his 102nd podium in the premier class, the fourth in the first five races of the year: something he had not achieved since 2012, in his penultimate year in Ferrari
The Asturian double world champion – who at 41 is facing his twentieth season in F1 – was third at the premiere in Bahrain, repeated that position in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and finished in that position again five weeks ago in Melbourne (Australia ).
A week ago he was fourth in Azerbaijan and this Sunday, by finishing third in Miami, he achieved his fourth podium in five races. Something that had not happened for almost eleven years, when he chained five drawers in the Grand Prix of Korea, India, Abu Dhabi, the United States and Brazil.