Daddy cool: Verstappen surges to Miami Grand Prix pole with Norris in second

• World champion bounces back after sprint race penalty
• Verstappen says becoming a father has had no impact

Max Verstappen cannot be faulted for giving his all. Certainly he could do no more than the complete commitment he demonstrated in delivering a remarkable lap for pole position at the Miami Grand Prix. He was equally pleased in the process to be able to confirm that becoming a new father had had no impact on his pace, but the world champion remained unequivocal that he still expected more from his Red Bull team after they were found wanting at his expense in Saturday's sprint race.

Verstappen claimed pole with an immense lap at the Hard Rock stadium, in what was an enormously competitive session. Anything short of perfection would have been costly and he was on rails, just beating the McLaren of Lando Norris into second and the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli into a superb third place by the tiniest of margins, six hundredths of a second. McLaren's Oscar Piastri was fourth and Mercedes' George Russell fifth.