Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso will start eighth for the Sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday. Alonso was one of numerous drivers who struggled to switch on his tyres in SQ3. The rules mandated the drivers to use the medium tyres in the first two segments of the session, and then softs for the top-10 shoot-out. But the red-marked tyres didn’t yield the expected grip in Miami. Even the pole-sitter Max Verstappen admitted over team radio that his lap felt ‘terrible’. Verstappen gained three and a half tenths from his best effort in SQ2. Charles Leclerc (second), Daniel Ricciardo …
