Champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull faced no difficulties as he kicked off the weekend at the Miami Formula One Grand Prix with a win in Saturday’s sprint race. The Dutchman held on to his position at the start, while Charles Leclerc of Ferrari was pressured by Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull, but remained second. Racing was cut short as the safety car was deployed before the end of the first lap after the McLaren of Lando Norris went off the track following contact in an incident involving the Aston Martin cars of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. Once th…