Max Verstappen fastest in Miami practice after Mercedes set surprise early pace

Max Verstappen finished fastest in second practice for the Miami Grand Prix (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Max Verstappen restored Formula One’s natural order by posting the fastest time in second practice for Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc crashed out.

After George Russell finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton in a surprise one-two finish for Mercedes in the earlier sun-cooked running at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, Verstappen took the spoils in the day’s concluding running.