Nineteen-year-old Kimi Antonelli has now taken pole at three grand prix this season

Nineteen-year-old Kimi Antonelli has now taken pole at three grand prix this season

 CHANDAN KHANNA

Mercedes' championship-leading teenager Kimi Antonelli stormed to pole position on Saturday for the Miami Grand Prix, resisting a late charge by four-time champion Max Verstappen in a tense qualifying session.

The 19-year-old Italian, the youngest title race leader in F1 history, produced a fastest lap of one minute 27.798 seconds to top the times ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen with Charles Leclerc third quickest in his Ferrari.

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