Max Verstappen recently welcomed his daughter Lily into the world, something people wondered - or hoped - would slow him down. His recent pole in Miami, however, tells a different story.During the FIA post-qualifying press conference, Verstappen was asked about how he was taken on his newly found father role at the moment, being so far away in Miami."It's been good to be able to spend a few days at home before coming here, you know, when she's just born. You want to make sure everything is okay."

A difficult session, qualifying was, Hamilton agrees. "Yeah, it was a difficult session, mixed emotions, [in the sprint we scored a] good, decent result. But it was not pure pace, it was a good call in the strategy, but in pure pace, we didn't have it," Hamilton says to media after the qualifying session.

Conditions for the race may again play a role as they did in the Sprint race on Saturday Monday, and Hamilton finds himself wanting to pray for the perfect scenario for himself and Ferrari.