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While Formula 2 graduate Sargent has shown impressive speed he has also endured a series of mishaps in the early races, his learning curve made harder by a run of tricky street or temporary venues.

The Thai-British driver was heard on the radio telling the pitwall that he didn't agree with a message to push on the tyres, while at another point in the race, he felt that he should be doing that rather than managing them.

Perez will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) in Sunday’s race after the one-hour qualifying session on Saturday, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Perez logged a 1m26.841s amid the first flying runs in Q3 to take the early advantage on the timing board, as Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen went wide through Turn 5 and aborted his initial run - retreating to the pitlane.

A decisive 1m27.930s set Max Verstappen atop of the charts in the second Miami Grand Prix free practice session, the two-time Formula 1 champion beating Carlos Sainz by 0.3s.

The Ferraris were the first to break into the 1m31s at the opening of the session, Carlos Sainz posting a 1m31.787s before he was shaded by Leclerc by three tenths in the initial runs.

George Russell of Mercedes was quickest in FP1, before Verstappen topped FP2 with the fastest time of the day.

Both the sprint and the main event in Baku were notable for a lack of passing compared to previous events at the track, with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff labelling it "boring". 

Sergio Perez’s latest street track victory has raised his hopes of really taking on Max Verstappen for the 2023 world title. That and the Mexican driver’s victory in the tweaked sprint format, along with his team-mate’s George Russell clashes, meant Perez left the Baku weekend nine points closer in the…