Red Bull driver Max Verstappen broke the current lap record on the first day of free practice at the Miami Autodrome.

The Dutchman set a best time of 1m27.930s in FP2: 0.866s faster than the pole position claimed by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc last year and two seconds faster than the best Friday time from 2022 - 1m29.938s - set by Mercedes driver George Russell.

"Today was a good day. Initially we were getting used to the track with the new tarmac, it was ramping up a lot throughout the day. It's still quite slippery off line but on the driving line it's okay," said Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc was third-fastest in FP2 this year with a 1m28.398s before ending up in the barriers at Turn 7, with about 10 minutes of the session left to go.

His team mate Carlos Sainz ended up second-fastest in the session with a 1m28.315s: the only driver in top three to set his best time on a used set of P Zero Red soft tyres.

"The feeling in the car is good on one-lap runs. In terms of race pace, we are still lacking compared to our competitors and are focused on closing that gap. Let's see what is possible tomorrow," said Leclerc.

Pos	Driver		Team		Laps	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:27.930	137.683 mph
2	Sainz		Ferrari		1:28.315	0.385
3	Leclerc		Ferrari		1:28.398	0.468
4	Perez		Red Bull	1:28.419	0.489
5	Alonso		Aston Martin	1:28.660	0.730
6	Norris		McLaren		1:28.741	0.811
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.858	0.928
8	Stroll		Aston Martin	1:28.930	1.000
9	Ocon		Alpine		1:28.937	1.007
10	Albon		Williams	1:29.046	1.116
11	Gasly		Alpine		1:29.098	1.168
12	Magnussen	Haas		1:29.171	1.241
13	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	1:29.181	1.251
14	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	1:29.189	1.259
15	Russell		Mercedes	1:29.216	1.286
16	Piastri		McLaren		1:29.339	1.409
17	Hulkenberg	Haas		1:29.393	1.463
18	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	1:29.613	1.683
19	de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:29.928	1.998
20	Sargeant	Williams	1:30.038	2.108

Pos	Driver		Team		Laps	Gap

1	Russell		Mercedes	1:30.125	134.329 mph
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.337	0.212
3	Leclerc		Ferrari		1:30.449	0.324
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.549	0.424
5	Sainz		Ferrari		1:30.724	0.599
6	Gasly		Alpine		1:31.104	0.979
7	Alonso		Aston Martin	1:31.231	1.106
8	Stroll		Aston Martin	1:31.337	1.212
9	Hulkenberg	Haas		1:31.392	1.267
10	Ocon		Alpine		1:31.542	1.417
11	Perez		Red Bull	1:31.566	1.441
12	Piastri		McLaren		1:31.810	1.685
13	Magnussen	Haas		1:31.853	1.728
14	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	1:31.902	1.777
15	Albon		Williams	1:31.903	1.778
16	Norris		McLaren		1:31.997	1.872
17	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	1:32.134	2.009
18	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	1:32.169	2.044
19	Sargeant	Williams	1:32.619	2.494
20	de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:34.637	4.512

Report Courtesy of Pirelli Media