Next to cross the line is Fernando Alonso in his Aston Martin to take the final podium place. Mercedes' George Russell comes home in fourth, Carlos Sainz and his Ferrari finish fifth and the other Silver Arrow of Lewis Hamilton, who started in P13, ends the day in sixth.

Christian Hewgill
Pitlane reporter

Yesterday Hamilton wasn't confident of making it into the top ten at all let alone beat a Ferrari.

It's an impressive recovery from Lewis Hamilton, but what a disappointing afternoon for Charles Leclerc.

Almost done and dusted in Miami for another year.

The top three stays the same: Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso. The Red Bull of Verstappen collects up another fastest lap.

Russell: "Who is the car ahead of Fernando on the track? We're that close to Perez?"

Engineer: "No sorry. It's Sargeant on track."

Russell: "Was gonna say."

Lewis Hamilton goes down the inside on Charles Leclerc at the same spot he passed Pierre Gasly a few minutes earlier. The fans in that Foro Sol-inspired section stood up and cheered as the seven-time world champion zoomed off into the distance in P6.

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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

Hamilton has joined the party. I think he can hassle Leclerc - he is on much fresher tyres.

The finish line is almost in sight and Max Verstappen has extended the gap to Sergio Perez to 2.7secs. Lewis Hamilton successfully passes Pierre Gasly in front the huge crowds to up into seventh place and wants Charles Leclerc's sixth spot too. The Ferrari driver is just out of range at the moment.

Valtteri Bottas and his Alfa Romeo has lost a couple of places in the space of a few laps and is now running in 13th place. Yuki Tsunoda in the Alpha Tauri and Aston Martin's Lance Stroll were the drivers who took advantage.

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The fastest time on lap 51 is awarded to Max Verstappen, which will be crucial in the championship fight with his rival Sergio Perez. Coming away from Miami with a possible 26 points after starting ninth would not be a bad day's work for the Dutchman.

Perez: "Is Max struggling?"

Engineer: "Just managing in Sector 1."

"Is Max struggling?" asks Sergio Perez to his Red Bull engineer. Erm... probably not is the answer to that question.

Behind the top five, Pierre Gasly is in sixth, Charles Leclerc is gaining on the Frenchman in seventh, Lewis Hamilton is riding in eighth place and Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen are ninth and tenth.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

It was a nice bit of racing. To be fair to Perez - he gave it a go. Defending pretty hard with Verstappen half a car ahead of him and for a minute I thought they were going to have a collision, but Verstappen has so much grip at his disposal.

The crowd were excited to see a bit of track action then between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Verstappen is 1.5secs clear of his Mexican team-mate.

Rachel T: Red Bull have clearly, unashamedly, brutally hung Perez out to dry here.

Richard: The Red Bulls are so fast everyone else may as well be in GP2. After today I can't see any other team remotely challenging this year. Not a great race at the Miami GP

The resistance is broken. Max Verstappen gets the job on his Red Bull team-mate and the Dutchman is also home and dry in south Florida.

Sergio Perez is probably going to be helpless now to stop Max Verstappen hunting him down like they are wild animals in the jungle.

Perez is defending with everything he has got and manages to swat away the world champion after a few corners of fighting.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

It is safe [pit-stop] from red Bull - but it is not rapid, but there are cheers from the crowd as the two Red Bulls emerge. If that pitstop had been any quicker - they would have been side by side!

I hate to say it - but the writing is on the wall for Perez. Verstappen is hounding him.