WATCH: Ride onboard with Sergio Perez on his way to a storming pole position in Miami

Sergio Perez grabbed his second pole position of the season at the Miami Grand Prix, putting together a rapid first lap in Q3 to take P1 ahead of Fernando Alonso, and taking advantage of his team mate Max Verstappen failing to set a time.

On his one and only lap in Q3, Perez set a time of 1m 26.841s to lead Alonso, in second, by 0.361s, with Carlos Sainz rounding out the top three, finishing over half a second off the Red Bull driver’s pace.

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The drivers had been gearing up for a second and final lap in Q3, before Charles Leclerc’s crash into the barrier brought out the red flags, meaning Verstappen could not get in a lap, after he aborted his first attempt, leaving the Dutch racer down in ninth, with the Ferrari driver in seventh.

Click on the video player above to ride onboard with Perez on his way to taking the third pole position of his career at the Miami International Autodrome.