Sainz hindered by neck pain during F1 Miami GP after Friday crash

Sainz suffered a nasty shunt in Friday’s second free practice session, crashing into the unprotected concrete wall on the outside of Turn 14.

The Spaniard managed to rebuild his confidence on Saturday and qualified second behind teammate Charles Leclerc.

From there he was forced to let Red Bull’s eventual race winner Max Verstappen by at the start, but he then held off the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez, despite the Mexican enjoying at tyre advantage at the end of the race.

…