MIAMI, May 3 -- Mercedes' championship-leading teenager Kimi Antonelli claimed pole position yesterday for the Miami Grand Prix, as the race's start time was brought forward by three hours due to expected heavy rainstorms.

The 19-year-old Italian, the youngest title race leader in F1 history, resisted a late charge by four-time champion Max Verstappen in a tense qualifying session.

Antonelli produced a fastest lap of one minute 27.798 seconds to top the times ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen with Charles Leclerc third quickest in his Ferrari.

World champion Lando Norris, who won the sprint race earlier in the day, will start his McLaren from fourth in Sunday's grid.

It was Antonelli's third pole and his third in consecutive races, a fea...