Max Verstappen hailed his victory on the Miami Grand Prix as “simply f****** lovely” after he beat Sergio Perez and the boo brigade to increase his world championship lead.
Verstappen was jeered earlier than and after the race, as he celebrated a triumph that strikes him 14 factors away from team-mate Perez, who completed second.
Fernando Alonso was third for Aston Martin. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton completed fourth and sixth for Mercedes.
Verstappen divides opinion within the sport and he was focused by the Hard Rock Stadium crowd as he was offered on the grid forward of the 57-lap race by rapper LL Cool J.
But the boos didn’t faze the double world champion as he raced from ninth on the grid to high spot to assert his third win from 5 rounds.
“Simply f****** lovely,” mentioned Verstappen on the radio earlier than he was additionally jeered on the rostrum as he collected his winner’s trophy.
Verstappen added: “It was a good race. I stayed out of trouble in the beginning. I had a good battle with Checo and we kept it clean and that was the most important thing. A great win today.
“Yesterday was a setback in qualifying but today we kept it calm and clean and winning a race from ninth is always very satisfying.”
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He later informed Sky F1: “I always feel unbeatable. Sometimes other people also have a really good day.
“You try to be close to 100% or perfect all of the time. It’s a long season, I try be always as close as possible to perfect.”
Verstappen, who began on a distinct technique to team-mate and pole-sitter Perez, was as much as second on lap 15. He stopped for tyres with a dozen laps to go after which cruised into the lead by out-braking Perez on the opening nook on lap 48.
Perez mentioned: “I gave it my all. The first stint was poor and that compromised my race.
“Max was particularly good today so a well-deserved win for him. We need to analyse what happened today because I didn’t have the pace.”
