An upgrade package that Red Bull introduced at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which revolved around aero tweaks and weight reduction, appears to have given the team a pace advantage. Verstappen dominated the Imola weekend, despite a poor start in the sprint race, and triumphed again in Miami last weekend to further close down the […]
The standout performer of the Miami Grand Prix for me wasn’t Max Verstappen or Charles Leclerc or Esteban Ocon – although they were all pretty mega. It was Martin Brundle, whose TV grid walk for Sky Sports F1 came as close as possible to making some sense of the insanity of this bonkers, celeb-packed new […]
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz crashed at the exit of Turn 13 during second practice for the Miami Grand Prix last Friday, leaving him struggling with neck pain through the rest of the weekend after hitting the concrete wall. Sainz raised the incident in the drivers’ briefing on Friday and suggested a Tecpro barrier be placed at […]
The Miami International Autodrome, a temporary facility looping around the Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium, featured a varied mix of medium to high speed corners, a long straight and a very tight section underneath a turnpike. The 5.41km layout did not produce a great show, which is partly attributed to the surface’s lack of grip […]
The Spaniard ran a comfortable third in the early stages of the Miami event, but fell away from leaders Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc after the midway point. While it appeared from the outside he may have struggled with the balance on the hard tyre, Sainz has revealed that the main factor for him was […]
Alonso finished eighth on-track in the Miami Grand Prix, falling to ninth after receiving a five-second time penalty during the race for causing a collision with AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly. But the two-time world champion fell out of the points when a second five-second penalty was handed down by the FIA stewards for leaving the […]
McLaren has seen its form fluctuate in the early part of the 2022 season, going from failing to compete for points in Bahrain to scoring a podium through Norris at Imola. Last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix saw Norris retire after a collision with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, while team-mate Daniel Ricciardo could only finish 13th after […]
Tom Garfinkel, the managing partner of Miami’s new F1 event, had originally targeted making a profit from the first race around the Miami Dolphins stadium. But higher than anticipated costs pushed the inaugural Miami GP into a loss. However, he says there are no regrets about the extra expenditure that was done to ensure fans […]
Albon was ninth in FP3 on Saturday but had an issue with tyre temperatures in Q1, and thus found himself stuck in 18th on the grid. By the flag he had worked his way up to 10th, repeating the Melbourne result that he had achieved by staying out on the hard tyres and pitting on […]
But as the weekend carried on, Mercedes could not recapture that form and it again found itself fighting at the front of the midfield pack rather than with Ferrari and Red Bull. What Mercedes now needs to understand is whether it was flattered by Friday or underperformed over the rest of the weekend. One factor […]