Red Bull’s Russell protest over yellow flags is rejected by stewards
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell has avoided any sanction after Red Bull protested that he had failed to slow under yellow flags during the Miami Grand Prix. Russell was ahead of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in third when Gabriel Bortoleto pulled off the road with power unit concerns, leading to a virtual safety car being […]
“No bad feelings” with Hamilton despite Ferrari team orders
Charles Leclerc insists he has “no bad feelings” with Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton after controversial strategy calls saw the pair twice swap positions during the Miami Grand Prix. Hamilton complained over team radio that he should be freed from behind Leclerc given he was on medium tyres compared to Leclerc on the hard compound, and […]
Post-Miami F1 sprint nap reset «scrappy» Williams errors
Carlos Sainz credited his sixth place grid spot for Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix on a «20-minute nap» — explaining that Williams had to reset following a series of «scrappy» mistakes throughout the weekend. The Spaniard was eliminated in the second part of sprint qualifying, and then knocked himself out of the Saturday race after clipping […]
How Verstappen recovered from Miami GP qualifying mis-step to claim pole
A scant 0.065-second margin separated Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in Formula 1 qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix, and there’s two ways that you can interpret that gap depending on the parts of the lap you look at. The first suggestion is that Norris frittered away his pole hopes with a slightly early turn-in […]
Post-race penalties jumble up Miami F1 sprint classification
Yuki Tsunoda was promoted from ninth to sixth in the results of Formula 1’s Miami sprint race following penalties for Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Pierre Gasly also cycling into points-paying positions once the race concluded. On lap 14 of the 18-lap wet-to-dry contest, Racing Bulls driver Lawson […]
To crack the US, MotoGP should do a double-header in Miami with F1
Americans don’t care about MotoGP. I know, I know, that’s not exactly breaking news. And whereas there are a handful of diehards out amongst the States, myself included, the vast majority of Yanks don’t give two hoots about European motorcycle racing. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Look at Formula 1 only a […]
Why Verstappen has a new floor in Miami – but his engine could be holding him back
As revealed by Autosport, Red Bull Racing is phasing in a small but significant update package in three steps. In Jeddah, it introduced a few new components and bodywork tweaks, in Miami there are modifications to the floor, and further updates are scheduled for Imola. According to the FIA’s technical document, Red Bull’s Miami package consists […]
No penalty for Max Verstappen after sprint qualifying incident
Max Verstappen has escaped a grid drop for Saturday’s Miami Grand Prix sprint race after an investigation into his SQ2 outlap, with Red Bull handed a reprimand instead. Verstappen, who ended up qualifying fourth behind shock polesitter Andrea Kimi Antonelli and both McLaren drivers, was summoned to the stewards for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly. The FIA’s […]
Piastri quickest in FP1 as Bearman causes red flag
McLaren’s championship leader Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time in practice for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, which was red-flagged for the stricken Haas of Oliver Bearman. The sprint weekend’s sole practice session got off to a false start for last year’s maiden winner Lando Norris, who reported some items were left loose […]