Cloudy. Dry. Air +27С, route +44…33С
In the course of the weekend, the track in Miami showed character. The organizers laid new asphalt, it turned out to be smooth and slippery, which did not allow the rubber to warm up effectively, but in hot weather it warmed up by itself – and not in the way the teams needed. Some have won on this, others have fallen back. In particular, both McLaren racers dropped out of the fight already in the first part of the qualification, and Lewis Hamilton finished the fight in the second.
At the same time, last year’s main problem of the route remained. Good grip was only on the trajectory, a shift to the side where the asphalt was dirty could lead to a U-turn and take off, but the rain that had passed on the night before the race washed away not only the layer of used rubber, but the dirt, so it even became easier to overtake.
Charles Leclerc crashed his car twice during the weekend – and the second accident led to the early completion of qualifying under red flags. The results were unexpected. Sergio Perez started from pole, and his team-mate Max Verstappen, who was in the lead during the weekend – only ninth – in the decisive attempt, he was behind Leclerc and interrupted it due to red flags.
Perez and Alonso started the race from the first row of the starting field, Sainz and Magnussen from the second, Gasly and Russell from the third.
Pirelli brought to the stage the “middle” three compositions, well known to the teams this season – C2, C3 and C4 in the role of Hard, Medium and Soft, but in Miami the tires worked differently. Medium and Soft granulated quickly, and Hard allowed for a longer distance, which the teams took into account when choosing a strategy.
Before the start, the stage was set up on the main straight, the orchestra was assembled, rapper LL Cool J was called – and he introduced the riders to the audience.
In the race, Okon, Verstappen, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Zhou, Tsunoda and Stroll started on Hard, Norris and Piastri on Soft, the rest on Medium.
At the start, Perez kept the lead. Magnussen lost three positions, Bottas was ahead of Ocon and Verstappen. Piastri won back five places on the Soft, and Norris lost three after contact with de Vries.
Top ten on lap 2: Perez – Alonso – Sainz – Gasly – Russell – Leclerc – Magnussen – Bottas – Verstappen – Ocon.
On lap 3, Sargent changed tires and nose cone. Magnussen and Leclerc battled for position, with Verstappen ahead of both to move up to sixth.
On lap 5, Norris changed tires. Ocon overtook Bottas for ninth place.
Piastri made a pit stop on lap 6.
On lap 9, Verstappen overtook Russell, on lap 10 Gasly moved up to fourth place. In this fight, Russell was ahead of Gasley, rising to fifth place.
Top ten on lap 10: Perez – Alonso – Sainz – Verstappen – Russell – Gasly – Magnussen – Leclerc – Windows – Bottas.
On lap 14, Verstappen was ahead of Sainz to move up to third.
On lap 15, Magnussen changed tyres. Verstappen moved ahead of Alonso to move up to second place.
On lap 16 Gasly, Bottas and de Vries changed tyres. Hamilton overtook Albon for ninth place.
On lap 18, Russell and Leclerc made a pit stop, on lap 19, Sainz blocked the brakes in the pit lane, on lap 21, Perez. For speeding in the pit lane, Carlos received a five-second penalty.
On lap 22, Perez overtook Ocon for fourth place.
On lap 23, Albon changed tyres. Hamilton edged out Hulkenberg for sixth.
Stroll’s actions were considered due to unfair advantage in the fight against Russell – and Lance skipped George.
On lap 25, Alonso changed tires. Gasly overtook Stroll for 10th place.
On lap 26, Russell overtook Tsunoda and Alonso overtook Sainz for fourth place.
On lap 28, Russell overtook Hulkenberg to move up to seventh.
On lap 29, Alonso was ahead of Ocon, on lap 30, Sainz.
On lap 32, Zhou changed tires. Hamilton, at the request of the engineer, let his teammate Russell, who was riding on fresher tires, pass.
On lap 33, Ocon overtook Sainz for fourth place, but on lap 35, Carlos regained the position. Hulkenberg made a pit stop.
On lap 36, Russell overtook Okon to move up to fifth place.
On lap 37, Tsunoda changed tires.
On lap 38, Russell overtook Sainz for fourth place. Hamilton made a pit stop. Leclerc after several attempts overtook Magnussen.
On lap 40, Hamilton overtook Bottas for 11th place. Windows changed tires.
Stroll made a pit stop on lap 43.
On lap 46, Verstappen, who was in the lead in the race, was the last of the drivers to make a pit stop, returning to the track one and a half seconds behind Perez.
Top ten on lap 47: Perez – Verstappen – Alonso – Russell – Sainz – Gasly – Leclerc – Magnussen – Hamilton – Ocon.
On lap 48, Verstappen was ahead of Pérez to regain the race lead.
Magnussen overtook Tsunoda for tenth place.
On lap 52, Stroll overtook Bottas for 12th place.
On lap 53, Leclerc overtook Gasly, on lap 54, Hamilton.
On lap 55, Hamilton overtook Leclerc for sixth.
Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix with his third win of the season, his 38th in his career, tying Sebastian Vettel for the most wins for Red Bull Racing. His team mate Sergio Perez finished second, the team’s 26th double win in history. Fernando Alonso climbed to the third step of the podium.
All twenty riders made it to the finish line.
After two weeks, the fight will continue in Imola, where a series of three races in a row starts.
Race results
| Pilot | Team | Time | Speed | Pete |
| 1. M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:27:38.241 | 211.092 | 1 |
| 2. C.Perez | Red Bull | +5.384 | 210.876 | 1 |
| 3. F. Alonso | Aston Martin | +26.305 | 210.041 | 1 |
| 4. D. Russell | Mercedes | +33.229 | 209.766 | 1 |
| 5. K. Sainz * | Ferrari | +42.511 | 209.399 | 1 |
| 6. L. Hamilton | Mercedes | +51.229 | 209.054 | 1 |
| 7. Sh. Leclair | Ferrari | +52.988 | 208.986 | 1 |
| 8. P. Gasli | Alpine | +55.670 | 208.880 | 1 |
| 9. E. Okon | Alpine | +58.123 | 208.784 | 1 |
| 10. K. Magnussen | Haas | +62.945 | 208.595 | 1 |
| 11. Y. Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +64.309 | 208.541 | 1 |
| 12. L. Stroll | Aston Martin | +64.754 | 208.524 | 1 |
| 13. V. Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +71.637 | 208.254 | 1 |
| 14. A. Albon | Williams | +72.861 | 208.207 | 1 |
| 15. N. Hulkenberg | Haas | +74.950 | 208.125 | 1 |
| 16. G. Zhou | Alfa Romeo | +78.440 | 207.989 | 1 |
| 17. L. Norris | McLaren | +87.717 | 207.628 | 1 |
| 18. N. de Vryz | AlphaTauri | +88.949 | 207.580 | 1 |
| 19. O. Piastri | McLaren | +1 round | 206.581 | 1 |
| 20. L. Sargent | Williams | +1 round | 206.039 | 1 |
* Added 5 seconds to Sainz’s score for speeding in the pit lane
best lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) – 1:29.708 (lap 56, 217.184 km/h)
Championship position : Individual
Championship position : Constructors’ Championship
| Team | Engine | Glasses | |
| = | 1. Oracle Red Bull Racing | Honda RBPT | 224 |
| = | 2. Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team | Mercedes | 102 |
| = | 3. Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team | Mercedes | 96 |
| = | 4. Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 78 |
| = | 5. McLaren F1 Team | Mercedes | 14 |
| = | 6. BWT Alpine F1 Team | Renault | 14 |
| = | 7. MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | Ferrari | 8 |
| = | 8. Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake | Ferrari | 6 |
| = | 9. Scuderia AlphaTauri | Honda RBPT | 2 |
| = | 10. Williams Racing | Mercedes | 1 |
2023-05-07 21:12:54
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