After a long break, the Formula 1 season finally resumes in hot but windy Miami. He was the fastest in the sprint race Lando Norriswho is with his teammate at McLaren Oscar Piastri somewhat surprisingly came to a double victory. He was the third Charles Leclercthe Mercedes drivers, dominated the first three races, finishing fourth and sixth.
The current world champion Lando Norris started the 19-lap sprint race from the best starting position, who was convincingly faster than the world championship leader in last night’s qualifying Chemistry by Andrea Antonelli (Mercedes). There were representatives of four different teams in the first five places, but the sixth was the most disappointing George Russell (Mercedes) and seventh Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari).
Ferrari’s starts continue to be the best
Both Ferraris had a great start to the race again, but the same applies to McLaren – Oscar Piastri was already in second place after the first corner, driving only behind teammate Lando Norris. As has been the case several times this season, the young Italian Kimi Antonelli had a disastrous start, slipping to fourth place and lagging behind Charles Leclerc.
In the first three races of the season, Mercedes was easily the fastest, but in Florida the balance of power changed dramatically. PHOTO: Clive Mason/AFP
By the end of the race we saw some interesting overtaking, but the top three made it safely to the finish line. Lando Norris, he also remembered at the finish line on the deceased Alex Zanardiis so looking forward to an important victory, the team’s fans papaya but you can be happy with a double victory. Charles Leclerc can also be quite satisfied with third place, while Antonelli and Russell disappointed their supporters in fourth and fifth place respectively.
In the sprint race, the first eight drivers take the points – in the battle for sixth place we saw an interesting battle in which Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton and took the last point with Alpino Pierre Gasly.
But Antonelli left the track too many times during the sprint race and received a five-second penalty at the end, which pushed him to sixth place, overtaken at the green table by teammate Russell and the Dutchman Verstappen.
In the queen of motorsport, the balance of power changes rapidly
Nico Hülkenberg didn’t even get a chance to perform today. PHOTO: Charly Triballeau/AFP
After the first three races, the drivers had a month-long break due to the war in the Middle East, during which some teams were able to catch the German Mercedes, which dominated Australia, China and Japan with relative ease. There are still problems with the endurance of the cars, so they did not start the race today Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) and Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls), and the Aston Martin and Cadillac racers were completely uncompetitive.
Now the difference between the best teams looks much smaller, especially Ferrari and McLaren came close to Mercedes, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) can always be dangerous. Tonight, the racers are still waiting for qualifications before tomorrow’s race, which will start at 10 p.m. our time in slightly worse conditions.
