Formula 1 leaders made the decision to start the race for the Miami Grand Prix three hours earlier than scheduled.
This decision was expected considering that rain is expected in Florida, which would be followed by thunder, which in the USA currently means that every sporting event is interrupted.
In order to avoid this, the race will start three hours earlier, because the organizers believe that this way everything would be finished before the storm in Miami, or more precisely, that the main race could be held without problems.
Following discussions between FIA, F1 and the Miami promoter, the decision has been taken to move the start of Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix to 13:00 local time in Miami due to the weather forecast that is expected to bring heavier rainstorms later in the afternoon, close to the… pic.twitter.com/hasIGbJSgV
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So far, everything is going according to plan, unofficial training and qualifying for the sprint race were held on Friday, while on Saturday we watched the sprint race, where the current world champion Lando Noris celebrated, and in the qualifying for the main race the pole position was taken by the leader in the general classification Andrea Kimi Antoneli in Mercedes, reports B92.
The race in Miami will be the fourth in the current season, after the cancellation in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain due to the conflict in the Middle East.
