Max Verstappen will have to start Sunday’s race in ninth after a red flag ended qualifying, while it was a grim day for 13th-placed Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen faces the toughest test of his season after being punished for a mistake in qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix. The race desperately wants some fireworks to go with the grand spectacle it is so determined to present and Red Bull’s world champion must now very much light the blue touch paper in Florida.
Though Verstappen was unlucky, too, he had to abort his first hot run in Q3, having gone wide after being untidy through turns four and five, putting him under pressure for the final quick laps, with Pérez having nailed his lap and holding provisional pole.crashed out, overcooking it through six and seven and going into the barriers.
Lewis Hamilton kept his helmet on after failing to make Q3, masking his emotions and making it harder to ask him questions.With only 1min 36sec remaining, the session was ended by the red flags, and with not enough time to resume the grid was set from the first runs. Verstappen signalled his displeasure with a series of expletives over team radio, while F1 in contrast had the entertainingly mixed-up grid the sport craves., Kevin Magnussen fourth for Haas and Pierre Gasly in fifth for Alpine.
After a monotonous procession at the last round in Baku, drivers are fearful this track will offer similar fare, with a perfect storm of issues militating against overtaking. Last year the track surface began to break up over the weekend, so it has been relaid and drivers have complained of a lack of grip from the fresh asphalt, especially off-line. It is a problem that has been exacerbated by the Pirelli tyres shedding excessive marbles.
There has also been disquiet because the FIA, the sport’s governing body, has shortened two of the drag reduction system zones at the circuit, a subject raised at the drivers’ briefing on Friday. It was an issue they had highlighted as impeding overtaking in Baku and they emphasised it was likely to result in a similar hampering of passing moves in Miami.
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