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Miami GP Tops/Flops: Verstappen strong, Gasly tough

2022-05-08T22:22:45.504Z


The victory of Max Verstappen, the rise of George Russell but also the black Sunday of Pierre Gasly and the setbacks of Aston Martin, find the tops and flops of the Miami Grand Prix.


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Verstappen was above

Third after qualifying, the Dutchman was a bit annoyed after missing out on his final attempt in Q3.

The reigning world champion quickly rectified the situation in the race.

Author of a superb start, Max Verstappen immediately jumped Carlos Sainz from the outside at turn 1. Chasing Charles Leclerc, the Red Bull driver, also author of the fastest lap, took the lead at the first corner of the lap. 9. Once in the lead, the Batave was then unplayable.

He resisted Leclerc perfectly after the safety car and scored a third success in five races.

The 23rd in career.

Read alsoFormula 1: Verstappen wins the first Miami Grand Prix ahead of the Ferraris, Mercedes pulls itself together

Russell's Rise

He's starting to like it.

Eleventh on the grid at Imola, the young Briton had taken a magnificent fourth place in Emilia-Romagna at the finish of the race on Sunday.

He did it again in Miami.

Twelfth at the start, George Russell took fifth in Florida.

The Mercedes driver started on hard rubber, pushed his first stint hoping for a safety car and it arrived.

Russell then took the opportunity to lose as little time as possible in the pits and offered himself Bottas and Hamilton at the end of the race.

Once again, Russell got the better of his teammate.

The fourth time in five races.

Alpine in the points, Ocon very solid

It was not won.

Last on the grid at the start, after smashing his car in free practice 3, Esteban Ocon managed to finish eighth in the race in Miami.

A very solid Grand Prix from the Frenchman who wanted to congratulate his mechanics at the finish for the work done.

And since happiness never comes alone, Alpine can also be satisfied with Fernando Alonso's ninth place.

Six points on the clock for the French brand in Florida.

FLOPS

Gasly in the hard

If Ocon shone, this is not the case for the other Frenchman.

Seventh on the grid, Pierre Gasly had the ambition to score big points in Miami.

Long in the top 10, the Normand's race changed on the fortieth lap when Alonso, penalized five seconds on the spot, hit him at turn 1. In a bit of a loss in stride, the Alpha Tauri driver hooked Lando Norris then on lap 41 and retired.

His third out in five runs.

Ferrari misses its chance

Inevitably when the two cars are in the front row, we expect one on the top step at the finish of the race.

But from the start, the signals were not good.

Carlos Sainz lacked aggressiveness against Max Verstappen at the first corner, which allowed the Red Bull driver to chase Charles Leclerc and pass him in stride.

In addition, we found the known shortcomings of the Scuderia, especially on pit stops.

Both stops were bad and both riders lost time.

In the end, Ferrari is content with second and third place but Leclerc sees Verstappen coming back on him.

Read alsoFormula 1: driver classification

Aston Martin gets scuttled

Lance Stroll had achieved a very good qualification with a fine tenth place and Sebastian Vettel started in thirteenth position.

Points were on the cards in Miami for the green cars but a pre-race fuel cooling problem forced the Aston Martins to start from the pit lane.

A terrible setback for the two drivers and it shows in the result.

Stroll finished twelfth while Vettel, harpooned by Schumacher, abandoned him.

A great opportunity lost by Aston Martin.

Source: lefigaro

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