FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX 2024....Race.... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Batty with a dash of Zurich

 

Thankfully it was Sainz who got a penalty instead of Charles. With Sainz it is a stupidity on the part of the stewrds, whereas if it had been Charles we would have 10 pgs of 'Ferrari fans' whining about 'unforced error'.

 

Really? where was that info? and why?

 

In the Sprint he was always in the lead.

In the Race, he was in the lead until the SC, and then Lando managed to pull the second plus before DRS became available.

 

During the race he was in front, so that explains that but

Thats what i was just replying. I read it as he deliberately didnt use it.

 

I assume there’s a difference between a bottle and a bucket.

 

Yes, those are suite prices, so a bucket is several bottles. Same with the food prices, which accommodated 4 or more servings.

 

Charles should be receiving heaps of praise for staying on pace with the oldest hard tires of the front runners.

 

Congrats Norris. Well done!
Verstappen had no chance but take 2nd place.

 

Not just Max, from the article Joe posted above:
"But Norris would never have been in front at the restart if the FIA had responded more adequately and better to the safety car situation. In that case, the Brit would have been sitting somewhere around seventh place at the time and - despite his speed - he would never have managed to catch Verstappen then."

Still possible I guess and a lot more exciting to see him actually make an overtake, which he didn't have to do to get the win!

True - if Lando hadn't won it surely would have been "stolen" from him, and grounds for his fans to storm the other teams' pits

 

They were outpaced by Mclaren. Not much to celebrate and overall they looked stagnant not challenging. An upgrade soon will work hopefully.

 

Very intelligent.

 

How did RB or Mclaren not see this at the time. As I watched I thought lando would come out behind max.

 

If anyone asked who I'd like to see win a race, more than anyone, I would pick Lando. Always have. But.....
Scrolling through this thread and not seeing this question (I may have missed it....):
Lando won by 7sec. If someone told me "Lando beat Max by 7sec", I'd assume Max ended up P5-7 or so, but he was 2nd.
I'm trying to wrap my head around how Lando was SO MUCH faster than the rest of the field, considering past performance.
Max = expected to win by those margins. Lando? HOW??

 

That doesn't really explain how his lead increased throughout the race, right up until the very end and how we won by such a large margin. Obviously, their cars were quick, as evidenced by Oscar's lap times as well.
Lando wasn't gifted a 7sec lead.

 

He had fresher tires so could run away. Allegedly, Max's RB was damaged, so he could not really follow. It's more concerning for the rest of the field, since they could not beat the "diminished" Max; although apparently, it was almost impossible to overtake on this narrow track (Sainz managed to overtake Piastri, only to get a collision and a penalty). Only LH, with a very low starting position independent of the real pace of his car, could really do some overtaking.

 

Damage is what I was thinking. I haven't heard what effect the start had (I've read talk that there may have been a touch from Perez) or from hitting that pylon. If the front end had damage, that would explain why Max couldn't drive the car like he usually does (considering his preferred setup).
Even still... Lando was what, 10sec ahead of LeClerc? I don't know what McLaren did before Miami, but holy crap they found something magical.

 

At the SC restart Lando was on new Hards and in clear air, Charles was on 20lap Hards. Without the SC screwup Lando would have been no where near the front at the restart, and Max would still be on much newer Hards than Charles. **** happens, Lando got a gift and can't draw any real conclusions on next race other than Max will be in an undamaged car.

 

and everyone close to Charles were on much newer tires and couldn't mount a challenge, but seems I am in a minority thinking that was a positive.

 

Regardless of safety car screw ups, tire wear or rumored damage the RBs simply didn't have their typical race pace advantage.
Checho couldn't even pull away from Lewis for chrissake!

That said while Lando apppeared to be the quickest he made exactly zero overtakes and was supremely lucky to stay in 1st place after his single pit stop.

 

I've seen drivers on newer tires than others but they weren't pulling out 7-10sec leads, particularly when their cars have never been anywhere near that fast. Ever. Oscar was just as fast.
I'm dying to know what McLaren did to those cars. That amount of improvement is just insane.