by GP Miami There was a lot of controversy. They took care of many aspects – the track itself, its location or design. In the end, the Miami track was built and saw the Grand Prix Tour. And there was no shortage of celebrities in the opening race – there was, among others, on the track in Miami David Beckham, Michael JordanTom Brady, Dwayne Wade, the Williams sisters, as well as television and music stars.
Max Verstappen wins the Miami GP. 23 career victory
Two Ferrari drivers started from the top two – Charles Leclerc And Carlos Sainz, but right behind them the world champion made an excellent start Max Verstappen, who was immediately among them.
As it turned out, Verstappen was the fastest that day. He didn’t even need 10 laps to tackle Leclerc and get to the top. The Dutchman ran away from his rivals and quickly increased his lead, in the middle of the race he had just over 7.5secs.
Leclerc had a chance incident Lando Norris, who collided with Pierre Gasly, lost a tire and had a lot of luck, because after a few laps he didn’t hit the gang on a narrow road in Miami.
A safety car went off the track and was neutralized, so the race started again about a dozen or so before the finish line. Leclerc He pressed Verstappen almost to the end, but to no avail.
Verstappen held onto his position and won the Miami GP by three seconds, taking his 23rd career victory. The world champion won the third race out of three finishes, but Charles Leclerc came in second, and remained the overall world championship leader with 19 points ahead of his most feared rival.
Another Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished third in Miami, winning the Red Bull Sergio Perez duel. The following places were taken by two Mercedes drivers. George Russell managed to get through Lewis Hamilton He was fifth and Hamilton sixth. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso (both from Alpine) and Alex Albon (Williams) also scored points.
Another race Formula 1 It will take place in two weeks – May 22 in Barcelona.
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