McLaren’s Oscar Pistri made a dominant proof and won the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prixthis Sunday (4). Lando Norris, also from McLaren, and Mercedes George Russell completed the podium.
Gabriel Bortoleto, from Sauber, who had dropped in 13th position, abandoned the race with mechanical problems. With the result, Pistri reached 131 points and opened 25 points advantage in the lead of the World Pilot Championship.
Running
Max Verstappen, who started in the first position, left well and kept the lead of the race. Leaving second place, he tried to share the layout with the Red Bull rider on the second curve and left the track.
The Englishman lost four positions and fell to sixth. , took advantage of the incident and jumped from third to second place. Still on the first lap, Alpine’s Jack Doohan crashed into Racing Bulls’s Liam Lawson.
The collision caused a hole in Doohan’s car tire, which abandoned the race. THE safety car virtual It was triggered due to the incident. Gabriel Bortoleto, from Sauber, remained far from the initial incidents of the race and permanent in 13th.
Shortly after the restart of the race, on lap 4, Oscar Pistri exceeded Kimi Antonelli and took over the runner-up. At the same time, Norris attacked and took the sixth place of Carlos Sainz from Williams.
With good pace on the track, Norris set off on Mercedes’s George Russell, and won fourth position on the lap 7. Two laps later, Lando overtook Antonelli quietly and took third place.
Still on the return 9, Verstappen and Pistri began to star in an intense dispute for the leadership of the race. The four -time world champion defended himself from the Australian rider’s advances and remained in first place.
However, on lap 14, Pastri made an impressive maneuver and induced Verstappen to the error to take the lead. Norris took the situation to approach the Dutch and fight for second place. Max defended himself and kept the position.
Three laps later, the McLaren driver advanced on Red Bull’s opponent and won second place. However, two curves later, Verstappen resumed the vice-leadership of the race. On the next lap, Norris resumed the position.
On lap 28, Ollie Bearman Haas had mechanical problems. The failure caused the pilot’s proof abandonment and the activation of the safety car virtual For the second time.
On the next lap, McLaren’s cars, which led the race, went to Pit for tire change. Pistri and Norris maintained the first and second position, respectively, after returning to the track.
Sauber de Bortoleto had a engine failure during the 32 return and forced the evidence by the Brazilian pilot. The incident caused a new drive of the safety car virtual. Another pilot to leave the race was Liam Lawson.
In the final part of the race, Norris tried to decrease the nine second disadvantage to Pastri in search of leadership, but to no avail. The final lap of the race starred in an incident between Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz of Williams.
The contact between the pilots will be investigated after the end of the race. With the triumph, Oscar reached the sixth victory in the category and shot the lead of the World Pilots with 131 points. The pilot fights for the first world career title.
Next stage
Formula 1 cars return to the track on May 18 for the Emilia-Romagna GP dispute. The test will be held at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari race track in Imola.
