A Miami history was written: Lando Norris has finally won a Grand Prix! The Englishman took advantage of the safety car to overtake Max Verstappen, then dominated the race. They complete the podium Verstappen e Leclerc. Below is the complete commentary on the race.
GP Miami, the race report
At the start Verstappen maintains the lead of the race, while Leclerc he starts badly and is overtaken by Sainz, only to then regain his position in turn 1. Sainz, in fact, had to widen his trajectory to avoid it Perez, arrived like a missile after missing the braking point.
Meanwhile, Haas continues to make the weekend a nightmare Hamilton. After Magnussen yesterday, today Hulkenberg pushes the Mercedes number 44 for seventh position. 5 laps pass and Piastres overtakes Leclerc for second place: excellent race pace for McLaren in the first part of the race.
After almost 20 laps, the top 4 (Verstappen, Piastri, Leclerc and Sainz) are still quite close, separated by just 4 seconds. Meanwhile, Perez has collapsed and Norris approaches him, but he can't pass him. In a couple of laps, both Perez and Leclerc come into the pits to put on hard tyres.
Verstappen hits a cone and moves it into trajectory: it comes out virtual safety car to remove the obstruction. A few laps later, the Dutchman returns to the pits and returns to the track in fourth place. The two McLarens (first and third) and Sainz (second) still had zero stops. The papaya team continues to have a great pace.
The safety car changes the race
Piastri and Sainz return to the pits and Leclerc manages to carry out theundercut on the Australian. Pass a lap and a contact between Magnussen e Sergeant (which ends the race for the American) brings the safety car. Norris he thus has a colossal opportunity for victory, making the pitstop with the safety car on the track.
On lap 33 of 57, the race restarts and Norris tries to make a break and move away from Verstappen. In the meantime, Sainz attacks Piastres, but he is accompanied off the track and stays behind, complaining and demanding a penalty for the Australian. On lap 40, however, the Spaniard managed to take the position after a tough duel.
GP Miami, Norris wins!
McLaren's Piastres it is damaged: a few corners later he is also passed by Perez and Hamilton and has to return to the pits to change the front wing. Nothing noteworthy happens and the Miami GP ends like this, with Lando Norris winning his first career race! Verstappen and Leclerc complete the podium, then Sainz, Perez, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Russell, Alonso and Ocon, in the points for the first time in 2024. Too bad for Piastri, forced to give up after contact with Sainz.
Formula 1 thus bids farewell to Miami, with its third different winner in six races. The number of winners for 2023 has already been equaled: 3 in 22 races. The next appointment will be in Imola in two weeks!
