Red Bull puts his signature on another double a Miami! He does it with a big one comeback by Max Verstappen who started 9th and with the help of Sergio Perez, who started from Pole and who continues to put himself to the test, to try to catch up with his multi-titled companion. The scenario now seems to be able to give us very few surprises. Red Bull dominates and with a Ferrari that sometimes there is and sometimes there isn't, and that he has yet to understand the direction to take with the SF23, the only personality that stands out on the podium is that of Fernando Alonso, who after so many podiums, 4 at the start of the season, now wants to get his hands on something more important than a third place. The race in Miami did not see any surprises, all 20 drivers finished the race without particular problems and not even the rain that arrived in the morning returned to cause havoc. So let's see the tops and flops of this weekend at FantaF1.
TOP
Max Verstappen: a great car also requires a great driver in command. Max really has everything to be champion, and he proved it once again in tonight's comeback, which ended with a rather easy overtaking on Perez. A comeback made on white rubber, which the Dutchman managed admirably. Every overtaking is studied, and this maturity is already taking him far.
Yuki Tsunoda: the icing on the cake would have been to see him in the top 10 but we are also happy with a P11. He finishes less than 2 seconds behind Kevin Magnussen who started 4th. Almost perfect race, with risky overtaking, shame about qualifying, the only drawback of the weekend. His seasonal palmares? three P11s and two P10s. Not bad to be one of the drivers with the slowest cars on the grid!
Fernando Alonso: the summary of his race is in the team radio extract broadcast on TV. Fernando is so comfortable in the Aston Martin that he even has time to watch what his team-mate is doing on the big screens. He collects more than the "others" and this also thanks to the excellent starting position conquered. Fourth podium of the season for Fernando. He keeps flying high.
As a bonus we would also like to mention the Alpine, who finished in the top 10 with both Gasly and Ocon, finally finding his pace, points and a bit of serenity.
FLOPS
Nick De Vries: continues to collect bad results. At the start he hits the back of Lando Norris' McLaren due to an error of judgement, however the two are lucky not to have serious consequences. Unfortunately, rookie gaps are emerging.
Nico Hulkenberg: the only iconic moment was the fastest lap he set at one point in the race. But throughout the weekend he was unable to keep up with his teammate and leaves Miami with a negative score in FantaF1.
Guanyu Zhou: anonymous weekend for Zhou, who is soundly beaten by Bottas.
A mention of "dishonor" also goes to the Reds, which perhaps, compared to Baku, showed its true nature on a technical and hostile track like that of Miami, especially for Leclerc struggling with a more extreme set-up than the SF-23. A choice that he then paid for over the entire weekend.
