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Verstappen leads Piastri and Sainz at the end of the only free practice session of the 2024 F1 Miami GP. Alonso didn’t want to try the soft to reserve tires for the rest of the weekend.

From now on, everything that comes is real fire. Next, the sprint classification. And tomorrow, sprint race and long classification. And on Sunday, the long race.

With 1 minute remaining in the F1 Miami GP Free Practice, Verstappen took first place, beating Piastri by 0.105 and Sainz third by 0.116. Verstappen’s lap included the fourth lap on the soft rubber and it wasn’t very good, but it helped him take the lead. Russell improved but was fourth at 0″189. Alonso was 19th because he didn’t want to ride on the soft rubber.

Pérez was 42 thousandths ahead of Russell and Sainz was third by a tenth. Now Verstappen tries it, setting the best time in the second sector on the fourth lap of the soft rubber…AND BEWARE RUSSELL!! Russell came up fast on his second attempt on the soft rubber. But Russell was wrong in the second sector.

Alonso has yet to ride on the soft rubber to reserve it for qualifying. He’s just hard to ride that’s why he doesn’t appear in good weather. But De la Rosa warned: “If things go well, he will not ride the soft one in this session…”. Well, they must have been fine.

Russell was first on the soft and overtook Sainz, who was 2nd, by 69 thousandths. And Hamilton bettered his teammate’s time in the first sector, but lost two tenths in the second sector. Hamilton takes third at 0″102… and look out for Tsunoda: fourth at 0″262 with the medium tyre.

Carlos Sainz, on the attack with 8 minutes left. The first sector was better done by Russell. In the second, Sainz was in traffic and Russell was still in purple.

Pierre Gasly was first in his Alpine, a French car said to have now reached the minimum weight limit. Good news in a very difficult year for them. That Gasly was first just goes to show how unrepresentative today’s era is. With 8 minutes to go, Sainz is attacking.

“It’s a very important setback. We have to see if it was a driver error or there was something else. We have already seen in China that Carlos crashed in qualifying and was able to continue because these cars can be started with electric motors. We don’t know if there was a further problem… The poor guy will suffer, because he won’t be able to ride this weekend… he goes straight into the sprint classification be careful how many drivers will be riding the new sets in the latter part of Free Practice 1, as many will want to reserve new tires for the rest of the weekend and maybe ride on these old tires.”

“If all goes well, Alonso won’t be putting on new soft tires at the end of this session.”

De la Rosa, about the Miami GP for Aston Martin: “I’m always optimistic. It’s a circuit where the expected damage is lower than China and that’s in our favor. In theory that should help us. But we’re speaking without knowing now. We have to see how the cars by overheating and cooling it. The closer you get the car to the body, the more downforce you develop…”.

De la Rosa, on DAZN F1: “McLaren has done an exceptional job, but we have another development program. Due to the lack of time we believe it is counterproductive to try too many new things (in a sprint format weekend that with a one-hour free training session).”

There he was, the one considered the best NFL football player of all time, Tom Brady, chatting in Williams’ box. The former Patriots and Tampa player, who lives in Miami, took the opportunity to stop by the paddock.

Carlos Sainz, temporary best time with 29 minutes left in the session. He marked it with a hard wheel. He overtook Pérez by 0″286 with worse rubber, setting his time on the medium. Hamilton was 3rd by 4 tenths on the medium. Alonso was 8th by 1″1 on the hard. Alonso warned yesterday that this track should not be in favor of his Aston Martin, so he does not expect good things here at the 2024 F1 Miami GP.

Sainz and Alonso, riding on hard tires to test this rubber for the weekend.

Charles Leclerc was in the box, following the session without riding his car after the spin he experienced at the start. The weekend was complicated. He will have to copy his teammate Sainz’s settings and go blindly into today’s short sprint classification.

These are the first hours of the first 20 minutes. There was a bit of running under the red flag due to Leclerc’s spin:

Fernando Alonso used the same set of tires to give them a spin and remove the first layer to prepare them for Sunday’s race. Alonso installed a set of mediums, another hards and another new hards today.

Green traffic light in the pit lane. The session continues with 43 minutes remaining. 43 important minutes for the drivers to acclimatize to the track and stick to the walls of Miami and for everyone to find their best settings and understand the windows of using the tires and how to warm them up. There is a lot of work before the sprint classification. There is only one session and you have to make the most of it.

The red flag was perfect for McLaren, as it started with steering problems in both of its cars while the others managed to roll. But with this break, the rest did not roll as well. And McLaren has already ironed out its initial setbacks with a car that arrived in Miami with many improvements.

Be careful as Helmuit Marko pointed out before the Miami GP Free Practice that Ferrari could be a threat to Red Bull on this track. And above all, Sainz.

Leclerc had a spin on cold tires and then said on the radio that his clutch had overheated and he was unable to engage reverse gear. They’ll have to get that car out and it looks like Leclerc won’t have time to ride any more in these Free Practice sessions of the 2024 F1 Miami GP.

Red flag on the track. We’ll see if Leclerc can get that car going and we’ll have to see the time lost there. The session could be over for Leclerc if the car doesn’t start and that’s a big problem as he might not start again before tonight’s sprint qualifying. I could go blind. And it also means significant lost time for other pilots.

This is the special Ferrari suit in this race. Blue, a color that appears on the car at some point.

Charles Leclerc was standing sideways at Turn 16. He stayed in the wrong direction and is now sideways. He must have circled there. and Hamilton finds it and has to stop.

First 5 minutes and Lando Norris was in the garage removing the front of the car. You seem to have a problem. And his partner Piastri says he has the same problem. The weekend was starting badly for McLaren, coming into it F1 Miami GP with improvements that Piastri said he hopes represent an “important step forward.”

Free practice for the F1 2024 Miami GP begins! Cars don’t have a second to waste. They only have one free practice session all weekend. It is very important to prepare the settings for today’s sprint qualifying, which will determine the starting grid order for this Saturday’s sprint race. After that, teams will be able to change a number of settings again to improve their cars for Sunday’s race…

Another topic of the moment is the future of Carlos Sainz. Rumors surfaced in the afternoon that he turned down Audi’s offer. But Carlos denied it. He hasn’t ruled anything out and is still waiting for steps to aim for a winning car as early as 2025.

For his part, Fernando Alonso also praised Newey’s figure and opened the doors of Aston Martin to him: Alonso opens the door to Newey: “It’s good news for us”

This is what Hamilton said about Newey. He smiled when asked about the engineer and the possibility of the two meeting in Ferrari to build a champion car with the regulation change in 2026 Here, Hamilton’s comments about Newey: Hamilton’s reaction when asked about Newey’s future.

In the run-up to the Miami F1 GP, the main protagonist is none other than Adrian Newey. All this, after Red Bull’s announcement a few days ago about the departure of the team of the best engineer in the current F1. Red Bull’s rivals raffled it off. And at the pole seems to be Ferrari and Aston Martin.

We recall the schedules of the Miami F1 GP, with a sprint format:

Welcome to F1 Miami GPsixth date of the season Formula 1, the second with a sprint format. All is ready in the teams’ garages for the start of the only free practice session the drivers have to prepare for tonight’s sprint classification.