A first and only free free test for Ferrari, which in the hour available has intervened heavily on the development of the single -seater. He corrected the shot, to get closer to the Sprint qualification in the best way. In the end the result is quite positive. Leclerc wins the sixth position with a good performance for the material available. While Hamilton is satisfied with the seventh square. Super pole position for Kimi Antonelli who beats both McLaren.
GP Miami, Q1: Ferrari studies the SF-25
Both Italian cars abandon the pit lane. They do it by fitting the mix Medium for this first run. It will be interesting to understand the Warm-up strategy used, to maximize the available adhesion of Pirelli tires to the maximum. The wait in the lane box consumes its strength, the traffic light becomes green and the reds kick the US asphalt. Many suggestions from track engineers in the outlap.
The brakes are used to heat the rear axle, while the usual galvanized trend helps. On the last corner the push mode is inserted and it starts. Hamilton suffers a clear rotation shortage In the second sector, which leads him to correct the single -seater, losing the rope point in some curves. Too bad because it was a good tour. The guide of Charles, less effective on a time level is more nervous.
Leclerc must improve at the 8, where out of the exit, entering T2, has not maximized the accelerator in the long stretch at high speed travel that leads to the last sector. While in curve 1 and 11, it must do better when braking. Even for English, advice arrives, in his case specific to manage better rotation With different maps related to the differential. A tour of cool down and starts again.
In the second attempt, the Monegasque raises his foot, as he completely loses the rope point at 11. He discusses it on the radio with Bozzi, who reassures him, as there is still time for another attempt and his time trial is already sufficient. The same happens in Lewis in the next lap. Ferrari passes the cut easily, although the chronometric findings are not exciting in this first part of the qualification.
GP Miami, Q2: the usual limits of the SF-25 emerge
For the second scambata we proceed with the same previous mixes: still medium tires, but a new train of Pacca. Traffic in Q2 will be less, an aspect that has a little annoyed previously. The activation of the roofs is particularly treated, it seems more driven. The revolutions of the Power Unit 066/15 get up, Mode Push and start.
Lewis starts first. In the T1 snake is not perfect, but try to manage trajectories anyway. Also in curve 2 and 3 he must improve, at 11 and 17. His time trial is not much. His teammate makes better who, despite having made several mistakes over the round, still manages to obtain a better time. Let’s talk about the excess rotation at the beginning of T1, which leads it to a double correction Very showy. About due tenths Only at this point of the track.
Then, again at 11, it is not perfect, where the rope point is missing, it arrives wide and, here too, leaves precious time on the street. Error that the Ferrari driver himself comments on the radio, detaching too late, bringing the disadvantage to the 12th. The tires were not activated to the good, he talked about it on the radio. In the following passage it improves in general the lap, but at the 17th he suffers from the center of the corner of Understanding and arrives wide, losing efficacy in traction.
GP Miami, Q3: Updates are needed
We came to the point. Once again it seems that to get closer to the summit they need miracles. Between the two Ferraristi, it is Charles that more accreditedas it manages to better interpret the whims of the SF-25. At least, it seems that at the moment the British is more on the ball, less distant than the last Grand Prix, where he had taken a very important wage from his teammate.
After three minutes of Q3 the two Ferraris descend on the track. This time they do it with a set of red band pirelli. Let’s talk about soft, so to speak. The activation of these tires is different, more complicated to access the maximum grip, absolutely necessary to show off the maximum performance. Many tips on track position And on how to bring the tires to temperature, this time in a more bland way.
The two laps of the Alfieri della Rossa show the usual above limits: rotation deficiency, not perfect balance and difficult management of the tires. In the end, for Leclerc the detachment is not enormous, just over three tenths, but only sixth place applies. Worse for Hamilton, who ranks seventh but gets five tenths abundant from the summit. Thus ends this first qualification.
It must be said that the Monegasco track position was not good. I wait for him to waste a lot of time in the first sector where, only at this point pay 2 tenths on Verstappen. It comes out too late from the pits. For the rest some inaccuracies. Too bad because his time was in line with that of Max without the problem in T1.
Sprint Qualifying GP Qualifying:
- Andrea Like Antonelli (Mercedes) 1:26.482s
- Oscar Plate (McLaren)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Lewis Hamilton (Scuderia Ferrari)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
