Complaining Max Verstappen ‘just’ the fastest again despite messy first training in Miami | formula 1

Verstappen is the fastest, just ahead of Piastri. Sainz and Russell are numbers three and four. We hope to see you later tonight, when the sprint qualifying starts at 10:30 PM!

Verstappen to the fastest time, despite a moment in the last sector. Will he end FP1 as fastest after all?

Perez now goes to a 1:28.868 in the final phase. However, Russell and Sainz, the current numbers two and three, also seem to be going for it again. And will Verstappen sit down for it again?

“The tires are way too hot. It is like riding on eggshells,” said Verstappen over the on-board radio. It is not a good start for our compatriot in Miami for the time being.

More drivers are now driving on soft tires and so it seems that the fastest time to date will probably be improved.

The leader in the World Cup has been sent out on softs. Once again, however, he has a moment. This time the wind is to blame.

The calm before the storm in Miami for a while. With fifteen minutes to go, this might be the time for the teams to send their drivers onto the track with a full tank of fuel to do some longruns to finish.

Verstappen is his team again. He currently occupies sixteenth place in the rankings. Will he be able to sit down for a while soon?

There is still little grip and that makes braking difficult for Verstappen. He complains to Gianpiero Lambiase about the brake balance. He just shot straight again.

Times are getting faster and faster at the Miami International Autodrome. Sainz – the Ferrari driver who still drives laps – is in the lead on hard tires. Perez concedes three tenths at the moment, but the batting order could look completely different in more than 25 minutes.

Verstappen is taking it easy for now. He is in the backline and has not really started yet.

Verstappen brakes on mediums at turn 17. Our compatriot shoots straight ahead, but his RB20 is braked in time. The Red Bull driver can continue his journey without any problems. A provisional ninth fastest time for the Limburger.

We see a mix of mediums and hard tires in Miami for now. Not only do the drivers have to find the right balance for a flying lap, this is also the only moment to choose the perfect setup for tomorrow’s sprint race.

Sergio Perez just set the fastest time on mediums.

The track has been reopened and with 45 minutes left on the clock, the drivers can return to the track.

Meanwhile, time continues to tick in Miami. After all, it is a free training and time is not stopped. The Ferrari car is currently being pushed away by the marhalls.

The race management decides to wave the red flag. Leclerc is still stuck, sort of backwards. But not completely. It is a special sight in the opening phase in Miami.

The Ferrari driver can no longer turn his car and gets out. It is the end of practice for him and so he will have to start the sprint qualification without any data.

Charles Leclerc is pointing the wrong way. The Ferrari driver has spun and now has to turn very slowly in the middle of the track. It takes some doing and the Monegasque is still not on his way. The yellow flag has been hanging for about two minutes now and Leclerc is blocking half the track.

The lap times will only towards the end of the first free practice a reasonable picture give us what we can expect in the sprint qualification. Verstappen rides up mediums and just drove the fastest time.

Immediately there was a crowd on the asphalt, because – once again – there is only 60 minutes of training this weekend. Only Logan Sargeant and Alexander Albon to stand still inside on behalf of Williams.

It will be this session to search are to gripbecause there is little rubber on the road. After all, it is a street circuit that does not take place during the other weeks of the year.

About few minutes the signals turn green VT1 in Miami.