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McLaren double in Miami, Ferrari sees red
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The hat trick is perfect: after his successes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Oscar piastri secured a third consecutive victory by winning the Miami Grand Prix with authority. The Australian, however, had to fight against a tough opponent: Max VerstappenThe poleman of the day had no desire to make life easier for the McLaren, which had a pace that was significantly higher than the competition in Florida.
From the start, Verstappen made it clear once again to Lando Norris that it is not easy to overtake him when he decides to put up barbed wire around his RB21. The Briton, 2nd on the grid, was forced to go off track after trying to attack the Red Bull outside, but Verstappen had firmly closed the door.
Lando Norris, who emerged 6th, led his comeback, while his teammate Oscar Piastri found himself in the best position to claim victory. After the worst qualifying of his season (4th), the Australian benefited from a little help from fate to allow him to catch Max Verstappen, then take the lead, not without difficulty. Once over, Piastri quickly opened up a considerable gap, leaving the Red Bull to try to contain Lando Norris, who quickly came back.
Verstappen deprived of podium
The Briton also needed several attempts to finally overtake his arch-rival, but he finally managed to snatch second place from him thanks to DRS. Once the McLarens had flown away, Verstappen was unlucky when the virtual safety car came out following Oliver Bearman's stop on track (Haas). George Russell took the opportunity to go through the pits and come out just in front of the front wing of the RB21.
For Bearman, it's the engine Ferrari of his VF-25 which suddenly gave up the ghost: a problem which also affected the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto, also equipped with the Italian power unit. The two men retired, like their colleagues who are new starters this season, Jack Doohan (Alpine) and Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls).
The two men clashed at the start and Doohan was forced to retire after picking up a front left puncture. Lawson, sent into a spin by theAlpine, held for around forty laps before giving up his turn, leaving his very damaged pink Racing Bulls in the garage.
His teammate Isack Hadjar long believed he could take advantage of the penalty Yuki tsunoda – 5s for speeding in the pits – to grab the final point for 10th place, but the Parisian finished more than five seconds behind his former teammate by just a tenth of a second. He beat the other two Frenchmen Esteban Ocon (Haas, 12th) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine, 13th).
Tensions rise at Ferrari
If none of the three teams of our Tricolores scored a point this Sunday, the good deal is done by WilliamsGrove's team had the fourth best car and showed it thanks to an Alex Albon imperial. The Thai finished in 5th place, equaling his best result with Williams this season in Australia.
His teammate Carlos Sainz He also had pace this Sunday and the Spaniard had a good opportunity to finish in front of the two single-seaters of Ferrari, his former team, but he gave in to Leclerc and Hamilton suddenly at Turn 1 after a missed defense. The two red riders tried to catch up to Antonelli, but the tone rose on the radio. Hamilton, wearing mediums, quickly became annoyed at overheating his tires behind his teammate and asked for a team order for Leclerc to let him pass. This took a while to arrive, much to the dismay of the champion, who was boiling under his helmet.Take a tea break while you're at it!” Hamilton said over the radio to his engineer before Leclerc finally gave him the position.
But history repeated itself... in reverse. Leclerc, believing himself to be faster than his garage neighbor, in turn complained on the radio, asking his team to recover its position, which Ferrari agreed to do, but far too late to hope to trouble Kimi Antonelli's 6th place. Leclerc finished 7th, ahead of Hamilton, who held off Sainz until the final corner. Both Ferrari drivers were furious, however, and the debriefing is likely to be bitter...
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Yves-Henri RANDIER
05/05/2025 at 12:22 a.m.
Against Verstappen, Piastri is sharper than Norris! The Dutchman had every interest in letting Norris overtake him in order to let the 2 McLarens tear each other apart and perhaps reap the rewards of a collision... As for the Scuderia, a failed strategy: the reversal of positions should have occurred as soon as Hamilton had put on the medium tires in order to try to take advantage of it against Antonelli, even if it meant giving up the position in the event of failure. In the end, Ferrari finished far behind... it's going to be a long season for the Scuderia and the tifosi!
vincent moyet
05/05/2025 at 12:32 a.m.
Yet another behavior unworthy of Verstappen, whose fatherhood doesn't take away his bratty behavior. A bit stupid, too, because letting Norris take points from Piastri would be in his best interest to avoid being dropped in the standings. However, we can blame Norris for falling into the trap again when he should be starting to know who Verstappen is. Piastri is doing better once again and is becoming the real boss that nothing seems to be able to stop. Impressive, Antonelli still seems a little weak to fight against the big guns of the field. At Ferrari, Hamilton will soon alienate everyone, including the tifosi, and it smells like forced retirement in the medium term. Williams is on the right track; we wish them the same methodical return to the top as McLaren; it's the place this team deserves. Alonso still empty-handed and in the lurch: one year too many? Prost said that you have to know when to stop...