Checho Pérez and Max Verstappen continue their fight at the top of the table and the Spaniards Alonso and Sainz hope to fight for the podium
The Formula 1 does not stop and still almost without having digested the hectic Azerbaijan weekend landed in the United States to celebrate the Miami Grand Prix. After the Baku race, in which the drivers faced two classifications, a sprint race and the race on Sunday, F1 now returns to its original formatwith a qualifying test on Saturday and the race on Sunday.
The Great Circus will shoot for the second time in the city of Florida, where in 2022 the Dutch max verstappen he was victorious. Now, the World Cup leader arrives as a clear favorite in a championship in which the Red Bull have shown their power. Only his teammate, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, has managed to surpass ‘Mad Max’. The Mexican, who arrives in Miami with sky-high morale and only 6 points behind the leader, wants to sign his third victory and show his team that won’t settle for second place.
Wanting to continue showing that he is in a great level of form, comes a Fernando Alonso who smiles again in the premier class. The car that Aston Martin has given him this season allows the Spaniard to fight with the best and he has been doing so. After three podiums and a fourth place in the first four races, Alonso wants to go back to being the fastest of the rest of the grid, with the exception of Red Bull.
Ferrari is also looking forward to getting the car back on track after the improvement demonstrated on the streets of Baku, where Charles Leclerc he finished third and Carlos Sainz finished sixth. The man from Madrid wants to show all that potential that he has not been able to transmit to a car in which he does not have all the confidence that he would like.
Miami F1 Grand Prix schedule:
Friday May 5:
Free practice 1: 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Free training 23:00 – 01:00 hours.
Saturday May 6:
Free practice 3: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Classification: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday May 7:
Race: 9:30 p.m. (57 laps).