Max Verstappen took the win for the Miami GP Sprint race on Saturday. Max led from pole position to take his second Sprint win of 2024 with Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in 2nd and Max’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in 3rd.
The big win was a tremendous 4th place for RB’s Daniel Ricciardo who held off a faster Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari. Ricciardo’s teammate, Yuki Tsunoda wasn’t able to hold off Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes for the final point in 8th.
Lewis’s race was marred by an aggressive move at the start clashing with Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin and oddly the stewards chose not to penalize Lewis or Lance Stroll for squeezing Alonso causing a collision with Lando Norris ending his race.
To be honest, I am confused by the race stewards with regards to their lack of penalties for the first turn driving of Hamilton and Stroll. I am also confused as to why the stewards gave Kevin Magnussen a 10s penalty for short-cutting the chicane the first time, then a black and white flag for the second time and then another penalty later on. It should have been a flag for first offense, then a penalty for subsequent offenses. I understand Kevin was being too aggressive in spots but as Martin Brundle said, Kevin wasn’t slamming into people like Lewis and Lance did at turn one.
Sure, aggressive driving has its limits but the stewarding is starting off a little shaky this weekend.
Sprint Results:
| POS | DRIVER | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31:31.383 | 8 | |
| 2 | +3.371s | 7 | |
| 3 | +5.095s | 6 | |
| 4 | +14.971s | 5 | |
| 5 | +15.222s | 4 | |
| 6 | +15.750s | 3 | |
| 7 | +22.054s | 2 | |
| 8 | +29.816s | 1 | |
| 9 | +31.880s | 0 | |
| 10 | +34.355s | 0 | |
| 11 | +35.078s | 0 | |
| 12 | +35.755s | 0 | |
| 13 | +36.086s | 0 | |
| 14 | +36.892s | 0 | |
| 15 | +37.740s | 0 | |
| 16 | +49.347s | 0 | |
| 17 | +59.409s | 0 | |
| 18 | +66.303s | 0 | |
| NC | +0 lap | 0 | |
| NC | +0 lap | 0 |
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The well proven rule applies once again – if ricciardo finished well the track doesn’t work. I hope the people who used to complain about tilke era tracks will reflect on the China GP, on an f1 track, and this Miami autocross weekend.