![]() Russell came into the frame again, passing Sainz for fourth on lap 38. Alonso pitted from second on lap 25, having extended his stint on mediums, rejoining behind Sainz on the road, but running ahead with his penalty taken into account.Īlonso passed Sainz anyway, at Turn 11 just before half distance, and moved ahead of the long-running Esteban Ocon (Alpine) a couple of laps later to reclaim third. Perez was the first Red Bull to pit on lap 21, with a 2.2-second stop that allowed Verstappen to lead. But he leapt ahead of both Leclerc and Magnussen at the start of lap 4 to run sixth, with Magnussen taking advantage to vault back in front of Leclerc as they briefly ran three-wide. Further back, Lando Norris ( McLaren) was tagged from behind by Nyck de Vries ( AlphaTauri) at the first corner, dropping them to the tail of the field.Ĭharles Leclerc (Ferrari) passed Magnussen for sixth at Turn 11, while Verstappen stayed in ninth on lap one, having started on the hard tyre. Behind them, Pierre Gasly ( Alpine) and George Russell ( Mercedes) passed Kevin Magnussen (Haas) to run fourth and fifth respectively. Perez held his pole position advantage into Turn 1, leading ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz ( Ferrari). McLaren suffered a disastrous race, with Oscar Piastri’s F1 debut ending with an electronic gearbox failure and Lando Norris hit by a pneumatic issue with his Mercedes engine that required repeated pitstops to recharge the system and he finished last.How the 2023 F1 Miami Grand Prix unfolded The FIA decreed that he didn’t serve that penalty correctly and gave him another 10s one for his next pitstop, and then yet another 5s one for speeding in the pitlane, and he later retired. Sainz held off Hamilton for fourth in the closing stages, ahead of Stroll, Russell, Bottas, Pierre Gasly (from the back of the grid in his Alpine) and the Williams of Alex Albon, who just held off Yuki Tsuoda ( AlphaTauri) at the finish.Įlsewhere, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon had a race from hell, getting a 5s penalty for not lining up in his grid slot correctly and needing a new front wing after damaging an endplate. Alonso now set his sights on the podium, quickly carving into Sainz’s 3s advantage, and zoomed past him at Turn 11 after an entertaining wheel-to-wheel fight. That became fourth when Leclerc’s Ferrari ground to a halt on lap 41, costing him third place and causing a brief virtual safety car. Two laps later, Alonso shocked Hamilton with an unexpected lunge at Turn 10 that gained him fifth spot. The big battle was for fifth between Hamilton and Alonso, who switched places at Turn 4 on lap 37 after the Spaniard suffered a big slide. Perez was a distant second, but well clear of Leclerc and Sainz. ![]() Alonso went the other way, running long on his hard tyres, which allowed an early-stopping Hamilton to take his fifth place.Īt the front, Verstappen was able to run his soft tyres longer than anyone, switching to hards on lap 36 for his final stint and cruising to his 36 th F1 victory. In the second round of pitstops, Aston tried an undercut for Stroll, which worked out perfectly as he passed Russell for seventh at Turn 4 on his out-lap. ![]()
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