The second Sprint Race of the year this F1 season was held on the circuit of You love me. Max Verstappen managed to win ahead of Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez and an extraordinary one Daniel Ricciardo. Leaving an accident between Hamilton, Alonso, Stroll And Norris put the final 3 out of contention for points.
The first penalty for the Sprint Race of the F1 Miami GP she arrived about 20 minutes before departure and was obviously picked up by Or with. In fact, while the drivers were leaving the pits to line up on the starting grid of the race Alpine was decidedly careless in giving the green light to Esteban Ocon and the French pilot touched his front wing A524 there Ferrari Of Charles Leclerc which passed through the pit lane. Luckily for Leclerc and of Ferrari there was no damage to the #16 car while in Alpine they had to change the wing. The incident led the stewards to inflict a 10 second penalty on the French driver for unsafe release.
At the start, everyone was on medium tires except Tsunoda And Sargeant who had the soft ones. Leclerc he started very well from the dirty side of the track when the lights went out, but Verstappen who started from pole did well to leave him little space on the inside and then pull away deep to hold first position. Perez was slowed by the battle between the top two and Ricciardo he took advantage of this to overtake him and move into third position. The center of the group, however, provided moments of chaos: in turn 1 Hamilton he passed it Hulkenberg braking arriving at the height of Alonso, Stroll And Norris which were all side by side on the outside. Alonsolooking in the mirror at the arrival of Hamiltonperhaps left too much space inside by going a little long and hitting his teammate Lance Stroll which in turn struck Norris. Inside instead Hamilton he touched Alonso which he had just invested Stroll. Following contacts Alonso suffered a puncture due to contact with his teammate, slipping to the back of the group, Norris was unable to restart while Stroll he was called back to the pits due to damage to his car. The race commissioners were therefore forced to let the Safety Car to remove McLaren #4 and ordered the drivers to pass through the pit lane to allow the track marshals to work safely. Precisely during one of these passages Lewis Hamilton he exceeded the speed limit in the pits by 10.7 km/h, passing at 90.7 km/h when the limit was 80 km/h, which is why the stewards gave him a 20-second penalty at the end of the race. Always on the occasion of the neutralization of the race Or with he took the opportunity to serve the 10 second penalty.
At the end of the third lap the Safety Car she returned to the pits and the race restarted. Sergio Perez he took advantage of it to overcome Ricciardo in turn 11 on lap 5. The Australian driver however managed to resist the attacks of Sainz And Plates who followed him. The two are further back Haas Of Hulkenberg And Magnussenafter climbing over Hamilton following contacts in turn 1, they proved to be tough opponents for the 7-time world champion due to the low top speed of his Mercedes. The Danish of Haas he defended himself by going beyond the limits of the regulations and the track, earning a 35 second penalty.
On the last lap, while in front Sainz tried unsuccessfully to overtake an extraordinary Daniel Ricciardo, Hamilton he managed to gain eighth position by overtaking Tsunoda in turn 11. However, the Englishman was unable to celebrate winning a point because he was penalized 20 seconds for exceeding the speed limit in the pits during the Safety Car after the end of the race.
Below is the final ranking of the Sprint Race of the F1 Miami GP.
