F1 Miami Grand Prix LIVE: Practice updates and sprint qualifying start time

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F1 Miami Grand Prix: Cars back on track!

Leclerc’s Ferrari has been removed from the track and the remaining 19 cars are back on track in Miami.

45 minutes or so left…

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:48

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F1 Miami Grand Prix: Session over for Charles Leclerc!

Leclerc has turned the engine off and is getting out of the car!

Less than 10 minutes in and the Ferrari driver’s session is over!

A problem with the clutch over-heating… and it may well be a job on to remove this car from a tight section of track too.

And the clock continues to tick in practice. Shocker of a start to the weekend for Leclerc!

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:41

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F1 Miami Grand Prix: RED FLAG!

Lively opening 10 minutes!

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are reporting problems with their steering while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has had a spin just under the fly-over in sector three!

And with cars lining up under yellow flags behind him, he isn’t able to spin round with the lack of space.

RED FLAG!

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:39

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F1 Miami Grand Prix: Upgrades…

Upgrades update: McLaren have 10!

Most of them are around the front wing, with new sidepod inlets as well and changes to the rear wing.

Mercedes also have a new front wing, as well as different cooling ducts.

Ferrari don’t have any.

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:35

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F1 Miami Grand Prix: Practice LIVE!

We’re underway with FP1 at the Miami International Autodrome!

It’s a sweltering day in Florida with temperatures at 28C – and it’ll be even hotter down on this 19-turn circuit.

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:31

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Here are the driver standings ahead of Miami this weekend:

1. Max Verstappen – 110 points

2. Sergio Perez – 85 points

3. Charles Leclerc – 76 points

4. Carlos Sainz – 69 points

5. Lando Norris – 58 points

6. Oscar Piastri – 38 points

7. George Russell – 33 points

8. Fernando Alonso – 31 points

9. Lewis Hamilton – 19 points

10. Lance Stroll – 9 points

11. Yuki Tsunoda – 7 points

12. Oliver Bearman – 6 points

13. Nico Hulkenberg – 4 points

14. Kevin Magnussen – 1 point

15. Alex Albon – 0 points

16. Esteban Ocon – 0 points

17. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points

18. Daniel Ricciardo – 0 points

19. Pierre Gasly – 0 points

20. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant – 0 points

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:28

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FP1 in Miami!

We’re five minutes away from first practice in Miami!

And it will be the one and only practice session this weekend, as it’s a sprint race weekend in Florida!

Following this one hour of running, it will be straight into qualifying later on for Saturday’s sprint race!

And how about this mural for Ayrton Senna in Miami, who passed away 30 years ago this week.

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:25

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MIAMI GP PREVIEW: Red Bull face battle to stop Jos Verstappen’s ‘explosion’ prediction coming true

“The team is in danger of being torn apart, it can’t go on the way it is – it will explode.” Those were the words of Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, amid the height of the Formula One soap-opera storm two months ago in Bahrain surrounding Christian Horner and the investigation into his conduct towards a female colleague.

Verstappen Sr is not one to shirk his words. Let’s be clear: whatever the reasons, he wanted Horner out. And though the dominance of his son on the track may seem never-ending, there may now be a conclusion of sorts in sight for this Red Bull juggernaut.

Full piece below:

Kieran Jackson3 May 2024 17:20

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