Five things to see in Miami Grand Prix

Be able to do Oscar piastry Catch on the championship lead?

After winning his third win of the season in Jeddah, the Oscars moved to the top of the Piastry Standing. Fun State: Any driver with such a win -rate in the first five races either won the championship or was already a champion. Piastry has made a strong case for itself, forced the public to re-assure the expectations of the east-seasons-it’s now that it is now that many experts and fans have seen the title as a favorite.

But the strong he has seen in the race recently, he needs to return it with continuity. In addition to a minor – but expensive – mistake in Melbourne, he is innocent this year. This essentially allows him to take the championship lead, and already with a decent difference.

Eagerly, the next few races will be very important for the Australian and their team. This is no real reason to assume that the Peking order will change dramatically when the FIA ​​introduces strict tests for the front wings, but it can still affect the performance. Trying to create a concrete difference before the race of Barcelona would not be a bad idea – and as Piastry has proved this year earlier this year, it is a task for which it is ready.

– Oleg Karpov

One year with his first win, Lando Noris Need a clean weekend

Twelve months have changed Formula 1. McLaren Returns on the track, where, a year ago, the first cracks appeared in the dominance of the Red Bull and Noris celebrated his first win, growing with a car that has since become a benchmark for the grid.

Since then, Noris has been emphasizing the heart of a world championship, highlighting areas that they should refine to achieve their last dream. At the top, when you are fighting against rivals such as vestapane and drivers with cold bloodshed, such as piastry, raw speed is no longer enough. It is stability that converts speed into the title.

Piastry has taken a significant step forward this year for its share, improving qualifying in both and ironing inconsistencies that sometimes withdrawn it in the previous season. He will not wait for Noris – and now Noris should answer showing that he can make the same improvement.

The season is still tall, but the next few races can prove to be important for the title fight. Noris needs to rebuild his confidence and give a clean, mistake-free weekend, especially in merit. Talent is there, but mistakes-when they can have development opportunities-leave it, especially as Noris as self-critical. This is why he needs an innocent weekend not only for his title hopes, but also for himself.

– Gianluka D’Lesandro

Will Miami suit the red bull?

Miami Grand Prix is ​​an interesting exam for Red Bull for two reasons. First, it is a sprint weekend, which means limited practice time. Teams benefit from two Parc Fermé periods in the current format, but it is still a challenge for the red bull.

Max Verustapane Told that in the last race weekend, he “tried to do everything with the car before finding the right direction for merit. Now, those opportunities are more limited. This is certainly true for every team, but it becomes especially difficult if the car has a small set-up window or if the correlation with the simulator is not great-which are applied to both red bulls.

The second factor is the Miami heat – no more, not the basketball team. The initial race has shown a pattern: the red bull tire is competitive when the decline decreases, but McLaren thrives in warm conditions with a high fall.

Helmut Marco admitted that “The Hotter, Better for McLaren”, and Christian Horner jokingly said he felt that McLaren would adopt the ground in Jeddah, looking at his speed in day practice sessions. He also said – Okay – that it was not particularly cold in the Saudi evening, but this layout on the tire was very easy. Both elements make Miami a challenge for the Red Bull, although the mood in the camp has improved after the encouraging speed of Vastapane in Jeddah.

– Ronald Wording

Be able to do Ferrari Take the next step after Lakeler’s podium?

They – because the third place as his best result after five races is not what you expect from a Ferrari team now that Lewis HamiltonHe said, it does not seem to be able to build Ferrari at present. Charles LakelerPodium in Saudi Arabia later this week in Miami.

Lakeler was able to capture Noris at the closing stages in Jeddah, and it was nothing, but this was possible only because McLaren driver started out of the situation after his Q3 accident.

Ferrari is in dire need of improving qualifying – car deficit in pole position Three tenth average has been an average – If it wants to challenge McLaren and Vastapane’s Red Bull in the race.

Certainly, the laceler can give a spectacular qualifying performance over almost any weekend, and has already begun a front-in-front in pole and Miami International Autodrome. But still, it is difficult to imagine Lakeler – and even low haemilton, looking at its current look – holding the common suspects of this season for a full grated pre -distance.

– Federico Feturos

Is Carlos Sainz Are you ready to score regularly now?

Carlos Sainz achieved his best performance Williams In Jeddah, finally moving forward Alexander albon And keep the car where it was expected to be after the pre-season test: just behind the top four teams. Spaniard impressed in winter, but admitted that he did not get a response to his problems in the early race. It turned into Saudi Arabia, at the end of the first triple-header of the year.

Sainz had said that he would need five races completely to speed up his new car, and the team’s boss James Walls said that he would soon reach there. Jeddah was fifth, and Miami is the sixth – so now #55 is to fulfill a competitive weekend, ends as ‘Best of the Rest’, and keeps scoring regularly.

We already suspected that Sainz suddenly did not forget how to drive, and if you are only good as your final race in F1, the stock of Spaniard is growing quickly. With the European leg of the calendar starting after Miami, this is the perfect moment for Sainz – currently 15th in the championship – where he is, to continue climbing standing there.

– Jose Carlos de Cellis