The 2022 Miami Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 5th round of the 2022 season taking place at Miami from May 6th-8th.

The event timetable for the Miami Grand Prix.

Friday
Practice 1 14:30 local time - 18:30 GMT
Qualifying 17:30 local time - 21:30 GMT
Saturday
Practice 2 13:00 local time - 17:00 GMT
Sprint 16:00 Local time - 20:00
Sunday
Race 15:30 local time - 19:30 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:31.098	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:31.169	George Russell	  Mercedes
3	1:31.277	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:31.301	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:31.498	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
6	1:31.528	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
7	1:31.854	Alexander Albon	  Williams
8	1:31.956	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	1:32.559	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
10	1:32.592	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
11	1:32.615	Lando Norris	  McLaren
12	1:32.884	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
13	1:33.020	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
14	1:33.024	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
15	1:33.417	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
16	1:33.576	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
17	1:33.773	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
18	1:34.043	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
19	1:34.945	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
20	1:35.637	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams

[cmlean]

The first practice is in the books and the drivers are struggling as each tries to learn the new circuit.
Valtteri Bottas finished his session early after losing the rear of his Alfa Romeo and finishing in the barriers.
Carlos Sainz had a big lose and ruined a set of softs. We will see if this comes back to haunt them in qualifying.
Max Verstappen clipped the barrier coming out of turn 16 but continued on.
In the first part of the session, many drivers struggled entering turn 1 and ruining their lap before it had even started.
This is shaping up to be an interesting grand prix as Mercedes, in particularly George Russell, seem to be on the pace.

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:29.938	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:30.044	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:30.150	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:30.179	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:30.372	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
6	1:30.535	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:30.547	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
8	1:30.860	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
9	1:30.861	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
10	1:30.921	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
11	1:30.964	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
12	1:31.208	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
13	1:31.260	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
14	1:31.393	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
15	1:31.587	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
16	1:31.631	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
17	1:31.710	Alexander Albon	  Williams
18	1:32.913	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
19	No Time		Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing

[cmlean]

Well. What an odd session!
Valtteri Bottas' Alfa Romeo wasn't repaired in time and took no part in the session.
Carlos Sainz lost his Ferrari and ended in the barriers with damage to his left front. This brought out the first red flag for the session.
Red Bull decided to change Max Verstappen's gearbox as a preventative measure and missed the early part of the session. He went out for a sighting lap and, what appeared to be, hydraulic problems then presented themselves.
Nicholas Latifi left the pits and encountered drive problems with his Williams. He stopped on track bringing out the second red flag.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:30.304	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:30.498	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:30.649	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:31.036	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
5	1:31.049	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
6	1:31.050	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
7	1:31.172	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
8	1:31.227	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
9	1:31.501	Alexander Albon	  Williams
10	1:31.594	Lando Norris	  McLaren
11	1:31.659	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
12	1:31.665	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
13	1:31.728	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
14	1:31.885	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
15	1:31.890	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
16	1:31.901	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
17	1:31.924	George Russell	  Mercedes
18	1:32.051	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
19	1:32.376	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	No Time		Esteban Ocon	    Alpine

[cmlean]

Esteban Ocon parked it into the barriers in a similar incident to Carlos Sainz in FP2.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:28.796	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:28.986	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:28.991	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:29.036	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:29.475	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
6	1:29.625	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
7	1:29.690	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri 
8	1:29.750	Lando Norris	  McLaren
9	1:29.932	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
10	1:30.676	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
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11	1:30.160	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
12	1:30.173	George Russell	  Mercedes
13	1:30.214	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
14	1:30.310	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
15	1:30.423	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
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16	1:30.975	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
17	1:31.020	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
18	1:31.266	Alexander Albon	  Williams
19	1:31.325	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	No Time		Esteban Ocon	  Alpine

Repairs to Esteban Ocon's Renault couldn't be completed in time and he missed qualifying.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
7	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
8	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
9	Alexander Albon	  Williams
10	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
11	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
12	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
13	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
14	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
15	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
DNF	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
DNF	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
DNF	Lando Norris	  McLaren
DNF	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo

Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso were both given 5 second penalties post race for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

Next: Round of Spain '22
Date: May 20-22 2022