2024 F1 MIAMI GP RACE analysis by Peter Windsor
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- Lando wins! That was the big takeaway from Miami. Unlike Melbourne, what's more, where Ferrari and Carlos Sainz were victorious after a Red Bull brake problem, Lando Norris's victory for McLaren-Mercedes in Miami was scored at the expense of both Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc: Lando beat them both in a clean fight. In this video, Peter Windsor analyses Lando's weekend and the key components of his win - and highlights the performance differences between the McLaren and the Red Bull.
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One thing we learned over the last year....when Mclaren bring an upgrade, they bring an UPGRADE!
Or half an upgrade in the case of Piastri :) But even the half upgrade looks a tasty step forward, so with both McLaren's having the full package at the next race, things could be rather interesting ...
Annoying every time they have update they only have 1 set for Lando. Other teams bring same upgrades for both cars, eg Red Bull, Merc
@@de1623 other teams don't bring an entire b spec, they only bring a floor or a front wing.
The new wind tunnel is paying dividends.
@@de1623 It's actually a great learning opportunity to compare the old vs. new car in identical race conditions.
I really enjoyed seeing Fred Vasseur going to celebrate with the McLaren team (wearing their hat & sneakily spraying bubbly too) when they were taking the team photo.
& all the drivers passing Lando and applauding him.
Whole paddock really getting behind Lando getting his first win. Great show of sportsmanship & community
That was wholesome AF. Kinda reminds me of old F1
I don't like that at all. I don't want them to be happy for each other. I want them wanting to win. It's sport.
A driver once said, you win once, everyone loves you, you keep winning , everyone hates you. I think he was referring to the other drivers and teams.
Fred went to get tips for the Imola upgrades
@@peakinearly_2788it's friendly now because they aren't rivals.. This won't happen when the championship is on the line.. Plus, I don't think most of the drivers consider lando a threat
Neither Max nor Charles pitted under virtual safety car conditions, all the leaders missed it. They pitted soon after so the point about max self induced his Pitstop to take advantage of vsc conditions is incorrect
And Leclerc pitted very early, a few laps before Max and the virtual safety car.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed Peter got this wrong 😃
Max & leclerc could not pit under vsc because it was greenflag when max was at the pitspot
Yeah it was too short a VFC to pit
Group of in the back only
9:57 this should never have happened. The safety car should've been launched on track in front of the leader, not the 2nd placed car. So while Max et al got bunched up at slower speed behind the safety car for almost half a lap, Lando could make his pit stop and come back easily many seconds in front. I call this gaining an unfair advantage and I don't understand why noone's talking about it or teams protesting this. Don't get me wrong, I loved to see Lando win, but not under these circumstances.
I fully agree. If they are going to gift wins on luck rather than merit, the race becomes unwatchable.
He walked away from Max at the restart with tires not much younger. The McLaren was just crazy fast on the hard tire.
Neither RB had a good setup, Peter’s wing theory makes no sense. Something else was wrong AND the McLaren was/is just faster. RB’s lack of tunnel time is finally catching them. McLaren and soon Ferrari are about to be on par or faster. Game on.
Many seconds in front? Until the restart when they're all right there as they're supposed to be lol. What the f are you talking about?
@@f.kieranfinney457 Not much fresher tyres? Max had already done over 10 laps on his. And that tunnel time ... really? That ended halfway last year. I mean, it's nice to see Lando win. Having 7 seconds on Max, which would've given Max another complaint that he was too dominant, was also a nice feature. I do hope McLaren gets more wins and more exciting races. Maybe we'll hear that Max's front wing had damage that impacted his speed and balance. Dutch commentators also said that RB didn't test the hard tyres on Friday. Either way, sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not. Everyone is happy for Lando and Max was happy with a second place with the car he had today. Not you, but I already see many people take this chance to cheer a downfall of RB.
@@BruceKarrdeRB still have less tunnel time than everyone else is what he is saying.
Here in Australia I didn't want to wake up to watch it. I woke up half way through and checked my phone. I saw Lando was leading with a 30sec gap. I thought: "No, biggy, he's probably just the last to pit". I closed my eyes, and went back to sleep. Then I was like " shit a pitstop is 20 seconds", then I jumped out of bed and turned on my TV. My sleep is F'd but at least I got to witness Lando's fist win
Gaping win 😏
Hahaha great story, congrats
How did you fall asleep then think shit a pitstop is 20 seconds or are you lying?
@@andrewbragg504 "I went back to sleep". This doesn't confer that I actually fell asleep. In reality I had my eyes closed for about 10mins just laying in bed
I am super happy for Lando, but Lando got way more than 10 seconds advantage. He went from being 10 seconds ahead with old tires to 20 seconds ahead with new tires. Of course, he had to give that back before the restart, but in effect, he went from being a few positions down (even with good luck of a safety car) and having to fight to the front to being gifted the newest tires and P1 for the restart.
That's not to say it wouldn't have been an interesting race (given his pace) without the safety car/race control stuff, but the announcers seemingly ignored it and pretended there wasn't momentous good fortune there. Rubbed me the wrong way. It would be like watching an NFL game and 7 points randomly showing up on the board for a team and nobody pays it any notice.
Btw, I 100% agree that McLaren brought the best car this weekend. Props to them.
He was 7 seconds up on Max the last lap.
If the safety car picked up in the right place and hadn't Max, this race may have come our different? Congrats to Lando non the less
I think Lando did get up to a 30 second lead at some point, but I believe that was after he already pitted.
Kinda surprised control waited so long to ‘let lapped cars unlap themselves’ if you would.
But yea, that def was a bit of icing on top of the safety car cake.
@@fragdude Yeah, it was in the 20+s range and then the field caught up. So at the restart, it was as expected, but Lando's good fortune was to have P1 and the newest tires, which is far better than the normal fruits of a good luck safety car timing (which would have still had him a few positions back on the restart).
@@413TomaccoRoad I'm not saying it wouldn't have been "a race" had Lando gotten the fortunate safety car timing and lost 11-12s in the pits, which would have had him something like P3 or P4 on the restart. But what he got was a pretty significant gift which he then capitalized on with true merit.
I don’t remember hearing George russels name even once during the GP
No need to hear his name really.
same, completely forgettable race.
Guy got bested by a vcarb
To be fair, he's had some shunts and issues, so good for him to just have a conservative race and build back up. The car clearly is troublesome to get in a good performance window.
Who? 😉
As happy as I am for Lando, it does feel weird how he can stay in the lead after making a pitstop when being only 11 seconds in front. But apparently that is totally normal, no one even mentioned it during the broadcast 🤔
Lando needs to thank Kevin.
McLaren looked sharp this weekend, but by far their best upgrade was the safety car
It's funny how because it's Lando and everyone is happy yo see him win no one is really talking about it. If the battle for P1 was between Max and Lewis and and that happened to favour either of them we would never hear the end of it. The safety car screw up so much thst Lando could have gone in again for mediums if they had new ones to put on the car
@@Jur1_00 Max would be the worst loser of all time if he did mention it. He is lucky he got 2nd out of that car
@@Dareios074????? Guess you are an MV hater. He seemed very happy with his friend’s win IMHO. Also Max had more damage to his car than he thought, without dollard and SF it would have been a predictable race. Max made a mistake, apparently he is still capable of doing that😂
@@soostdijk I wrote “if he mentioned it”, but he didn’t and wouldn’t. I’m not 100 sure about the rules, but apparently Lando was given a free pitstop. Very similar situation to 2021, with much less on stake, at least at the moment. Now imagine Lando wins the championship this year by a few points…
Norris' race pace was the best in the entire grid. The upgrade is legit
Lando said after the race that without the safety car that yes he would have been the only one of the top six with new tyres till the end of the race,but it would have been very hard to win the race,having to pass 2RB's 2 Ferrari's and his teamate.
Without the SC, Lando is in no hurry to pit. He was literally hitting fastest lap after fastest lap. Assuming that were to continue he like rejoins behind Piastri and 5/6sec behind Max. He had closed to within 2sec of Sainz and was clearly faster, so I think with a reasonably good stop he makes the overcut work.
@@anubiam3004good spot. The undercut wasn’t powerful enough. Those laps when he closed in on Sainz were awesome. I wasn’t sure at first he could do it but, damn!
I’d love to see him in scarlet.
So happy for him! Congratulations to Lando and Mclaren!🎉
Yeah, its great to see Mclaren back on top.
Cringe. He was given the race.
disgusting. How can you congratulate theft.
@@Hermanubis1 Cope!
I was really gutted for Oscar, he’s my preferred McLaren driver and I would have loved if he could have won or at least stayed in the top 5. Congrats to Lando though
Really feel he is underrated
Very solid driver, a touch below Lando who everyone goes gaga for
Carlos ruined his race. He was angry at the FIA decision and wanted to overtake Oscar so bad that he made really clumsy move.
Us Oscar fans are hurting! From P1 to zero points thanks to the SC and SAI breaking his front wing.
@@loompy100Oscar was slower than Sainz, he ruined his own race, he could have let Sainz go, so they pursue LeClerc and Max
@@KailamiMwiinga what racing driver just let’s someone through? Sianz was NOT that much quicker, hence why he could get pass with crashing into him
The cone Max hit in lap 21 distroys partly the floor.
For anyone who thinks Lando won because of a safety car mistake, it didn’t actually make a difference. Let me explain…
The safety car was called quickly (approx 25s after the crash), at this time Lando was at the start/finish line, by the time the safety car got down the the pit lane and onto the track, Lando had already passed the pit lane exit. There’s no way the safety car could have picked up Lando on that lap.
And even if the safety car let Max go, Lando would have had time to make a free pit stop.
The gap was 18.6s when max crossed the start/finish line, before Max could even see the safety car.
The reason the gap went to up to 18.6s from 11.5s is because Max had to travel a further distance at safety car speed compared to Lando. When the safety car was called and everyone had to slow down to a delta, Max was at T17, Lando was on the start/finish straight. So from T-17 to the start/finish Lando could take it full speed, Max couldn’t. That’s how the gap increased to 18.6s. This happens regardless, so even if the safety car let Max past him when Max caught up to it at turn 4, the gap would have remained around 18s, giving Lando enough time for a free pit.
There’s really no call at all for this post. What exactly is your goal here? There is absolutely no need for the facts. People would rather just use it to complain about Race Direction and an opportunity to, once again, bring up AD’21. 🤦♂️
@@seashackf1 I’d already done the analysis for my own understanding, saw people here confused, so pasted my findings.
@@oxonomy2372I’m sure he was being sarcastic - your post was excellent and very helpful. Having said that, AD’21 should be brought up at every possible opportunity when it is relevant or not. BTW, can we discuss AD21 now?
@@user-ez3sj8hm8i100%. This incident just highlights how biased the FIA is towards RB……erm Ferrari, no wait…..McLaren won…so now they are biased to McLaren. Sorry, it’s hard to keep straight who they are biased toward these days. Doesn’t really matter though, we just all know it’s against Merc.
Watch the replay on max hitting the cone, there is pieces of debris bouncing around after he hit the point where the cone was planted in the ground with his diffuser. He lost some pace after that and the hard tyre's added to it, because on mediums he was quite comfortable in front. Peter mentions it @ 8:10
they all want to ignore that, but lets see next race
F1 needed this win
Is that why the safety car picled up max and not tbe race leader? Onlt reason lando got the free pitstopbc if the safety had picked up lando as he should have and not let lando fly half way down the track before they let everyone else go lando wouldnt of made a pitstop and still be put front....huge fia fuck up
Nah, only biased fanboys only concerned about the #1 spot are.
There's been much more to enjoy on track.
It wasn't a win. It was a set up. A gift. The safety car destroyed the race. Norris did not win on merit at all.
@@Hermanubis1yeah zac brown conspired with haas n Williams to crash and bring out the safety car so norris could win eh 👀
@@andrewbragg504 I thought that myself too. I wouldn't put it past people.
Happy for Norris 🙌 phenomenal drive and Lewis had his best race result too 👏
Everyone including the Redbull team acted as great sportsmen by not talking about the mistake of the safety car. However I expected Peter to point out the mistake more than he did. Lando got the win due to the mistake and the team made a huge mistake not to get him in a lap earlier
I can't believe Red bull's complaining about a safety car giving somebody an advantage. Abu Dhabi!
If the SC picks up the right car, Lando rejoins no worse than 3rd and probably 2nd. Piastri was only 2-3sec ahead and the pit adv under SC is way more than that.
RB can’t complain about safety car, that will be so hypocritical
‘Redbull’ and ‘great sportsmen’ does not go together.
‘Redbull’ and ‘great sportsmen’ does not go together.
Yeah, when RB went for the hards during VSC, you could see that Max wasn't catching up to Lando. The time stayed between 10 and 11 seconds of a gap. Of course, when Lando pitted during the Safety Car, his tires were 10-15 laps fresher than Max's. For Max to win that race, his car had to have a better balance and ridiculous speed. So, just like Max's first win in Barcelona, Lando had to have a bit of luck to win.
It will be interesting to see next race. Will Red Bull have their setup right? Will McLaren have the same speed? Either way, with having two Sprint races this year, we have seen some backmarkers reaching the podium or close to it, and see teams score points and win, who would usually not.
Fun to see Lando score his 1st victory BUT I don't understand that the safety car is on track, Lando comes in for tires (think he's the only one who has not), he gets caught in the pits and gets fresh tires, THEN they put Lando at the front and restart the race. How is it that the only guy in the lead group gets to put on fresh tires, then they placed him at the front of the pack?
But I do also think that F1 has been hoping that someone else would win an F1 race. Nice way fix that on a hot as hell day in Miami.
They all changed tires before so they stayed on the track. Safety car driver made a mistake and drive in before Max instead of Lando so they had to put McLaren in first place.
@@loompy100 Lando was in the pits changing tires. How the hell does he get placed 1st?
@@RobertMacCready When information about SC was deployed Lando already crossed pit entry. Because he was leading more than 10 seconds there was a gap between him and Max. Then Safety Car Driver got in that gap, therefore Lando was in front of SC as a leader of the race. He extended the gap to all cars bunched up behind SC and made 'free" Pit stop. Then Safety Car let everyone through and waited for Lando who was a leader for all the time. He never lost his first position.
@@loompy100"Made a mistake" 😂 I doubt this. Their viewership numbers are being affected by Verstappen's predictable dominance and they put their thumb on the scale to create more of a spectacle - that is probably what happened.
Lando didn't pass Max on track - that is significant as he is Max's biggest fanboy.
Good for Lando to get his first win and that monkey off his back but now he has to prove it's not a one off triggered by pure luck, he has to back it up.
Obvi the safety car driver just naturally expected Max to be the leader and picked up the wrong car, honest mistake.
Your reviews are never boring. Always listens to ur reviews on a race day.
As I'm watching this, Sainz get a 5s penalty for the Piastri front wing, just as Peter predicted
Yet Carlos is crying foul saying Oscar should get penalised.
Good to hear, surprised Mercedes didn't tell Lewis to stay as close as possible to Checo just in case the penalty came through since it seemed pretty plain Carlos had completely lost his smooth operator cool and that was a whale of a divebomb on Oscar.
Good call. I thought it was a massive lunge from Carlos
Well done for Lando!! However For me in my humble opinion a totally absurd penalty about Oscar and Carlos. They want passing? We want passing? This is a bit ridiculous. But of course he is Spanish. If he was Hamilton… 😂😂😂 sorry I don’t want to create a polemic but that is how I see it. Thanks 🙏🏻
@@joseluistorres9488 I guess you're entitled to your opinion, even if it's completely terrible to anyone with eyes who watched Carlos in his anger making a move more befitting of Lance Stroll.
What a farce!! Why the hell did SC pick up Max and not Lando? That gave him a free win, and why is no one talking about it, ridiculous
He had enough margin to clear max anyway, he had like 17s to clear him before SC.
Cry harder
@@matejnimmerrichter768 no m8, it was 11 second, so he would have coming back in 6th place or something had the SC got in front of Lando
@@ji5393 just checked the GPS data, when lando emerged from pit lane, where he would have been caught by SC max was barely at T17. As everyone drived to delta. But youre right, it was 11s. Changed nothing, still enough time to pit under SC
Max said about the fact that if there had been no safety car, Lando would not have won: "If if if... If my mother had balls, she would have been my father!" 😃
Great win! I love it when drivers get their first wins. What a race!
Rubee getting his first at old Hockenheim 2000. Magic moment. Best #2 ever? Or Stirling Moss?
Lando was flying today, he make everyone happy today. It's nice to see drivers congratulating Norris, even Fred joined McLaren's celebration. I think that even without SC Lando could win today. He drive off from Max substancly from restart. Feel sorry for Oscar, he forced out Carlos and make him really angry therefore Sainz make a little bit reckless move and ruined Piastri's race.
Piastri was driver of the day to me, no disrespect to Lando at all. Lando is the winner today but i was so impressed with Piastri's racecraft. He had half the upgrades Lando did and by the end of the first stint he climbed 4 positions and was 2nd behind Max by only a few seconds. Just how? To pass Leclerc so early on track? He was on it. I could've done without Sainz incessant whining later in the race though. Really annoyed me how that unfolded, especially how it ironically was Piastri who had his race ruined, not Sainz.
Mclaren wont likely be winning every race, but i think theyll be the odd favorite here and there, just as i predicted they would be in Miami.
Lando is only a winner bc the safety car picked up max instead of the race leader lando. Lando got about half way down the lap before the safety car let everyone go. Prettt easy to make a pitstop and still be out front. If tbe safety picked up lando than he wpuldnt of had the gap to still be race leader
@@PauluzP
Why don't you just go do something usefull, instead of reposting the same sourness again and again?
Pistari divebombed to Sainz and then pikachu face when Sainz done the same thing. The only different was Sainz took evasive action while Piastri just turn without thinking his race.
@@ama6487 Sainz cried like a baby. A bit of hard racing and he can't take it. Sainz lost control of his car and the back came out and took out Oscar's front wing.
Hi Peter. In AD21 also no rules were broken. It looks like you imply this at 09:56
Oh rules were broken. It’s in FIA investigation report as “human error” and the race director got fired for it.
I’m not a Verstappen fan but look, the rules at AD2021 were broken, he won, it was unfair but it’s over, done, finished, time moves on, Hamilton is moving on (to Ferrari too). Why you people can’t come to the same conclusion, I do not know.
Peter, your reviews to races are the best out there. This is the analysis we, as F1 fans need. Thank you.
I'll say it again. I think Lando was spot on to sign early with McClaren. He' s the obvious team leader of a great, assending F1 team. What else do you need?! Its just a matter of concentrating on his racing now, no other worries . Well done Lando!
Not boring, Peter. I enjoy your analysis of the races in particular.
The inconsistency within the FIA is ludicrous. They don't penalise Oscar for forcing Carlos off, yet penalised K-Mag for a similar move yesterday?
Happy for Lando but gutted for Oscar. How much bad luck do you have to have to go from 2nd to last within a few laps by no fault of your own? 🤦♀️
If I was him I would’ve been expecting retribution from Carlos, probably should’ve given him a wider berth during the second incident after pushing him wide in first one. But I agree, I still felt really bad for Oscar considering the pace he had shown.
Oscar has clearly lost a lot of pace on the hards. He was doing great to hold up Sainz as long as he did. At the rate he was going he was heading for p6/7 near Lewis.
It’s unfortunate that his wing broke but the problem is that he didn’t have the pace on the new hards to pass leclerc on the older hards or to hold off sainz on the same aged tires.
This is the first thing I look forward to after the race
Been waiting for this moment for sooooo long! GG Landooooooo
Hey Peter, thanks from Australia, appreciate all your input throughout the years and I always wish you the best of health and success. Take care mate.
let's not forget that Ferrari still hasn't brought any upgrades and yes for sure McLaren were faster but they also got the help of the safety car and Leclerc only finished 2secs behind Max. would have been interesting to see a 3-way battle between these three at the front without the safety car as Max would have benefited from the DRS etc. let's hope that Ferrari's upgrade will be as good as what people on other videos are claiming but if we can have a real 3- way battle at the front, that's going to be epic!
Thank you Mr. Windsor. I can rewatch the highlights now and understand what was going on.
Appreciate your review!
Thank you for explaining the importance of this win Peter. And, as an asside - and this really doesn’t need to be said - your VLogs are not boring😊
The VSC ended before Max could come in so he got no advantage.
Lucky win. Safety car won it for lando.
being a tsunoda fan...i was @ this event in miami...so exhilarating & unpredictable... verstappen started in first...then overtaken by piastri...tsunoda proved to perform fabulously...considering he started in position 10...eventually finishing 7th...but a big congrats to norris & team mclaren on a well-deserved victory
Lando/McLaren Fan here, why was the safety car picking up Max (bad habit?) I thought it was going to be close for Lando to get in and out before Max came around, but with Max being held up it wasn't even close.
A few things F1 should consider stealing from Indy Car:
1. During Qualifying use a timing line that isn't the start finish. The line that separates sector 2 and 3 would be ideal. This allows for cars to get off the track immediately after completing a flying lap. There are too many cars on the track in Q1, resulting in too many penalties.
1b. Split Q1 into even and odd based on current points. Top 7 from each advance. Again solving the issue of traffic during qualifying.
2. Causing a collision on track has got to be more than 5sec. Sainz' (a drive I like) penalty for essentially ending Piastri's race is pathetic. That penalty isn't severe enough. The old school stop/go would be far more fitting. (Hamilton's 1st corner for sprint was worse. 4th car in the inside with no ability to make the corner was always going to end badly. A 7 time champion should know this.) Indy has puts cars to the back of the field, F1 needs to look into much stiffer penalties.
3. Safety car needs to be leaving pit out as the leader passes pit in to ensure it picks up the correct car. Miami looked like a mistake to me.
I think a lot of people are underplaying the tyre offset advantage that Lando had at the end. Max pit on lap 23. The race restarted after the safety car on lap 32 - so effectively Lando had tyres about 10 laps younger than Max (which itself is over a sixth of the race distance offset), and 14 younger than Charles.
So getting 7 seconds on Max in the 35 remaining laps is about 0.2 seconds per lap average. To me that feels about right for tyres 10 laps younger, on a day when RB weren’t as quick as usual.
The point I’m making is that Lando wasn’t blisteringly quick, and to say he “definitely would have won without the safety car anyway” is total nonsense. The SC gifted the McLaren the win. While many of us are pleased for them, let’s not pretend this race was won on merit alone.
Obviously F1 pundits/presenters on Sky/F1 TV are not going to talk about this on the coverage because it’s bad for the sport and they are trying to big up the win as much as possible.
We all loved to see it!!
What stood out to me besides the racing facts is the amount of hugs and congratulations for Lando that despite F1 being so competitive did feel genuine and real. And that Leclerc, sainz, Rusell, Lando and even Max are able to keep that human part alive within all the fights feels good. Much better than what Hamilton did in running his friendship with Rosberg into the ground over the fight.
Thank you Peter for the analysis!
Excellent analysis as always Peter, thank you.
Oh, Max did suffer some floor damage when he axed that bollard. In the replay, you can clearly see some debris coming out of the back of Max’ car. Nevertheless a good win for Lando.
Your videos are great Peter, don't doubt yourself. Always a great analysis.
Peter your observations are amazing.
One thing...Charles pitted before Max and the virtual safety car deployment...and he set the fastest lap with the hard compound tyres, just before the virtual safety car, it was gonna work nicely for Leclerc Yesterday without the "safety cars"
Lando is a very welcome racewinner. He drove brilliant as well, but forgot to pit when he needed to. Then the FIA helped him by letting the savety car pick up Max instead of the race leader Lando
He didn't win on merit.
Abu Dhabi
@@Hermanubis1He did. He literally beat Verstappen in a straight fight after the SC restart.
@@manavkumar6590 hhahahah. after the restart hahahahaha. so the first half of the race just doesn't count then. Norris would have finished 3rd behind piastri in a fair race.
@@Hermanubis1 LMAO Piastri’s pace was literally nowhere on the hards. He was the slowest driver out of the top 6.
The first half of the race? In the first half of the race, Norris extended his stint longer than any other driver and was STILL the fastest driver on track. On old mediums when everyone else was on fresh tyres. He PUT himself in a position to exploit a potential safety car. A podium was on even without an SC.
Hi Peter! So fun for Mclaren and Lando!
If Perez took Max out on the first corner how open would that seat be?
I think as close as he came that seat is now fully on fire under his ass.
Lando had the full upgrade package here, Oscar didn’t just FYI
You don't need to tell us that the British driver hot the upgrade first mate 😢
What an exciting and emotional race! Well done for Lando, he deserves this victory since he has been trying many times. Good takeaway knowing that the MacLaren was consistent, by Lando taking and keeping the lead ahead of a RedBull's car, Max's car in this case, even enhancing the gap respecting Max during the lead to the end of the race to grab the victory, something remarkable knowing that the Redbulls always overtaking when any car is ahead since they are dominating, important improvement for the MacLarens and hope this car keep going improvement in order to make more competitive races.
More like Lando Norris kinda got gifted a win when he was really in a net P6 at the time. Anyway I'm happy for him but I'm sure he would like to get a win that he earned a little more than this one in the future
I'll disagree. After Max pitted, Piastri was leading Sainz 2sec back and Lando was coming in a hurry on Sainz. Lando had done multiple fastest laps in a row and likely wasn't going to pit for a good bit. This would've been enough to overcut Sainz, Perez and LeClerc. Then rejoining no worse than 3rd with much fresher tires. I think Lando is on for another 2nd without the SC.
So the SC came out to pick up Max who was 2nd at that moment, this gave Lando the opportunity to increase his gap with Max from 11 to 35 seconds so he went from a pit stop which would cost him 1st place to a pit stop which would give him 1st place anyway. That was the first fuck up, then Lando came in before the SC and they didn’t know what to do, after some time they let the SC pass Lando.
This was a total fuck up by the FIA, they ruined a race with great potential.
I would think Americans are well used to safety cars affecting races. There's plenty of street tracks in Indycars (as there was also in CART & Champ Cars).
Max and lecler didn't pit under VSC. Lecler pitted before it, and max the lap after it ended
As an Australian I would like to say, if i were Piastri, I would be absolutely filthy with the team, there was absolutely no reason why they should have pitted him before they pitted Norris, beacuse he was first and Norris was in third behind him. Nevertheless, happy for Lando and good on him, but I would not be happy if I were Piastri
Yes and did you notice Oscar's pit crew could only manage a 2.6 second pitstop while Lando got a 2.1 second pitstop. It seems they always favor poor little rich boy Lando.
What were his laps time then though?
Normal to pit leading car first. It's actually an advantage in most circumstances. So no, nothing to see there. Aussie here too. Oscar will win soon.
Never boring Peter. I had a feeling it was Lando’s turn but love your insightful analysis. Here’s to the next McLaren victory!
Yeah - finally Lando managed to not shoot himself in the foot !
I always remember Franchitti (US CART championship) always getting so close to a win but messing up somehow.
He got his 1st win & then went on to win several championships.
Been following Lando ever since seeing him in Ginetta Juniors in the UK - great to have him finally get past this 'hurdle'.
Driving for Ganassi makes a difference!
Fantastic race,
I think Lando’s set-up seemed to be perfect for low fuel load because he was ballistic after about lap 20 & Yes when he could see Oscar & Carlos ahead - talk about a rabbit & a greyhound.. He was just pulling almost quali lap times. The car seemed to come to him and not much was said about the diff in upgrade package to Oscar but it’s clearly working and looks really promising.
I'm very happy for Lando, finally his first win!
I do have to say that the Safety Car "misunderstading" helped him a LOT, but Max also made a costly mistake that he might not have fully recovered from, but we'll never know.
Either way, it was great to see everyone congratulating Lando, and that Max wasn't being sour about it.
Max should still be safe, but it sure opened up the competition for the rest of the podium places, which is great news.
Hi, Peter. Love your podcast. Do you think the turmoil at RB had to do with the P2 result?
Ok, I've looked deeply into what happened with the SC. Lando is, undoubtedly, very lucky the safety car came out too early and picked up the wrong driver, because the safety car was announced literally 1 second after Lando passed the pit line entrance. It could have been disastrous for him. He had to go all the way round again while the safety car came out early and picked up Max, slowed him and the pack by 35 seconds, allowing Lando to zoom around the track, pit and retain the lead despite having only an 11 second lead when the SC came out. It took me 24 hours to work out exactly what happened, look at the data, track location data, etc. It was a bizarre confluence of conditions. That said, I wouldnt have it *any* other way. Lando was faster than Max all day and I almost cried with happiness when he won. I'm so glad he no longer has this no win curse hanging over him. Lando needed this. F1 needed this. He beat Max on pace alone in those last laps. Who was the last driver who kept Max behind that long so convincingly? Incredible effort!
All true, although I must note that Max did probably have some floor damage slowing his car down
@youtuber-cc8sx Entirely possible, but even before then, he couldn't get more than a 3 second gap on second place. The tyres were giving him and a lot of people issues. On top of that, only having 1 practice session to get a good setup, which was only about 40 minutes too, because of the red flag. Verstappen is my favourite driver, but I'm really happy Lando won, and I think Max is, too. Plus, it placates the people whining about F1 being boring. I think the main takeaway from Miami is that Ferrari is not necessarily the second fastest car anymore.
@@AirflowToTheTurbo agreed
Happy for Lando
The way he describes the flow of lando driving, the beauty of being in the zone
Max had clear floor damage after hitting the bollard, that explains the pace gap
Over the past 2 hours I've been waiting for your Miami Review.
I agree - it was amazing! I looked up who won......and when Lando's name came up......I couldn't believe it!
I agree 'surfsaus'. However, in all fairness, upgrades should go to the longest serving driver.
Oscar will have his day!
Upgrades always go to the number 1 driver. Oscar is a better driver than Lando... It's just a matter of time until people realize that Lando is on George Russell level (not considered a threat)
Great first win for Norris and McLaren, although probably circuit specific and he did have a lot of help from a rather friendly safety car. Looks like Newey's departure has taken effect already!
Not really suited to the McLarens, was it? Newey is still there so I’m really not sure what you're on about.
That would be rather magical, given that Adrian is remaining at Red Bull through the end of this season
@@fh2926he’s leaving F1 activities now to work on the hypercar and will only attend few races this year to support the team
Well done Lando and Mclaren. Is it significant that not only did Lando out pace Max in the second half of the race but also that Lewis was keeping up with Perez and almost passing him?
Looking over about Max going off track It really looks like he damaged the floor... Besides I also think by the data you gave Pete like Max had more wing.
I'm curious about the upgrade McLaren brought to this race.
Peter, minor note... Free Practice graphic has 20 names, 18 times and 20 speeds... Norris ends up between two times.
Peter hhas made this before the news came out that Max indeed had a hole in the floor. Floor damage due to his own error I suppose. This explains why Max was relativ slow (but still second in the race).
About the safety catr. It was a comparable blunder as in Abu Dhabi 2021. The safety car HAS to catch up the LEADING car.
The reaction form Max on this is gold..."Sometimes you're lucky wyth a SC , sometimes yopure unlucky.
Let’s go LANDO!!! There it is Sir! You did it. Everyone knew it would come. The first of many. Congratulations on a fantastic performance. Landos McLaren looked obviously stable and quick. There were medium/high speed corners where Lando looked as it wasn’t taking much physical effort, the car was there when it we needed it.
Happy for the team tbh.
Great race. Super congrats to Lando!! Been a McLaren fan since 1976 when James Hunt won championship. Love F1 and McLaren cars.
The few minutes from 4:00 on about the SC are just completely wrong, Peter. Neither Max nor Charles pitted under the VSC, they couldnt because it was just half a lap. Bit weird how you just made up an entire scenario
The upgraded MCL38’s pace was ridiculous, I’m sure it’ll settle down at other tracks, but I can see McLaren winning another race or two this season.
Considering Ferrari is still running Bahrain spec car, finishing 0.19s on pace behind the heavily upgraded McLaren is a really good sign. Hopefully the Imola ugrades help with the slow speed corners and we might have a 3 way battle for wins this season.
Decent result and a good effort guys 🏎🏎 Very unlucky with the safety car timing once again but getting a podium is always nice 👍
PS - Huge praise must be given to mechanics for that 1.9 second pit stop during Charles' pit stop. Bravo! 👏💪🏽 💚🤍❤ Forza Ferrari! 💚🤍❤
Such an amazing result. Great for Formula 1. Going to be FASCINATING to see if this McLaren pace continues on or is just a one off - if it continues, that 50-ish point gap Max has on Lando might not be so comfortable!
I have been saying all season so far that RB are not home and dry, despite how the media weirdly seems to enjoy downplaying the season. It was Ferrari that I thought could post a challenge, but maybe now it is McLaren... ! I LOVE F1 haha
I have just been bagging the Miami parking lot G.P., but it ended up a pretty
good race. A nice scrap with Carlos and Oscar, too bad there was contact,
and further back, a battle between Honey Badger and Fernando.
Fantastic race , of course because Lando gets his first win but also because it was close hard racing from start to finish . Ocon described the race as going at 110% throughout.
Thanks, PW.
What a day for F1! Those celebrations said it all. I did cry. I did cry.
Very nice race. McLaren looked great , Merc also looked amazing comparing to Saturday. Congratulations to Lando and McLaren. THANKS
Well deserved win.
Disappointing that Charles was behind Max
Go Lando Go!
Obviously Max didnt/couldnt pit straight away, it wasn't yellow at the time
Look at the sprint from the Chinese GP 2024. Verstappen passed Hamilton for the lead on lap 9 and pulled almost 13 seconds on him in 10 laps.
The damage theory holds no water since Max could barely squeeze out 2.5 seconds in 15 laps after the safety car ended on lap 3 in the sprint, and LeClerc mentioned that he didn't want to risk pushing. That's about the same gap he had over Piastri after 20 laps in the race.
I appreciate you touching on the odd timing of the safety car. IMO it's unfortunate because I feel it robbed us of an even better finish and Lando earning his first win with style, passing Max in the restart and not an asterisk. I have been wishing for his first win but at the end of the day, Max should've been in front of Lando after the safety car period. What a race to the finish that would've been.
Real Happy for McLaren and Lando..he’s been one of my favorites since his arrival. Now he has a machine he can compete with…
Peter, I'm an American and rightly proud of it. I'm writing you here because I trust and admire you and have done so for many years. I hope that many F1 fans who feel the same will stop by your place and see what I have written.
We are enduring a terrible political regime in the USA at the moment and to someone foreign-born, and to someone who only hears what they are fed by their handlers, it may be hard to understand the appeal of Trump. Most Americans want him back. I want him back. So it doesn't do well for the F1 community - either directly or indirectly - to disparage him for coming to the Miami race.
If we allow politics to get into our beloved international sport then it is easy to attack the warring Russians and take their race away and then cancel the Chinese race because of their various and nefarious geopolitical activities. For sure we would cancel all the middle east races on human rights violations alone. What country would be left whose politics or leaders or religion has a perfect track record (pun intended)? Let those who are without sin cast the first stone, so to speak.
Further, I can promise you that I am not qualified to make a judgement on the good or bad points of QE II's reign, I don't even know the political hierarchy of the Netherlands, and I don't care who is the current chancellor of Germany. I'm sure the inverse is true.
So concerning all the snide remarks about our past and future President, I say it has no place in sport.