Formula 1, GP Miami: Top Russell, trouble for Ferstappen and Saint in the second test in Miami

It had emerged from the first free trial period and was confirmed in the second, that the modifications and upgrades made by Mercedes to the W13 car show this is in the right direction. George Russell dropped to under a year and a half in the first year at 1:29.938 and was one and two tenths faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and RBR’s Sergio Perez.

The champion brought her new front and rear wings to the 5th Formula 1 GP this year Low-rise, while at the same time – according to Toto Wolf – experimenting with something new has ideas in the arrangements for solving the problem of jumping (porpoises). proved disastrous for her this year.

Lewis Hamilton also confirmed the improvement of the “Silver Arrow” with the fourth goal. by two tenths from Russell as Fernando Alonso was close to the top four This is also proven by the further improvement of the Alpine A522 with its new development package brought to the Florida route.

Things didn’t go so well for Carlos Saint and Max Ferstappen, who didn’t get a chance to do a competitive lap with the soft eraser. Your Spaniard During the first year of testing, Ferrari lasted about 20 minutes with the middle eraser had his third accident in a row after Melbourne and Imola. That cost him about 40 minutes of valuable time on an unprecedented track.

For Ferstappen, concerns about mechanical problems awoke him again led to abandonment in Bahrain and Australia. At first he wasted time waiting make the precautionary change of his box after his morning contact with the wall, and As a result, he had to complete the second hydraulic test period prematurely Steering system problems – Melbourne equivalent.

Perez was his third year playing with the soft rubber, but he had an early four-a-ke with the destroyed a set of tires. McLaren and Alpha Tauri Lando Norris and Pierre Gasley each also demonstrated competitiveness, according to Alonso in the ten and a half and Completion of the top 7.