US Grand Prix - Miami

[René]

The first of the three American races is scheduled for this weekend. The Miami street circuit has not yet managed to convince with good races, but with the additional sprint race they at least have two chances to put this right.



Whether anyone can come close to Red Bull will only become clear on Friday, but Ferrari will certainly receive attention with a special livery to celebrate 70 years of Ferrari in America. The color blue of the North American Racing Team will be prominently present, both on the cars and the clothing.



Of greater importance is the departure of Adrian Newey from Red Bull. As it stands now, he will remain involved with the team this season, but will be a free man in 2025. Will he retire or will he still go on that great adventure in Italy? We will see.

[robmarsh]

Maybe time for Red Bull to lose. Forza Ferrari, Forza Charles Leclerc.

[René]

The Ferrari blues, including new title sponsor Hp…



… and in the meantime Fred Vasseur had a meeting with Adrian Newey in London before he flew to Miami.

[Carl]

The NART colors were the traditional pastel blue and white and insulting to Italian pride...

Blue and white livery at Watkins Glen and Mexico also taunted and tantalized Henry Ford II after his failed attempt to buy Ferrari and may have spurred Ford to greater efforts at LeMans

The addition of pastel blue is nice, but any more white than appears on the top wing elements and halo could transform Rosso Corsa to red, white and blue and reignite a diplomatic crisis...

[robmarsh]

I think they should have left things as is. Don't like the new Miami livery......unless it wins of course or should I say Corsa

[mikael]

Good to see HP continuing their presence in F1 :-)

One of the early (1930s), very strong Silicon Valley companies.

Rubens Barrichello/Stewart-Ford 1999

Ralf Schumacher/Williams 2003

Robert Kubica/Renault 2010

[René]

May 1, 2024 18:16:57 GMT Carl said:

The addition of pastel blue is nice, but any more white than appears on the top wing elements and halo could transform Rosso Corsa to red, white and blue and reignite a diplomatic crisis...

A good script for Drive to Survive! 

[René]

May 2, 2024 8:27:16 GMT robmarsh said:

I think they should have left things as is. Don't like the new Miami livery......unless it wins of course or should I say Corsa

Ha ha, I agree with you, I don't think it's really successful either. The idea was good, but the execution less so. I would have done better! 

It would also have been cool if they had used the NART logo on the car.





But hey, if they win this weekend, I need the model car!

[René]

May 2, 2024 9:53:24 GMT mikael said:

Good to see HP continuing their presence in F1 :-)

One of the early (1930s), very strong Silicon Valley companies.

Yes certainly. They come and go but obviously see the benefits of sponsoring in Formula 1. 

I do hope they change the logo style/color on the Ferrari as was done on the Williams and Renault so it blends in more with the existing livery. But the word is this was a mega deal so if HP wants it blue they will leave it blue I guess. 

[Carl]

May 2, 2024 17:04:13 GMT René said:

May 2, 2024 9:53:24 GMT mikael said:

Good to see HP continuing their presence in F1 :-)

One of the early (1930s), very strong Silicon Valley companies.

Yes certainly. They come and go but obviously see the benefits of sponsoring in Formula 1. 

I do hope they change the logo style/color on the Ferrari as was done on the Williams and Renault so it blends in more with the existing livery. But the word is this was a mega deal so if HP wants it blue they will leave it blue I guess. 

It does no good to rue

When there's just a single clue

Blue is the hue

[robmarsh]

very droll Carl

[René]

Looking very close so far. No representative time for Charles Leclerc as he had a silly spin early in the session that ended his running.

FP1 Results

Max Verstappen - Red Bull 1:28.595
Oscar Piastri - McLaren +0.105
Carlos Sainz - Ferrari +0.116
George Russell - Mercedes +0.189
Lance Stroll - Aston Martin +0.222
Sergio Perez - Red Bull +0.273
Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes +0.417
Yuki Tsunoda - RB +0.461
Esteban Ocon - Alpine +0.568
Pierre Gasly - Alpine +0.580
Daniel Ricciardo - RB +0.583
Kevin Magnussen - Haas +0.594
Nico Hulkenberg - Haas +0.719
Alex Albon - Williams +0.798
Zhou Guanyu - Sauber +0.850
Lando Norris - McLaren +0.900
Valtteri Bottas - Sauber +1.041
Logan Sargeant - Williams +1.296
Fernando Alonso - Aston Martin +1.428
Charles Leclerc - Ferrari +3.504

[René]

Pole for the sprint race for Max Verstappen and a strong recovery from Charles Leclerc to second place. McLaren looked like a contender in early qualifying but fell back when it mattered. Both Mercs out in Q2 and a strong drive from Danny Ric.







Sprint qualifying results:

1 Max VERSTAPPEN - Red Bull Racing 1:27.641
2 Charles LECLERC - Ferrari +0.108
3 Sergio PEREZ - Red Bull Racing +0.235
4 Daniel RICCIARDO - RB +0.403
5 Carlos SAINZ - Ferrari +0.462
6 Oscar PIASTRI - McLaren +0.520
7 Lance STROLL - Aston Martin +0.734
8 Fernando ALONSO - Aston Martin +0.778
9 Lando NORRIS - McLaren +0.831
10 Nico HULKENBERG - Haas F1 Team +0.835

[chrisb]

Not sure about the new colour scheme, in a way I am pleased that NART are recognised although I do think the 1964 Mexican GP was one strange race and worthy of a Machiavellian type film, with all kind of gossip and rumours, opportunities to play some great music as well. 

Shock horror, quelle surprise - this domination is just total - although now Adrian is on his way I suspect the winning will not be as easy as has been, you can't take it away from Max he is using what he has to its fullest advantage - however when other aspects of motor sport are succeeding in getting more and more attention Liberty must be aware of the consequences of such a domination. Maybe they 'engineered' Adrian's departure so that another team can dominate with another driver, I did read Williams are talking to Adrian - that would be interesting. 

[René]

Miami blues. Real fans simply customize their car per race weekend.