Miami: pre-race 2024
The sprint race weekend format remains stupid, but there we are. I didn’t watch the sprint live but did watch a highlights video to see what, if anything, could be learned. Sprint Race In the sprint it was plain sailing for Verstappen and Leclerc but Norris got hit on the first lap and put out. Ricciardo did well and fended off Sainz all day long (though he did get passed by Perez). After those five were Piastri, Hulkenberg, and Tsunoda. Hamilton was hit by a 20s penalty for pit lane speeding which cost him the place (and more) to Tsunoda. Passing, then, was not easy especially as Ricciardo lacked DRS much of the time yet was still able to stop Sainz from making his way into 4 th . Both were on the medium tyres. Qualifying The first session saw mostly typical eliminations in the forms of Bottas, Sargeant, Magnussen, and Zhou Guanyu, but the odd one out was Ricciardo. After his excellent performance earlier in the day the Aussie could only manage 18 th in qualifying. Session two was