Oscar Piastri his leadership reaffirmed this Sunday this season of Formula 1 at the Miami Grand Prix: Despite having started from fourth position, he managed to quickly overcome Max Verstappenwho had left first, and remained in front for the rest of the race. The Australian pilot chained his third consecutive victory and settled as the leader of the championship with 16 points above his escort, Lando Norris.
Behind him his teammate arrived, he himself Norris, To close a new great day to McLaren that sits at the head of the Builder Championship. The podium was closed by the pilot Mercedes, George Russellwho also surpassed the tetracampeón of Red Bull who was finally relegated to the fourth position despite having departed in the pole position.
The Nerlandés had already begun with his left foot on Saturday, when a penalty left him out of the points in the Sprint race. The star pilot, who was a father this Friday, suffered a lot the lack of rhythm of his car and He could not endure the rhythm to the McLaren. Then it was overcome by Russell after the respective stops of both in boxes and could never overcome it.
In this way, Verstappen reached 99 points and is 32 from Piastri in the championship, while it only takes six to Russell.
On the other hand, Alpine He had another afternoon for oblivion. Jack Doohanthat he had left 14 °, he was forced to leave after clashing against Liam Lawson for the puncture of a tire. In turn, the other representative of the French team, Pierre Gasley, could not do a good race and ended 13th, outside the points zone.
The prominence of the race during the last turns stared Ferrari. The Italian team still fails to play this season to fight at the head of the races as it did last year and the focus this afternoon was put in the strong dispute between its two pilots –Lewis Hamilton and Charles Lecrec– Fighting for the sixth and seventh place.
The other pilots who added points in the main race of the Miami GP were Alexander Albon (Williams), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams) and Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls).
Another bad result for Jack Doohan: his future in Alpine
After the clash in Miami, The Australian pilot adds a new disappointing result and increasingly threatens the presence of Franco Colapint in its role as a reserve of the French team. In the last hours, the rumors that indicate that the Argentine will run in Icola on May 18 grew although from Alpine at the moment these rumors denied.
Collapintwhich already debuted in the Formula 1 In 2024 during a special test in Monzahas a prominent performance in the tests carried out with Alpine.
Its incorporation into the team is part of a renewal strategy promoted by Flavio Briatore, Executive Advisor of Alpinewho expressed his interest in the Argentine pilot. In addition, the CEO of YPF, Horacio Marín, showed the participation of Collapint in Imola by involuntarily mentioning the name of the circuit during an interview.
The possible inclusion of Collapint As a holder in Icola, he not only represents a significant advance in his career, but also a mile Formula 1.
Source: Ambito
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