George Russell dominated this Friday the first free for the Miami Grand Prix (USA), the fifth of the Formula 1 World Cup, which takes place on the circuit built around the Hard Rock Stadium in that town. In it, Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso they marked the fifth and seventh times, respectively; and Sergio Pérez, the eleventh.
In the best of his 18 laps, Russell covered 5.412 of the hot Florida state track in one minute, thirty seconds and 125 thousandths212 less than his partner and compatriot, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton; and with an advantage of 324 thousandths over Charles Leclerc, who marked the third time of the session. Like the previous ones, with the soft compound tire.
Sainz, who repeated the Miami track 24 times, debuted a year ago on the calendar, he was six tenths behind Russell’s time and was fifth in the time tableone place behind max verstappenleader of the World Cup and who aspires to achieve a third title in a row: which concluded at 424 thousandths of the British a session that ended at 30 degrees Celsius ambient and with 49 on the asphalt.
Alonso, seventh best time in the first free practice
Alonso set the seventh time of the session. The Asturian double world champion —third in the World Cup, 33 of the 93 points with which he leads Mad Max— he spun 24 times and on his best lap he stopped the clock one second and one tenth off Russell’s time.
Checo, who comes from winning brilliantly last Sunday in Azerbaijan —and is second in the World Cup, just six points behind his Dutch teammate—, laps the track around the stadium where the Miami Dolphins play at home 22 times, NFL team, the spectacular professional American football league. In his best attempt, like the ones mentioned above, with the soft tyre, the driver from Guadalajara (Jalisco), was one second and four tenths behind Russell.
The red flag on the track
The session was interrupted for about eight minutes, with a red flag, to remove the Haas of German Nico Hülkenberg from the track, which had an accident —without major physical consequences— in the third of 19 curves on the resurfaced Miami track; when, in the second half of training, after testing the hard and medium compounds, almost everyone had started to do qualifying simulation.
George Russell dominated this Friday the first free for the Miami Grand Prix (USA), the fifth of the Formula 1 World Cup, which takes place on the circuit built around the Hard Rock Stadium in that town. In it, Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso they marked the fifth and seventh times, respectively; and Sergio Pérez, the eleventh.
