Did we all recover from this race yet? Who would have thought Miami would bring such an amazing race!
For the third time in the last 2! years, we have a non-Red Bull race winner!
So let's focus on the race-winning team of this week 🏁
McLaren came into the Miami GP race weekend with new upgrades to the car, and both drivers have been reporting all weekend that the car feels great. This immediately became clear in the race, with Oscar going from P6 to P3 in turn 1. Lando's first stint was held up by being stuck behind Perez, but at the end of this stint, he had the fastest pace on the grid.
The second stint was more in favour of Norris. He could continue on his medium tires while everyone ahead pitted and then got a free pitstop under the Safety Car. He got out of the pits before Verstappen on fresh hard tires and managed to ace the restart to stay ahead for the last stint of the race.
During this last stint, Oscar became an unfortunate victim of a racing incident with Sainz and was send to the back of the grid following damage to his front wing. He managed to climb back to 13th, just outside the points. Lando's final stint was flawless. He was able to keep Verstappen behind him at the restart and with fresh tires and clean air pulled away to his first win 🎉
A fantastic weekend for the McLaren team and fans and not an easy one to forget 🧡
So yeah, Lando Now Wins 😉🔥
(Also, if you read this far, go read some more about Lando's first win over on my instagram WelcomeToTheFastlane_)