With F1 returning to its usual weekend format for MiamiGP, there was a lot more data to gather in Friday practice. Here's what we learned from those two sessions:
Leclerc’s accident in the final part of FP2 hurt the teams’ long runs, leaving very limited data for the teams to go on as they explored the limits of tyre life in preparation for Sunday. This particularly hurt those conducting stints on the medium tyre; in the case of the Red Bull duo, their runs on the medium tyre lasted only three laps each before Leclerc’s wall-bothering antics put a pin in their best-laid plans.
At this juncture, dear reader – and here’s a peek behind the curtain. On a normal weekend, the post-FP2 feature would contain details of long-run pace and degradation of the tyres in the hands of each car, and then work towards a conclusion over who is best equipped to win the grand prix. Stints are analysed, drop off in times are noted depending on the caveats at play, and some semblance of an order can emerge from this analysis. But, in this instance, no data exists.
With each passing lap, confidence grew among the driving fraternity and more drivers started to reduce their steering input on the corner exit to let the car drift out wide towards the wall. Perez and Verstappen were unsurprisingly the first to start opening up the corner more, followed by the Ferraris and Alpines.
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