Norris hunted him for 29 laps. Antonelli held him off.

· Miami Grand Prix

1 safety car. 3 undercuts. 21 battles. 57 laps.

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Battle: 2 drivers racing close enough that an overtake is possible. Undercut: pitting before the driver ahead to come out in front on fresh tyres. Safety Car: a slow car enters the track after an incident, bunching the field up.

The Race

Antonelli has just won his third race in a row, with the championship leader pressuring him the whole way.

Antonelli led, pitted first and pushed hard on the new tyres, and by the time Norris had waited and come in himself the gap was already too big to recover. Norris still chased him for the last 29 laps and closed right up, but when the chance finally arrived Antonelli gave him nothing. Three wins in a row. Nobody is stopping him right now.

Antonelli pits to jump Norris
Antonelli pits while Norris stays out. The gap he built in those few laps was enough. Race over.
Norris right behind Antonelli
Norris closes in. Close enough to attack. He stayed there for 20 laps. Antonelli didn't crack.

THE SUBPLOT

For a few laps Verstappen had a genuine chance of winning this race, which nobody saw coming.

A safety car handed him new tyres at exactly the right moment, and he charged through the field until P1 genuinely looked possible. The tyres did not last.

THE TRAGEDY

Ferrari made the wrong call, and then Leclerc spun, hit the wall and collected a penalty on top of it.

Leclerc led the opening laps until Russell pitted first and came out ahead of him, and by the time Ferrari reacted he had lost a position he should never have lost.

Late in the race, sitting in P4, he spun into the wall and limped home, and a penalty arrived after the race finished to finish it off. He started this race in the lead and ended it with everything going wrong.

Russell undercut attempt on Leclerc
Russell pitted first to jump Leclerc in the queue. This is the moment Leclerc lost a position he never got back.

Antonelli keeps winning despite giving up positions at the start of every race, because the Mercedes is currently fast enough to absorb it, though Toto Wolff is watching that margin closely. McLaren are pushing hard, and Verstappen had no business being anywhere near a winning position today yet very nearly was.

Russell, Hamilton and Leclerc all came to Miami expecting more than they got.

Canada is next, and we will see you there.

P1

Antonelli

P2

Norris

P3

Piastri