Does Ferrari have a problem with the simulator?
At least Lewis Hamilton hinted at that after yesterday’s race. He explained: “Ultimately, it’s always about correlation. We drive [in the simulator], get to the track, and there the car feels different.”
“I generally don’t like simulators,” Hamilton emphasizes and reports: “In the preparation phase for this race, I was in the simulator every week. I was constantly working on the correlation.”
He had developed a setup in the simulator, “and then you get to the track and this setup doesn’t work,” he shrugs. “So I will not train in the simulator for the next race,” he announces.
“I will continue to go to meetings at the factory and so on,” says Hamilton. But he will not go into the simulator before Canada. “When we were in China, I had the best weekend – without a simulator,” he explains.
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When will Mercedes get the starts under control?
This question is also currently being asked. Toto Wolff says about Kimi Antonelli’s poor starts: “It’s not all his fault. I think today and yesterday it was a team error. And we all know that this is simply not good enough.”
“We are not doing enough to give them a tool,” explains Wolff, who mainly sees the team responsible. “We are the only ones who haven’t managed this for a few races,” he emphasizes.
“We just have to dig deeper and try to understand how we can fix this,” he announces. Because the lead is “not big enough” to regularly allow bad starts.
Will Russell strike back in Canada?
Kimi Antonelli has now won three Grand Prix in a row. Nevertheless, the Italian warns ahead of the next race: “George will definitely be very strong in Canada. He has always been very strong there.”
Indeed, Russell was on pole there in the past two years, and in 2025 he also won the race. So will the balance of power at Mercedes turn around there again?
“As I have already said, the season is still very long and a lot can still change,” emphasizes Antonelli. He currently has a good run, but that can also end quickly.
Williams: Still a long way to go
Although both drivers scored points yesterday, Alexander Albon warns against overestimating the result. “This track has always suited us,” he says and recalls: “Last year we were fifth here.”
“Let’s see if it’s the same in Canada,” he says. There it will be shown whether Miami was perhaps just an exception. “These are small steps,” says Albon regarding the progress at Williams.
“Of course, everyone now knows that we are too heavy. We are still too heavy. There is an intensive program to reduce the weight of the car,” explains Albon.
And it will take some time to reach the weight limit.
The grades are in!
Of course, this weekend we again have our popular grading. In our photo gallery, you can see how our expert Marc Surer and we as the editorial team rated the drivers in Miami.
Our big final evaluation, which also includes your grades, will follow as usual during the day.
Photo gallery: Miami: The driver grades from Marc Surer and the editorial team
Red Bull: Still have a deficit
Although it was a better weekend for the Bulls, Max Verstappen emphasizes that they are not yet at the level of Mercedes, McLaren, and Co. Team boss Laurent Mekies meanwhile explains that a step forward has “definitely” been made.
“In Japan we were 1.2 seconds behind pole position, in China 1.0 seconds,” he recalls. In Miami, Verstappen was second in qualifying on Saturday and was only just under two tenths behind Kimi Antonelli.
“That we were only six tenths behind pole on Friday and less than two tenths away on Saturday is clear proof of how big our progress is,” says Mekies.
The race pace on Sunday was also good, but “not strong enough for P1 and P2,” he also makes clear.
Breakthrough for Colapinto?
The Argentine scored his best result so far yesterday as seventh and explains on Sky: “It was a really positive weekend, and I am very satisfied with the effort everyone showed.”
Among other things, he got a new chassis in Miami and of course the Alpine update. “All of this was really helpful and helped me to find my way around a bit better,” he reveals.
He also found the performance “that I was missing. So I am very proud,” he emphasizes. But let’s wait and see how sustainable this upward trend really is.
In three weeks in Canada, he has to confirm this performance.
Wolff: Race was “advertising” for Formula 1
“If even a single person complains about the race today, in my opinion they should honestly hide,” says Toto Wolff after the Miami GP, which for him was “great advertising for Formula 1.”
“Anyone talking about changing the engine rules at short notice should question their view of Formula 1 at this stage,” he emphasizes and explains it was a “spectacular race” with battles at the front and in the midfield.
“Can we [the rules] adjust and optimize over time? I think definitely. We would never be against making the show even better,” says Wolff. But comprehensive changes are certainly not needed.
Fastest lap
Unlike previously in China and Japan, Kimi Antonelli missed the “hat trick” of pole, win, and fastest lap yesterday. The fastest lap went to Lando Norris in the McLaren.
You can watch it again here in full in the video:
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Why Bottas got a penalty
The Finn received a drive-through penalty yesterday because he was too fast in the pit lane. He himself explains that this was at least partly due to his steering wheel.
“I pressed the button for the pit limiter, but apparently not hard enough. Some buttons still lack a bit of feedback,” he reports.
The steering wheel is therefore also a part “we are still working on” at Cadillac. Bottas reveals: “It is a known problem, we just haven’t received the new buttons yet.”
He finished 18th and last yesterday with two laps down.
Ferrari lacks consistency
That was revealed by Frederic Vasseur after yesterday’s race. “There was a big performance difference between the phase when Charles was leading and the later part of the race,” said the team boss.
“We have to investigate that more closely because a similar picture emerged in the sprint,” Vasseur reveals. Leclerc himself says that compared to the sprint, “a lot of performance was lost.”
“I would like to understand exactly what happened there,” the Monegasque ponders. Now we have to wait and see how it goes in Canada. Because the Miami upgrades are known to work according to his own statement.
Bad sleep?
Of course, this Monday there are again our popular columns about yesterday’s race. You can find them and our big video analysis of the Miami GP here:
Who slept worst last night: Mattia Binotto
Who slept best last night: Kimi Antonelli
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McLaren still believes in title chance
“We already said before the Miami race that we haven’t written off the championship yet,” recalls Andrea Stella. And the weekend in Florida has probably further strengthened McLaren in this opinion.
“Our approach is to think long-term and try to defend the championship,” says Stella, so individual results don’t play such a big role.
He recalls: “It’s only the fourth race, and we have scored a decent number of points even compared to Mercedes, and we know we can still develop our car further.”
The season is still long, and therefore there is no reason for McLaren to write off the title now – even though all four Grand Prix wins this year have so far gone to Mercedes.
Alonso: Updates would just be a waste of money
Aston Martin had no new parts this weekend. And Fernando Alonso has now revealed why they refrained from that. “We are in 20th or 19th place, and the next car is a second ahead of us,” he explains.
“Even if we gain two tenths at every race, it doesn’t change our position,” he therefore emphasizes. New parts would only burden the budget and not move the team forward in the rankings.
“So as long as we don’t achieve a time gain of one and a half or two seconds, we better not press the button in production, otherwise we waste money,” says Alonso.
Therefore, nothing will change quickly at Aston Martin regarding the situation.
Red Bull unconcerned about Hadjar
The Frenchman crashed yesterday and called it a “stupid mistake” himself. And apart from that, he was clearly slower than Max Verstappen over the weekend. Cause for concern at Red Bull?
“No. I don’t think we should consider that a cause for concern,” Laurent Mekies clarifies and emphasizes: “I think he would have done well in the race, and the little he was able to show was strong.”
Therefore, there is no need to worry. “It certainly wasn’t a smooth weekend for us,” says Mekies, who reminds that Hadjar had to start from the back due to a team error.
Without this handicap, the race might have gone differently.
Audi must “significantly reduce error rate”
In the championship, Audi fell back to P9 behind Williams yesterday. Particularly bitter was the repeated retirement of Nico Hülkenberg, after the German had already been unable to participate in the sprint due to a defect.
On Sky, the German sums up: “Overall a character-building weekend for us. We had many issues. Still a lot to do. Also a few positive things. I think our pace is not so bad.”
“But we also have to somehow implement it, get it on the asphalt, see the flag, and bring the cars home,” he knows. And that has often been the problem for Audi this year.
Expert Timo Glock also emphasizes: “You simply can’t afford that. Sure, it’s the first year, you shouldn’t forget that, but still. You have to significantly reduce this error rate.”
Wolff: Antonelli must not get carried away now
Sportingly, things are going well for Kimi Antonelli, who already won his third Grand Prix in a row yesterday. According to Toto Wolff, a certain “risk” is that the teenager now gets carried away. The biggest “problem” is the public.
“I think the easier thing is to make sure he stays firmly grounded here in the team,” says Wolff. However, in public, especially in his home Italy, he is now being celebrated extremely.
“That’s something we have to keep in check. There are so many requests from the media and sponsors who want to take up his time, and it’s up to us to pull the handbrake,” emphasizes Wolff.
“I don’t think any of us expected such a run. The car is very good, the engine fits. But how he managed to use that every week – that’s something special,” he praises the 19-year-old.
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