Max Verstappen claimed his ninth F1 sprint victory, beating Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in Miami, but the Ferrari driver was surprisingly close to the reigning world champion. F1Technical's senior writer Balázs Szabó analyses teams' performance in the Miami F1 Sprint. Max Verstappen complained about the lack of grip of his car, and he might have expected his car to struggle a bit. That is why he was eager to put a one-second gap between himself and Leclerc after the safety car left the track in the opening part of the race. The early part of race saw Verstappen and Leclerc post similar lap times with both recording in the low 1m31s. However, Verstappen’s pace dropped by half a second...
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