Carlos Sainz goes P1!
Sainz sets a 1:27:670 in the first competitive lap on soft tyres, two-tenths quicker than Albon in second!
One-two for Williams with 10 minutes left!
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 18:21
Charles Leclerc up to P6!
Turns out the soft tyre runs will just come in the last 15 mins!
Leclerc up to P6 with his final medium-tyre run, three-tenths off Russell in first.
More significant lap-times coming right up!
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 18:17
Soft tyre runs coming up!
So Mercedes have set the pace on the medium tyre… what do the soft tyres say?
Quick qualifying simulation laps coming up!
1-10: Russell, Antonelli, Sainz, Norris, Albon, Verstappen, Hadjar, Piastri, Hamilton, Leclerc
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 18:05
George Russell P1!
Early encouraging signs from Mercedes!
Russell is first, 1:29:058, 0.169 secs quicker than teammate Kimi Antonelli in P2!
3-10: Sainz, Norris, Albon, Verstappen, Hadjar, Piastri, Hamilton, Leclerc
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:57
Lando Norris noted by the stewards!
Norris said “everything is falling apart” and now the reality is that the FIA are investigating whether the McLaren car should have been released at all!
Apparently a torch has been left in the cockpit!
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:40
George Russell on team radio:
“The steering is exceptionally heavy.
“I don’t know what’s going on, the car feels so different.”
A lot of complaints early on in FP1!
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:36
Lando Norris not happy:
“You’ve left so many tools in the cockpit, everything is falling apart! I’ll box this lap…”
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:35
FP1 underway!
Here we go then with the one and only hour of practice in Miami!
And they are straight out on track, given the limited running!
Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:30
Martin Brundle on Ferrari so far this season:
“Clearly, the car is not set up well for Lewis’s driving style. When we saw Lando catching Lewis in Saudi Arabia, the Ferrari was all over the place.
“Lewis is the most successful of all time. He’s got the speed and the talent, but somehow or other it’s not just gelling there. Quite clearly, whichever way Lewis is trying to take that car, it is not working for him.”

Kieran Jackson2 May 2025 17:25