The Miami Gardens cardboard circuit revealed two realities: that Max Verstappen has a machine that is too superior to the restaurant and that Formula 1 has a serious problem making its races no longer entertaining, but rather minimal emotions for the average viewer. which hooked uploaded to Netflix scripts.
There have been since the lights were claimed that were patent. The rain that cleaned the circuit in the hours before the race gave a relative advantage to those who left through the theoretically dirty area, such as the case of Fernando Alonso or a Max Verstappen who immediately exploded with a missile rather than a Formula 1. Before the DRS could be activated His bet was clear on the dirty with hard: take zero risks in the first bars until he came back and settled in the noble zone to try to find the podium, first, and the victory, later.
As Pérez left, Alonso was forced to look through the rearview mirror, not only at a Sainz who stuck to the rear wing of his Aston Martin, but at that blue blur that was approaching not so far away.
The first quarter of the race had not even been reached when the 'coconut' Verstappen, at a fast lap pace, was already stalking the podium, which at that moment was opened by an impotent Sainz. This Formula 1 of advances doped with the DRS does not allow the possible defense, so the Ferrari fell first and then an Alonso who did not even make a feint of resistance. His fight was not with Red Bull: his fight was going to be for resisting the return to the drawer in front of his (still?) Friend. On the wall of the Scuderia he decided to go on the attack, which is not always synonymous with a good result, and they searched in boxes for what escaped them on the track.
With an eloquent braking on the street leading to the pit lane, Sainz gave a glimpse of the guts to try to beat his old idol and mentor. But bravery for pilots, like bullfighters, is assumed... and it's not enough. That obvious kick to the brake was not enough to not blow up the radar and the man from Madrid was penalized with 5 seconds. A bottle of 'Cavallino'…
The ace up Alonso's sleeve, that 'minus 12' that advanced at the beginning of the race on the radio, allowed him to play a different strategy and stretch his entry into the pits a little more. Thanks to the work and grace of Pirelli, this was going to be a one-stop race to ride the tough ones to the end, so by the time he got rid of the mandatory visit to his mechanics, he barely struggled to get the overtaking back to him. Sainz. Then an absurdly easy lap began, both for him, who was left in no man's land looking only that the mechanics did not play a trick on him, and for a Verstappen whose objective was to reach a delta difference sufficient so that his teammate Pérez would not The took first place at the moment he made the unavoidable pit stop, which did not occur until he had passed lap 46.
The Dutchman came out of the garage street with medium tires and, therefore, more conducive to fighting on the track with a Pérez who fell short. He barely had a chance to put up a fight. He did not even threaten to throw the car at him or even lightly show his teeth, to the despair of the hundreds of Mexican fans they had in the stands.
'Checo' Pérez, who had an adequate weekend in Baku, leaves Miami with a bitter taste that men like Alonso or Sainz would sign well, one because the 3rd is already beginning to fall short and the other, 5th, because He has not yet had a career that gives reason for hope. The positive for Aston Martin is that they remain the contenders as soon as Red Bull falters. The negative: they do not falter.
