As Mclarene was presented with Mercedes Pole and the secret of Anthonelley’s success in Miam

In the sprint qualification of the Miami Grand Prix in 2025, the struggle for pool was one of the most intense season, because the route required not only the maximum use of the capacity of the car on long direct, but also extraordinary accuracy in turns. Miami, as always, was a test for the technical characteristics of the teams, and this time it was not without surprises. Several teams that are traditionally considered favorites have encountered difficulties, and new motors and settings have become key factors that influenced the results.

While Mercedes and Mclarene had every chance of high positions, Red Bull and Ferrari were unable to manifest themselves in full due to technical problems and the choice of compromises in settings. As a result, several pilots could claim pool, but minor mistakes and technical difficulties deprived them of this achievement. So, who went out to the first positions, and who disappointed on this important weekend?

Mercedes Mercedes’s cars again demonstrate a strong shape on direct ones – largely due to the installation of new power plants. The fresh motor allowed to work at full power without need to reduce the load for reliability, as it probably had to do a bull.

This also gave the effect in difficult conditions. The heat, which was a weak place of silver arrows last year, did not create any problems this time. And the new motor and long straight lines, which make up almost a third of the circle, became their trump card.

Against this background, Kimi Antonelli was particularly striking. He won the closest pursuer in the face of Oscar Pastri, mainly in protracted and slow turns, where mechanical clutch and accuracy of output output is crucial. The Italian had a better -tuned machine for such areas, which provided him with an advantage in technical sections.

In addition, he also impressed with the work with rubber. Although Mercedes did not use a soft kit in the training, Antonelli was able to adapt to him in the qualification of Antonelli. As a result, it gave him a significant advantage – especially given that the opponents already had experience in working with this tire during the weekend.

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Red Bull faced problems in the direct sectors of Miami, where they lost about 0.3-0.4 tenths compared to competitors, which poses their chances of high results in the race. The reason for this is the use of the old motor, which significantly reduces their capacity in fast areas.

This problem is even more manifested in the percentage of the passage of the route on full gas, where Red Bull demonstrates very high values, indicating that the machine uses less power than the rest. This can be caused by both the low efficiency of the old engine and specific settings, oriented to maintain reliability in high temperatures, which can also be a factor in the delay of acceleration.

In addition, there is a version that the team deliberately limited power due to anxiety about overloading the power plant in hot conditions.

These factors significantly limit the potential of Red Bull at high speeds, while in slow sectors, they can use their aerodynamic and mechanical benefits. So, in the first sector Max was two-tenths faster than competitors with the TOP-3, but then during the circle-even on old tires (Max drove two fast circles without changing the kit)-it was impossible to maintain the advantage.

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Ferrari continues to fight insufficient rotation. Part of the machine is specially tuned with a larger aerobalane on the back to be more stable in the race and better work with tires. However, in the qualification mode, this only exacerbates problems with insufficient rotation, and also complicates the preparation of front tires. Compromise – forced.

Yesterday, engineers changed the suspension rigidity settings, including transverse stabilizers, but this did not give the desired effect. In addition, the Lecler was very late for his last attempt, and he had to drive a heating circle at an accelerated pace to have time to the checkered flag. This adversely affected the preparation of tires by temperature and pressure.

Charles also loses a lot of insufficient rotation on the accelerations also because he cannot press gas.

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Piastri and Norris drove their relatives, which were not enough for the pole, although both could claim it. In the case of Pastri, he rode a beautiful circle until the 17th turn, where he lost 0.1 seconds relative to Antonelli, which was more than enough for Polo, although the young Italian was faster during the majority of the circle distance. According to telemetry, in the case of clean performance of the last turn, the Australian would be the first with an advantage of about 0.070 seconds.

Norris, in turn, had a small breakdown after the 4th turn and was forced to catch the car before the last two speeds of the speed. Although it was almost not lost in the mistake, but the next two turns from it were injured, which gave him about 0.15-0.2 seconds before his time.

You can confidently say that both pilots of the Papaya team should be on the first row, but the mistakes were worth a lot.

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In addition to sprint qualifications, the first day of the weekend also included a single practice that became an important stage for pilots. At this time, they had the opportunity to feel the cars in a long distance, to evaluate their behavior and to set up in conditions close to the race. It was the only chance for teams to adapt strategies and grind their work in front of the main part of the weekend.

• Norris – 1.30.554 (4 circles)
• Pastri – 1.30.554 (5 circles)
• Lecler – 1.31.688 (4 circles)
• Hamilton – 1.31.185 (3 koal)
• Ferstapppen – 1.32.174 (7 circles)
• Tsunoda – 1.33.091 (7 circles)
• Russell – 1.31.666 (11 circles)
• Antonelli – 1.32.024 (7 circles)

Sprint Gaan Prix Mayai starts at 19:00 in Kiev time.