Edd Straw

He was being typically self-critical.

But he said the guy in the simulator did a good job.

That wasn't Lewis.

Very much not.

So, yeah, but that is the kind of subplot at Red Bull after...

obviously struggling in miami had just back there with verstappen but then again verstappen was less happy as well so we get to see how that continues to play out is he going to struggle once verstappen's happy with the car in terms of pace or can he be close like he is now right let's have a look at the midfield now josh franco call up inside best f1 finish in sixth place followed up his ninth in the sprint pierre gasly his alpine teammate recovered to eight but he was puzzled by some car problems and he seems to think that here in miami something has been

but actually Racing Bulls were in that fight as well at the front of the midfield.

Liam Lawson was seventh, he held off Gasly.

Arvid Lindblad and the other Racing Bulls was ninth on the grid, but he couldn't get the car in gear for the start, which is what caused that first failure to have the start and the extra formation lap, then the other extra formation lap because they were taking time to clear his car.

Do you think the Alpine was the class of the midfield as the Grand Prix results suggested, or could Lindblad or Lawson maybe with a clean weekend because he had problems in the sprint component have beaten Colapinto?

Yeah, I had his on-board on, among others.

And, yeah, when he made his pit stop under the VSC, I think, just as he was kind of towards the end of the notional pit lane, obviously it turns right and blends in at the exit of turn two, just as he was feeding the power, I think he hit a little bit of a wet patch and the car kind of slew left and hit the wall relatively hard.

But he got away with it, which was fortunate.

You know, that was...

He was a little bit lucky to get away with it, but it's kind of good that he did because he'd had a strong weekend and done a really, really good job other than that.

But yeah, that could have gone a little bit wrong.

I suspect had Lindblad been there, it would have been that question of whether the Alpine, which I think had slightly better race pace, would have got ahead.

So those two were definitely at the front, but it was...

Interesting battle in that regard.

And speaking to Gasly after the race, he certainly thinks there's something wrong with his car as well.