Miami GP: Antonelli in charge - but did McLaren and Norris miss a chance to win?
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What were the highlights of the Miami Grand Prix?
The Athletic. The race is on, and Kimi Antonelli made us a hat-trick of wins in the Miami Grand Prix, holding off Lando Norris. But was this another race McLaren should have won? And what was up with George Russell on a weekend when his Mercedes teammate was on top? I'm Ed Straw, and joining me to tell all are John Noble and Glenn Freeman. Well, Glenn, we've got to start with you. People will probably be able to see, or no, they won't be able to see, they won't be able to hear a little bit of the noise drifting from the Hard Rock Stadium as we're still very much in the area. But I think this is your first visit to the Miami Grand Prix.
It is. Yeah. And I've not been a fan of it, particularly watching it from home, because when you're watching from home, the thing of most interest to you is, is the track any good? Is the racing any good? There's nothing that inspiring about this track. It's limited by the space they've had to fit it in. But having seen the event, I see why people make a fuss about the event, because this this this fits F1's modern day description of we want every race to feel like a Super Bowl is crazy.
Yeah, it's the first time I've been here since the first Miami Grand Prix, actually. I've covered it on site. And I would say it's improved a lot in terms of the way the race works and everything.
Did McLaren and Lando Norris miss a winning opportunity?
So very positive from that perspective. And John, it's sort of a race that's settled down a bit now, hasn't it? And it's the paddock in the stadium is quite a nice location.
What were the issues faced by George Russell during the race?
It uses the stadium way better now than it did initially, because initially it was... Kind of incidental it was around a stadium, but now the stadium is absolutely cool, certainly for those on the ground. I know those listening might not be that bothered about our experience in and around it.
Yeah, it's one of my favourite Grand Prix. There's some weird quirks in it, like to get to the media centre, there's two options. You can be boring and walk down a corridor and get in a lift, or you can pop out of the paddock and get in a golf buggy that then drives you up this kind of helix rotation thing to the top. or you can alternatively you can go down based on my experience is how many times i've got lost there's more than two ways to do that which was quite fun this morning i had a coffee in my hand going to try to find some people to talk about various stuff and then realized that actually the helix descent is actually quite bumpy and probably not ideal to have a hot cup of coffee in your lap um
Yeah. And the media center, I think the first time we were in here was a bit weird because there's lots of corridors and staircases and lifts. I've endlessly spent the week. If you come down a level to see some people. There is a lift on this floor, but we're now on day four. I'm here. I don't know where it is. So every time I've come down, I've either had to go all the way back to where we are to know where the lift is, or I've had to take the little golf buggies down. But the paddock's great. The paddock, you can stand in the middle and see people and spot people from afar. So that's fantastic. And there's some good little cut-throughs as well, where if you stand in an area, everyone walks backwards and forwards between the pits and paddock, and you can bump into endless people for quick chats.
I like it. Those are always the best paddocks. I appreciate some of this won't necessarily matter to those at home or come across to them. But yeah, it has matured a bit as an event. And obviously everybody at home will make their own judgments about the on-track products for the vast, vast, vast majority who are actually watching it on TV. But let's get on to the race now, John. Lando Norris, he felt this was one that got away. He said we should have won over the radio after finishing 3.2 seconds behind Kimi Antonelli. Is he right? Could have won.
I'm not sure should have won. It's definitely on the cards. I know McLaren felt that their pace was, that Mercedes' pace was better, but Mercedes felt that McLaren's pace was actually better.
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