Official 2022 Miami Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[Piginapoke]

Hi all, I'm away for a few days so thought I'd get the thread up early.

Round 5 and we’re in Miami. A new experience for everyone, it’s a fast street circuit with a predicted average speed of nearly 140mph, so quick enough. Some commentators think it will be a Red Bull circuit as it’s fast, so perhaps another Max win? There are no DRS zones shown on the circuit map yet, don’t know why.

Ricciardo always seems to go well in the USA, and he badly needs a good race (again). Surely Sainz must be due some good luck, and Hamilton will be keen to show he’s still Number 1 at Mercedes.

Virtual lap: https://youtu.be/5ZQrprQNS-c

Here’s to another great race.

Date(s): Friday 6 May to Sunday 8 May 2022.

UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1. Qualifying and the race are shown as highlights on Channel 4.





Live timing for all sessions available here:

https://www.formula1.com/en/f1-live.html

Lap times, PU component use, technical reports and Stewards' decisions for the weekend will appear here:

https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-c...

Weather forecast:

https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/25.78,-8...

Tyre options:

Pirelli has chosen the middle range of tyres, so C2, C3 and C4. The old Q2 tyre rule is scrapped for 2022.



2021 race result:

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2021 Race Highlights

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Edited by Piginapoke on Saturday 30th April 04:43

Edited by Piginapoke on Thursday 5th May 12:00

[Piginapoke]

Good USA GP history lesson from F1: https://youtu.be/tnM0pcwHQ9U

[Piginapoke]

Mark-C said:

HustleRussell said:

It should be a Red Bull circuit, although I believe Ferrari are going to unleash more performance?

The 'best of the rest' battle could be spectacular- Mclarens, Alpines, Mercedes, Bottas?

I've chucked a vote in for Perez on the basis this is a Red Bull circuit and I'd like to see a different name on the top step to mix it up a little bit ... no science involved in that decision making!

Would like to see what the Alpines can do if they don't go bang but that seems unlikely

Last time I tipped Perez it was a disaster! (As this forum often reminds me)

I think though it's not a bad shout, this generation of car is much more to his liking.

[Piginapoke]

No new front wing at least for Merc

[Piginapoke]

Cheers for that- I didn't notice the changes!

In other news, DRS zones now published (3 of them):

[Piginapoke]

The circuit is made for Latifi.

[Piginapoke]

super7 said:

Anyone watch the Circuit Opening on Sky.... with Crofty and the Schiff.... What a lot of st!!!!

How much hype for a such a visually crap place...... unreall!!!

I won't watch anything fronted by those two on principle

[Piginapoke]

Vette_1978 said:

Why is Lewis wearing three watches in the driver press conference?

It’s fashion man, you wouldn’t get it

[Piginapoke]

I think he was making a point about drivers having to remove jewellery (which he won’t do)

[Piginapoke]

Pflanzgarten said:

And under-crackers...

https://the-race.com/formula-1/hamilton-clampdown-...

Who needs fire proof undercrackers?

[Piginapoke]

cgt2 said:

Ricciardo seems quite bouncy but I do fear he's on borrowed time. He really is underperforming compared to Norris

It always strikes me as false bravado

[Piginapoke]

Max looking quick off the bat

[Piginapoke]

No time set from Haas?

[Piginapoke]

I see Latifi is sending it, 5 seconds off the pace

[Piginapoke]

The Vambo said:

Are we going to see how low drag a low drag Merc setup is for the first time this season?

Early days but no pace so far

[Piginapoke]

Ads in live sessions make me sad

[Piginapoke]

Bloody hell Albon!

[Piginapoke]

Sandpit Steve said:

Derek Smith said:

Is there some form of consensus as to whether Merc have made progress and, if so, what have they done? Or is it all down to tyres and ambient temperature?

They have new front and rear wings this weekend, their first real upgrades of the season. The commentators were all pretty much agreeed that they’re on the pace this weekend. One of their engineers was quietly optimistic when interviewed after P1

I’m not so sure. I think the heat helps with tyre warm up, and the smaller wings help with porpoising, which looked to return on high fuel runs. Great job from Russell though

[Piginapoke]

Just watched it, enjoyed the session but disappointed for Albon. Tricky to call the race, think I’ll stick with Max due to the RB top speed.

[Piginapoke]

Smollet said:

Blib said:

So, does anyone know if they can untweak?

I don’t think that’s allowed under parc fermé rules.

That's right, no more tweaking except front wing and tyre pressures.