Max Verstappen praised the Miami Grand Prix after the event’s debut, but has some suggestions to improve the track.
The newly-constructed Miami International Autodrome certainly offered a challenging mix of sections for the drivers including straights, fast, sweeping corners and also a tight and technical section, the approach to the Turn 14-15 chicane proving particularly challenging.
That said, the drivers have not been shy to offer some criticism, the section around that chicane called out by the likes of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon, the latter, like Carlos Sainz, finding the wall at that uphill chicane.
Verstappen was next to provide his feedback, suggesting this second sector should be opened up a bit to make it more suitable for the current Formula 1 cars.
“I think it was an incredible atmosphere,” he told reporters in the press conference after winning the Miami Grand Prix.
“It was really incredibly well organised. Really nice to see that. It’s not easy to put an event on like this. They did an amazing job and I had a lot of fun driving around.
“I think track-wise, we can improve a few areas. But I have to say in the race, I think sector one was quite fun. I think sector two can be maybe a bit…would have been nice if it could have been a bit faster and flowing for an F1 car like we have right now – you know, super-long, heavy, wide. The Turn 14-15 chicane is a bit of a tricky combination.”
Carlos Sainz, who finished P3 in Miami, said successfully negotiating that chicane in a Formula 1 car came down to both luck and skill, but thinks a fairly easy alteration is possible.
“I think it’s a chicane that with this generation of cars that are heavy, wide, just when you go around those two apex kerbs it almost feels like you need a bit of luck to get around it and you sometimes get it on a weird angle and the car bounces a lot, then sometimes you nail it and you gain a tenth or two,” he said.
“It’s a corner that is just a bit…
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