F1 Drivers Requested A Change To The Miami Pit Lane Which Was Ignored

Despite all the hype virtually the newest wing to the F1 calendar, it seems like drivers’ complaints well-nigh various issues with the Miami International Autodrome are what unquestionably made the headlines.

From savage comments well-nigh the track surface – McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo plane likened it to the gravel he’s got on his Australian sublet – to the diamond of the circuit, it sounds like there are a lot of improvements that could be made for when F1 returns next year.

One big talking point of the weekend was the lack of Tecpro barriers at Turn 13 without Esteban Ocon and Carlos Sainz crashed heavily into the touchable wall.

Ocon in the wall. Will be a race versus time to get that car into qualifying now.#MiamiGP #WTF1 pic.twitter.com/bt3T1Eyhyk

Sainz was the first to make a mistake in FP2 and stressed that the FIA should install a Tecpro windbreak at the corner in specimen of future incidents. The request wasn’t fulfilled, and Ocon then crashed at the same place the pursuit day, sustaining a huge 51G impact.

Although Ocon’s Alpine was in pieces and couldn’t compete in qualifying, with Esteban calling it “probably the biggest shunt of my career”, there was still no whoopee from the FIA, and unsurprisingly other drivers were pissed. Lance Stroll plane tabbed the lack of whoopee “ridiculous” and a “joke”.

Well, it turns out that as well as calls for the wing of the barriers, there was moreover a request to tweak part of the pit lane over the weekend, which moreover wasn’t adhered to.

“I don’t know what on earth they’ve washed-up with the Tarmac, but off line it’s awful,” George Russell said without the race on Sunday to media, including The Race. “I scrutinizingly crashed coming into the pitlane.

“We requested to get the pit entry tousle line removed considering we knew that with all the marbles, having to go virtually the outside of the corner, it was going to rationalization a crash.

“So that was a shame not to see that implemented.”

George, who finished the race in fifth, moreover stated that something needed to be washed-up often well-nigh the track surface, branding it as a “safety issue”.

“It’s strange considering every other new Tarmac on these new tracks, with Jeddah, with Melbourne, they often offer really upper grip. Really good racing on and off line. But here, something has gone a bit wrong.”

We’re just glad there weren’t any issues with the pit lane or the windbreak during the race!