Miami GP Live: Ahead of Qualifying and FP3, Miami GP track undergoes major reconstruction: As we all know Miami Grand Prix makes its debut in the Formula 1 calendar for the 2022 season and is now the second race in the United States. But, the track saw some major reconstruction work after having crashes in FP1 and FP2 sessions. Follow Formula 1 and Miami GP Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
The major talking points ahead of the Miami GP were Turn 7 and Turn 17. It was Valtteri Bottas who lost control of his car at Turn 7 and crashed into the barriers which saw the first red flag of the FP1 session. Bottas had damaged the rear end of the car and hence could not compete in FP2.
#MiamiGP #Practice1 #P1 oh #Bottas off track #AlfaRomeo #f1 pic.twitter.com/WzJsSULirD
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Miami GP Live: Ahead of Qualifying Race and FP3, Miami GP track Undergoes MAJOR reconstruction – Check Out
In the other incident in FP2, it was Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz who at Turn 14 lost control of his car and crashed into the wall. He lost control of his car at the exit of Turn 14 and damaged the front left of his car.
#MiamiGP #Practice2 #P2 oh no not again #CarlosSainz #Carlos55 😱🥺 #redflag #Ferrari #f1 pic.twitter.com/TfaCmSpPzE
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Issues with the track surface came to light on Thursday before any legitimate circuit activity, after security vehicle and VIP laps action. Patches of damage showed up at both Turn 17 and Turn 7. But, they were resurfaced on Thursday night before Friday’s FP1 and FP2 sessions.
Meanwhile, on Friday night it was chosen to have a second effort to resurface Turn 17, while likewise embracing some extra work on the exit of the corner, which hadn’t recently been tended to.
In a refreshed form of the race director’s notes given to the teams on Saturday morning, Niels Wittich detailed, “The apex and the exit of turn 17 have been resurfaced.” Meanwhile, the pit entry was also a point of discussion before the weekend.
Miami GP Live: Ahead of Qualifying Race and FP3, Miami GP track Undergoes MAJOR reconstruction – Check Out
The F1 timing circle framework was initially set up with the 80km/h speed limit set after the chicane and toward the beginning of the main pit lane. After track examinations on Thursday Wittich concluded that for wellbeing reasons the beginning of as far as a possible region should be moved back to not long before the chicane, obliging drivers to brake and boil down as far as possible before they endeavoured to turn left.
Meanwhile, there were still worries about well-being and the possibility of a driver hitting the kerbs clumsily and being sent into the pit wall on the left, particularly when on the cutoff in race conditions.
But, it was decided in the driver’s briefing that before Saturday track action, the kerbs should be removed for the safety of the drivers. Race director Neils Wittich said, “The kerbs at pit entry have been removed and been replaced with a bollard at each apex.”
Miami GP Live: Ahead of Qualifying Race and FP3, Miami GP track Undergoes MAJOR reconstruction – Check Out
