Lucky Sithole
Izibani ziyacisha, umjaho usuqalile kanti uMax Verstappen uyatatazela. Ejikeni lokuqala ngokushesha uvele wahola phambili ama-Ferrari amabili ngokudlula eceleni kukaCarlos Sainz ku-Turn One, eshiya umshayeli we-Ferrari engenakho angakwenza ngaphandle kokuvumela umshayeli we-Red Bull ukuthi adlule. Manje uVerstappen usendaweni yesibili, amehlo akhe agxile kumholi weqembu lama-Ferrari, uCharles Leclerc.
Ngokuphawulekayo, azikho izigameko ezibucayi emlenzeni wokuqala we-Miami Formula One Grand Prix, nakuba uLewis Hamilton ekhononde emsakazweni (njengoba enza) ukuthi uFernando Alonso umthintile esondweni elingemuva kwesokunxele.
Kubonakale kulula kakhulu ngesikhathi uVerstappen edlula uLeclerc ukuze ahole emlenzeni wesishiyagalolunye futhi kubukeke sengathi umdlalo uphelile eqenjini lama-Ferrari.
Ekuqaleni komjaho kwijika lika-56, kubonakale sengathi i-Red Bull yenze isinqumo esifanele, yadela ukubamba emakhoneni aqinile ukuze ivune ijubane lomugqa oqondile. Obekusele ukuthi kubonakale ukuthi amathayi emoto kaVerstappen azoshintshwa kanjan njengoba elinyazwe ukwehla kwamandla.
Ngenkathi uLeclerc ephunyuka futhi eshayela ngesivinini uVerstappen uye walandela, naye ongene endaweni eqinile, futhi lokho kube ukuphela kwalokho.
Kuwubufakazi obumangalisayo bekhono nokuvuthwa kwalaba bashayeli abasebancane okuthathe kwaze kwafika kwi-lap ka-42 ukuze kuvele imoto yezokuphepha. Ukuhlangana kukaLando Norris noPierre Gasly bekusho ukuthi izimoto zihlangene. UCharles Leclerc ube nethuba elincane lokuphinda ahole futhi wadlala ngendlela enomoya omuhle, kodwa uVerstappen wamvimba futhi ubebonakala ekhululekile. Impela bekubonakala sengathi uVerstappen unokuthile akugodlile.
Uma kubhekwa indlela i-Miami Grand Prix eyenzeke ngayo, ayidingi uchwepheshe ukubona ukuthi i-Red Bull ihola phambili (singasho kanjalo) kodwa i-Formula One ingumdlalo wama-fraction. I-Ferrari futhi mhlawumbe ne-Mercedes isengakwazi ukwenza kangcono kakhulu phakathi nesizini ende esalindile.
1 UMax Verstappen (we-Red Bull)
2 UCharles Leclerc (we-Ferrari)
3 UCarlos Sainz (we-Ferrari)
4 USergio Perez (we-Red Bull)
5 UGeorge Russell (we-Mercedes)
6 ULewis Hamilton (we-Mercedes)