Sergio Perez says the Miami GP track surface has so little grip that it felt like he was driving on intermediate tyres. F1
, who set the pace in first practice, reckoned the asphalt left Miami as a “true outlier” and unlike anything else on the calendar.“It's still not performing like any other circuit. So, it's a true outlier here, which is cool in some regards.
Amid complaints over too few overtakes in the opening rounds of the campaign that have left viewers to comment on dull races, drivers have predicted that trend to continue in Miami. At a track where there were 45 passes last season, drivers have pointed to the lack of grip off the racing line and the Pirelli tyres dropping marbles.“You’ve seen with a few people, myself included, you put one wheel off and there's no grip whatsoever.”
Drivers do however expect a strong rate of track evolution and for the grip to improve throughout the weekend, but it currently remains “tricky and nasty”, peradded: “The grip is really quite low on this new circuit.“A lot of sliding for a lot of people and including me, and so lots of overheating of the tyres.
“We're just trying to find that balance that keeps the tyres somehow in the right spot, but they're generally always over the peak of the temperatures.”
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