“It’s looking really bad”: F1 drivers and FIA to discuss rain threat to Miami GP – RaceFans

System 1 drivers will meet with the FIA to debate potential modifications to this weekend’s race schedule resulting from rain.

A excessive likelihood of thunderstorms is forecast for Sunday, following two days of heat and dry circumstances on the Miami Worldwide Autodrome.

“There’s a assembly afterward with the FIA to double-check the state of affairs for Sunday as a result of apparently it’s trying actually dangerous,” mentioned Cadillac’s Sergio Perez. “We’ll see if there are any modifications on the schedule for the weekend.”

Native forecasts put the dangers of thunderstorms on Sunday as excessive as 85%. However the menace to the race may come from the amount of rain.

With the storms anticipated to reach later within the day, F1 may select to carry ahead the beginning time for the grand prix. This was carried out for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in 2024, additionally as a result of danger of heavy rain.

The beginning of the dash race in Miami final 12 months was delayed resulting from heavy rain earlier than the beginning. Charles Leclerc crashed his automotive throughout an set up lap because the circumstances worsened.

F1 drivers have little to no expertise of the most recent vehicles in moist circumstances and no rain is forecast earlier than the grand prix. “I don’t suppose many people have pushed these vehicles within the rain earlier than,” mentioned Oscar Piastri, “possibly a few individuals in Barcelona on the shakedown [test].

“However I believe they’re going to be difficult vehicles to drive within the rain simply due to among the quirks that they’ve. Clearly the climate, usually if it rains in Miami it does it correctly, so we’ll wait and see, however yeah, it’ll be attention-grabbing a technique or one other.”

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