Guido van der Garde: McLaren drivers will be fast again

      In an interview with RacingNews365, former Formula 1 driver Guido van der Garde talked about the favorites of the upcoming weekend.…

      Guido van der Garde: "Miami has high tire wear, but if Red Bull Racing can find the optimal settings, Max will fight for the victory.

      The problem for them is that it's a weekend with a Saturday sprint. In the last two such weekends, the team had difficulties. In Jeddah, Red Bull managed to turn the situation around after three training sessions, but it was a normal weekend. There is no such possibility in Miami – after a single training session, the qualification for the sprint will take place immediately. This schedule makes the sprint weekends a bit unprofitable for Red Bull. Verstappen will certainly be able to fight for the podium, but the McLaren drivers will be very fast again.

      Which one of them will be faster? Lando Norris, I think. He won his first victory here last year. He has a great pace on the course, he's a little faster than Piastri in the race, he just needs to get his act together and make no mistakes. Second place in the individual competition may be his advantage. Instead of being an object for hunting, he has become a hunter again, the pressure has decreased a little and Lando will be able to focus on racing."