A fresh start?

The Miami Grand Prix weekend was really important for Formula 1 and the new regulations. As I write this piece on the flight home, the winner and World Championship leader Kimi Antonelli is sitting across the aisle. ‘Sorry I haven’t had time to shower!’ he smiles.

The combination of champagne-coated success and sweat from the intense Grand Prix in the humidity of the Sunshine State oozes off him. Mercedes may have racked up its fourth win of the season, but it was the first time all year that the top four teams all got in the fight. That, at least, was brilliant to watch.

There was a real buzz to the paddock in Miami. Rewind to the start of the season and I think that everyone was tired after a hard winter and extended pre-season testing. The enforced ‘Spring Break’ gave everyone in the paddock time to pause, reflect, recharge and learn from the first three race weekends. To me it felt like everyone was raring to go.