Miami mayhem causes F1 to rethink its schedule

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Qualifying for the F1 Miami Grand Prix on Saturday has been delayed due to the chaos during the sprint race. There were smashes for Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc while a heavy downpour caused a delayed start, which has played havoc with the race schedule.

As a knock-on consequence, the FIA have been forced to shift the start of qualifying back 15 minutes to 4:15pm local time. Lando Norris took the victory in the sprint race as he plotted his way through the carnage on the drying track.

Norris, who won this race 12 months ago, hailed his "good luck" in Miami, after capturing the Formula 1 sprint race win thanks to a well-timed safety car.

He said: “My luck in Miami seems pretty good at the minute, so I'm happy. "It's always just difficult, these races, you never know when to box. Do you box early? It paid off for Lewis and he had a good strategy. Or do you stay out later and maybe get the safety car, you know? So it's worked two years in a row.

"I probably would prefer if this happened tomorrow rather than today, but I'll take it. I'm happy. Good job by the team; it was good fun! "

Aston Martin are now in a race against time to have Alonso’s car fixed in time for qualifying. The Spanish driver was hit by Liam Lawson and sent into the barriers doing extensive damage to his car.

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