Rain: the greater equaliser. And, after two laps behind the safety car in Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix sprint race, all 20 drivers – okay, all 19 (sorry Charles) – sat twiddling their thumbs in the pitlane. As equals. Waiting for the rain to subside.
When the race finally got properly started after another two laps following the safety car, the snippets of rain cells that pockmarked the weather radar never really came into play. Instead, it was up to the drivers to apply their own senses of when the circuit was ready for slicks, and to then help their teams make the right calls on when to pit.
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Jake Boxall-Legge
Formula 1
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