Radio Rewind | 2025 Miami Grand Prix | Paramount+

It's race day in America. The Formula One World Championship returns to Miami. The drink is not working. I don't know if that's planned or not. How's that weather that you were talking about? Where is it? OK, for now, the cell is not there anymore. So it's disappeared. And here we go. Green flag at the back means it's time to look to the lights in Miami. And the Miami Grand Prix is underway. A good reaction time for the top three. It's Max Verstappen holding the lead, but he locks up. And Lando Norris is going to have the chance to get on the power. The two rivals are side by side. Verstappen threw a defensive shape. Yeah, he forced me off, man. What am I going to do? Just drive into the wall or something? Like, I was completely alongside. Understood. We're reporting. Yeah, but it's common sense there. I'm in the wall. I'm over the fence. I have to back out, because he's going to crush him. I know, mate. It's the only way he seems to drive. And I can tell you that they've looked at it, and they've gone no further action for the drama at the start of the Grand Prix. I don't see the Olympics. Just check for damage front and rear row. Yeah, we're looking at it. Pressure's OK. OK, we might have a puncture here. Jack, let's just be careful here. OK, Jack, puncture, puncture. Can you keep going? Yeah, I got completely hit, mate. OK, tyres are OK for now. We'll keep checking everything. What do you want me to do? OK, Jack, we're going to need to retire the car here, please. Let's try and find a marshal post, and we'll pull off the track. It's a VSC, VSC, so run, switch, save your car, keep it positive. I was in the middle of overtaking, of course. After a great qualifying session, first time he'd out-qualified Pierre Gasly. It comes to nothing. The virtual safety car is ending. Drivers have got to react to this. Gate one, OK, all set. We can use the arrest. This car is off for two seconds. Jimmy Antonelli, junior champion on multiple occasions, but under pressure right now for second place in the Grand Prix. And the championship leader, Oscar Piastri, roars on by and takes second place. And Lando Norris is trying to do the same thing and does so. He's up to P5. George now, car behind at 0.7. Norris, the car behind George. BRS enabled. Are we sure we don't have damage? It's OK on our side. The two Williams have swapped around the order that they started this Grand Prix. And let's see whether they'll be allowed to race. They will. And Carlos Sainz is taking the position back that he lost at the start. So just green 310. If you give me feedback on what you feel, I'll try and help. I shall oath the understeers. Honestly, not really that clear to me. Strat 12 available if you need. This could be epic. And it is. A wide moment for Russell. Open the door for Lando Norris. So let's just focus on the tyres here for a bit now. One way to go. So battery is full, Max. Use it if you need it. The gap is 0.7. My low-speed balance is so bad. I have no entry stability. Copy, Ollie. We'll have some suggestions. So Norris at 0.5. Another position recovered. And Lando Norris is third in the race. He's still a contender in this one. I'm going to get overtaken if you don't help me. Yeah, it's just right toggle and get the entry 4. This is Fernando Alonso and round he goes. Check what happened. Yeah, copy. We're having a look. I mean, I was at 30 kph. Alonso 5 back, OK. Verstappen and Piastri going wheel to wheel again into the first turn of a racetrack. There's no grip around there at the moment for Piastri. At 0.5. Stay on the inside, Max. Make him work for it. Trying to go all the way around the outside. He won't be given room. The door closed in his face. What a scrap for the lead. It's just rude to drive. Understood. We think you could manage plus one on the offset, Max. Max Verstappen positioning the car. But how many corners can he keep this up? The world champion versus the championship leader into the first turn. It's late on the brakes for Max Verstappen. He keeps the lead for the moment. But Piastri powers by and Oskar Piastri takes the lead. OK, good job, Oskar. Good patience. Now we want plan A, target plus five. Brakes are obviously useless. Straight car behind Norris at 0.8. He was sending it in super late to try and hold that inside line. And he was sending it in from offline as well. Expo 8. Yeah, let's go forward, guys. We're compromising the race here. Let's get into our rhythm. We just need some time. Yeah, I'm working on it. I could do with a bit of help from Alex. We know we are obviously up top. Alex has got the call. All right, Alex. We are managing a water pressure issue with you. We need to maintain a gap of at least a second to the car ahead. I'm afraid short term. Oh, that's overtaking. No. OK, good on that. That is Albon going by. And he's got P6 in the order at the moment. You told me he's withdrawn. OK. It's Big Clever. Head down. Look there, 1.2. Big Clever. Max Verstappen in the navy red bull knows that he is struggling with the brakes. He's struggling to keep the mighty McLarens behind. And is it going to be a 1.2? Will it be another late braking move? Again, they're wheel to wheel. Again, there's nothing between them. He was not ahead. All good. I know every move Oscar made, Max just covered the inside line and pushed him wide. And 0.6. Yeah, it's, I mean, everything is just everywhere. It's all over the shop. Max complaining about his brakes. Trying to force him to f*** up his brake. I can't hold it as much longer, the tyres are f***ed. Yeah, copy Max, 0.6. Lando Norris is the closest that he's ever been. And this time he's got the inside line. Lando Norris dives to the inside at turn 11. But he made the move off the road. He went off the track. My tyre could be off the track. So, I need to position back. And Max is nearly into the back of Lando Norris. Extraordinary couple of corners. That was hard to see. I think I was completely ahead. But I don't know if I went off the track or not. He let him go. He let him go because I think he was over track limit. That was the right thing to do. We're going to get it back. As the battle continues down to turn one. If he passes me now, that's illegal. The gap is eight seconds to Oskar Piastri, who has checked out. He's in a different postcode right now. This is surely the moment for Lando Norris to take the place and improve to second position. He does so. He keeps the car on the road as he makes the pass. Strat 7, please. Strat 7. Shock 9, suggested. Shock 9. Stop talking to me while I'm in fricking battle, man. Jeez. I'm in the braking zone. You're talking to me. I'm waiting to recharge. You're doing a great job, man. Pace is still good. We go side by side. Is there enough room? Through 12 and 11. What an overtaking spectacle we've had. And that door was always going to close. Another epic wheel-to-wheel fight. Certainly a great display of racecraft from the two of them. And Hamilton finally gets by. The Ferrari gets past the Haas. Oh, my God. I lost everything. I think you've got a few issues. I lost power steering. Oh, my God. Yeah, copy, Oli. Pull over on the right-hand side. Turn 7, right-hand side. That should be it. Is there anyone coming? Can I cross the track? You're clear. You're clear. Oh, I'm sorry, guys. That's a shame. Okay, VSC deploy, Max. VSC deploy. Dash positive. Dash positive. If Russell pits, he would jump us. Leclerc not. So stay tight to your delta. So it will be box, box. You only lose 11 seconds under the virtual safety car instead of 20. So virtual safety car is ending now. Russell's in the pits. It's a really bad stop for Mercedes, though. Okay, strap 5, 12, 13. So you've got Verstappen alongside. So he'll be ahead of Max on exit. Overtake available. Max Verstappen has been jumped by George Russell. And the timing of the virtual safety car, absolutely crucial. Russell up to P3. As close to the delta as possible. Leclerc will pit under VSC. He will come out ahead, no? Safety car ending. Restart. Exit of turn 17. Go race now. Get ready for restart. All the pace you can. Right look there, up. Right look there, up. Go race. Go race. Green, green, green, green. Go race. The green switch should help Temps. I don't need Temps. Here we go with Antonelli and Alex Albon. Williams having an incredible day out there. It might be about to get even better right now. Albon trying to get through. He allows Antonelli to go deep. And he takes the position away. Nice job. Get more energy. As Sainz gets partial Leclerc at turn number one as well. Williams having a dream couple of corners. So do your pace. Leclerc, 0.7. Do your pace. OK, Gabi. We want to stop the car. We want to stop the car. We cannot make it to the pit lane. We want to stop the track in a safe place. All right, I'm switching off. Virtual Safety Car is out again. Second power unit retirement in a matter of laps, really. Everyone has stopped, right? Yeah. Guys, I don't know. Just last lap medium. How long to go? Why are you so slow today? We are not slow. Just watch your delta before the restart. We'll be just gate one. 25 laps to go when you cross the line. ESC ending. Go race. Go race. Green, green, green, green. You have energy. You have energy. The green flag will fly once again at Miami International Autodrome. And Carlos Sainz, who passed the Ferrari a couple of laps ago, will be under big pressure. Will he be given room? He'll have to be given room. And Hamilton will try and pick up the pieces if they get much closer. This is super tight between the Williams and the Ferrari. But the DRS belongs to Charles Leclerc and the corner. Oh, Hamilton's going to get both of them. No, just through on Carlos Sainz. Hamilton 0.7 behind with DRS. How far can you go ahead of Charles? I'm just pulling up my tyres with my tape. Understood. Antonelli's six seconds ahead of Sainz. You know what you just did here? Salt the whole race. I'll come back to you. Antonelli lap time 30.8 ahead. Want to keep the DRS to Charles? Go ahead like this. Sainz behind 1.5. You guys... This is not good teamwork, that's all I'm going to say. We swapped the cars in turn 17. To give Hamilton a chance on medium. In China, I got out of the way when you were on the differential. Understood. We swapped the cars in turn 17. Have a tea break while you're at it. Come on. And Hamilton is going through. Charles Leclerc told to swap the positions. And we can now see what Hamilton can unleash on the mediums. Oh, that's stupid. I didn't know Carlos was that close. Antonelli lap time 31.4. 31.1. I've just used up my tyres. I need Luis to go faster. I've just got dirt here now. Antonelli 31.3. Hamilton here 31.1. Let me know when I'm losing time. Antonelli lap time 31.7. Last lap. Can't catch him. Ferrari, the management having an absolute headache here. Leclerc now in exactly the position that Hamilton was. Chasing, stuck in the DRS zone, wanting the team orders. So if you gave it to Hamilton, you think maybe you give it back to Leclerc. But then you're just wasting overall race time. It's not easy. Are we coming back on Antonelli? We are, but quite slowly. Gap ahead. 2.8. How much faster could you go in 3A? I have no idea. I have no idea. So they look up and they can see Antonelli. They can see Albon. That's 5th position, but it's a long hold straight. And they're certainly not going to get to Albon at the end of this race. And the way they're going, I don't think they're going to get to Antonelli either. And we will swap the cars in Turn 11 now. So Luis was not informed. He's been informed now. We will swap the cars in Turn 17. Are we going to swap the car in 17? So you don't think I'm going to catch up or what? Yes. We'll try again next lap. It's OK. It's OK. Now, we are seeing Antonelli. Let's try to get him. Otherwise, we are going to lose more time than anything. Then we discuss after the race. We've asked Luis to swap in 11. Charles Leclerc's go now. Up to P7, he goes. Luis Hamilton was given the chance to fight. And now, it's the man from Monaco's turn. You can go back in shock 6. And science 1.4 behind. Oscar Piastri wins the Miami Grand Prix. Three Grand Prix victories in a row. It's a 1-2 for the team. Well done, Oscar. Great job. Pick up rubber and recharge on. Great job. Great afternoon. Really smooth. Pace was phenomenal. Nicely done. I've just realized that I need to try and do it pretty when I pull up. I'm regretting making that bet now. You've had tuition though, Oscar, so rather you than me. Timing the virtual safety car crucial. But Russell converts and he beats Max Verstappen to the line. Very well managed. Good job. Sorry, I've been a bit **** this weekend. But glad to make up today. You've got another early exit last corner. And we're racing all the way to the end. The former Ferrari man and the man who replaced him. Banging wheels in the final corners. He moved a bit under brake in there. I don't know if that is legal. He completely moved left when I went left. It's Oscar in 2025. Taking home the largest trophy on Sunday. And it's celebrations for McLaren once again.