Jakarta - Max Verstappen's skill in maintaining tire condition was the key to the Red Bull racer's victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, as well as confirming his position at the top of the Formula 1 standings. The world champion twice started from
P9 following unsatisfactory qualifying results and his position as leader of the standings was threatened by his teammate, Sergio Perez, who became polesitter in Miami to maintain the winning momentum.
Perez, who won in Baku two weeks ago, is one of the road circuit specialist racers who is also an expert at maintaining tire life. These two skills became a crucial capital in the race on the 5.41km track around the Hard Rock Stadium that day.
However, Verstappen applied the right strategy and tire selection so that he only needed 15 laps to advance to P2, trailing Perez who led the race.
Perez, who started on medium tires, made the first pitstop and Verstappen inherited the lead before resting the hard tires he had used for 45 laps in his first stint.
Perez regained the lead but Verstappen, now on new medium tires, easily overtook the Mexican two laps later after exiting the pits and was not overtaken before the two drivers scored a 1-2 finish for Red Bull.
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"Good race. I avoided problems at the start of the race and after that had a clean race, overtaking one car at a time," Verstappen was quoted as saying on the official F1 website.
"Then I was able to last a long time on the hard tyre and that's where I made the difference today.
"In the end, a good fight with Checo. We kept it clean and that's the most important thing."
With that result, Verstappen now leads the standings by 14 points from Perez, and Red Bull, who have swept five wins in five races this season, are 122 points clear of closest rival Aston Martin in constructors.
Meanwhile, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso returned to the podium for the fourth time this season after finishing P3.
Meanwhile, Mercedes got revenge for their poor results in qualifying when George Russell finished P4 ahead of Carlos Sainz's Ferrari and teammate Lewis Hamilton finished P6.
Charles Leclerc, who crashed during qualifying and started P7, finished in the same position on a disappointing day for Ferrari.
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"There are many things that need to be fixed," said the Monaco racer.
"We have a car that feels good under ideal conditions, but as soon as you go it gets complicated. We need a consistent car especially in the races.
"It's a very difficult situation because you can fight in qualifying but then in the race you have to accept being overtaken."
Alpine team duo Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon finished P8 and P9 while Kevin Magussen rounded out the top ten for Haas.
The F1 circus will return to mainland Europe for its sixth series race in Italy in two weeks.
Zohri and Bayu advance to the 2023 SEA Games 2023 final
Phnom Penh - Indonesian sprinters Lalu Muhammad Zohri and Bayu Kertanegara advanced to the men's 200 meter final at the SEA Games XXXII/2023 Cambodia which took place at the Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh, Monday afternoon.
Bayu qualified for the finals after placing fourth in heat 1 in the qualifying session on Monday morning with a record time of 21.32 seconds. While Zohri, who started the race in heat 2, finished second with a time of 21.13 seconds.
With this result, both of them will compete again with six other participants who made it to the final.
The athletes who escaped heat 1 were Soraoat Dapbang from Thailand who recorded 20.74 seconds, Ngoc Nghia Gand from Vietnam with 20.85 seconds, and Muhammad Arsyad Md Saat from Malaysia with 21.26 seconds.
Then in heat 2, the participants who qualified for the final were Puripol Boonson from Thailand who recorded 21.09 seconds, Mark Lee Ren from Singapore with 21.44 seconds, and Jonathan Nyepa from Malaysia who also recorded 21.44 seconds.
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At the 2023 SEA Games, the race order for the sprint number is somewhat unique because it starts with the 200 meter number, the 4x100 meter relay, and finally the 100 meter.
"Interesting, because usually it's 100 meters, 200 meters and finally the relay. Actually this situation has happened and we, the Indonesian team, have prepared ourselves thoroughly. So there is no problem with the race arrangement," Indonesian Men's Sprint Coach Eni Nuraeni told ANTARA.
On this day, a number of Indonesian representatives from athletics competed at the Morodok Techo National Stadium. In addition to the men's 200 meter event, Idan Fauzan from the men's pole vault, Abdul Hafiz from the men's javelin, Agustinus Niken from the women's javelin, Maria Londa from the women's triple jump, and Wahyudi Putra for the men's 1500 meter.
Did Dinesh Karthik make a mockery of the 'obstructing the field' rule? outstanding questions
IPL 2023: It happened that when Dinesh Karthik was batting, he ran in the middle of the pitch in an attempt to steal a quick run, while the bowler caught the ball and threw it but in the middle of the pitch. Karthik was running away.
RCBHad to face defeat in the match against Delhi Capitals. In this match, RCB was defeated by Delhi by 7 wickets. RCB definitely got defeated but during the match such an incident also happened about which the fans are discussing on social media. Actually, it happened that when Dinesh Karthik was batting, he ran in the middle of the pitch in an attempt to steal a quick run, whereas, the bowler caught the ball and threw it but Karthik in the middle of the pitch. While running away, the bowlers failed to hit the stumps, while Delhi captain Warner was furious when Karthik's theft was caught, but Warner objected to Karthik's gesture of 'obstructing the field'. field) did not appeal for out under the rule, due to which the umpire also did not decide to go to the third man in this case. But this gesture of Karthik is being talked about on social media. fans
According to MCC Law 37.1.1 'If any batsman, after the ball is in play, willfully obstructs the work of the fielders of the opposing team or distracts them by his words or actions, then, on appeal, the batsman Can be given out.
Talking about the match, Phil Salt's stormy half-century helped Delhi Capitals keep their hopes of making it to the play-offs alive by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by seven wickets in a one-sided Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Saturday. Kept
Chasing RCB's target of 182, Delhi rode on Salt's 45-ball 87, studded with six sixes and eight fours, in addition to his first-wicket stand of 60 with captain David Warner (22), Mitchell Marsh (26). ) with 59 for the second wicket and a 52-run partnership for the third wicket with Riley Roseau (35 not out in 22 balls, three sixes, one four) won by scoring 187 runs for three wickets with 20 balls to spare.
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