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MIAMI—The roar of the crowd echoed throughout Miami Gardens, nearly drowning out the sound of the Formula One cars zipping around the 5.41 km (approximately 3.36-mile) track called the Miami International Autodrome
Max Verstappen seemed to be able to reverse his luck from practice, quickly finding his groove to edge to an easy seven-second lead over Charles Leclerc by mid-race. Meanwhile, the Ferrari star appeared to struggle despite running in the top two spots consistently throughout the afternoon, saying at one point “The car is so difficult to drive,” before pitting for hard tires.