The 2022 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix race was unfolding without much emotion, beyond the departure of Fernando Alonso, who rose from 11th to 7th position, with a touch of Lewis Hamilton included, and the overtaking of Max Verstappen about the two Ferraris.
When everything seemed decided in the opening round of the American track, after the halfway point of the race, the two-time Spanish world champion threw himself on the inside of Pierre Gasly in the first corner and touched the Frenchman.
The AlphaTauri car suffered a puncture in one of its tyres, which meant that Gasly was unable to control the AT03 to his liking as he returned to the garage to set up a new set. In the middle of the track, when he met the group in the middle zone, the Frenchman could not avoid contact with the McLaren of Lando Norris, who went directly into the protections.
The young Briton was forced to end his Grand Prix early, and caused the, so far, only safety car of the race, which regrouped the peloton, generating uncertainty due to Sergio Pérez’s pit stops and George Russell, who assembled new middle compounds.
The first accident between Alonso and Gasly ended up being investigated by the FIA stewards, who decided to impose a 5-second penalty on the Spaniard for launching too aggressively.
The Frenchman, for his part, after being the protagonist in the two actions, also ended his participation in the first race in the history of Formula 1 in Miami , so he will not be able to score any points despite the positive classification on Saturday where the two cars of the Faenza team got into Q3.
Thanks to this, the appointment took some emotion in its final turns for a party finale dreamed by the organizers.
