\u201cI understand that there is a meeting later on with the FIA to double-check the scenario for Sunday because apparently, it\u2019s looking really bad. So, we\u2019ll see if there are any changes on the schedule for the weekend,\u201d added Cadillac\u2019s Sergio P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n
The sport\u2019s governing body, the FIA, issued a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are closely monitoring the weather forecast for this weekend,\u201d an FIA spokesperson said. \u201cHaving faced a similar situation last year in Miami with threats of thunderstorms, we have a contingency plan in place and will activate it if needed to minimise disruption to the on-track [program].\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, wet weather on Saturday forced the cancellation of the second F1 Academy race at the Miami Grand Prix, and the F1 Sprint race began in tricky conditions. Charles Leclerc crashed in those conditions ahead of the F1 Sprint race, and did not make the start.<\/p>\n
As of Friday morning, forecasts are calling for showers<\/a> in the morning with heavy thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon, with an 85% chance of rain and up to a half-inch of precipitation during the afternoon:<\/p>\n Complicating matters is the fact that few drivers have operated this year\u2019s machinery in wet conditions, as noted by Piastri. Drivers are still coming to grips with the impact of the new regulations, which were tweaked during the extended break.<\/p>\n Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, the current championship leader, is one of the few drivers who has experienced the new cars in wet conditions. He described that experience as \u201ctricky\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I drove the car when we did the shakedown in Silverstone in the wet and definitely it was very tricky,\u201d said Antonelli.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough now with the changes, they clipped the power to 250 kilowatts for the wet and no boost, so that\u2019s already a step forward in that regard. And definitely I think it\u2019s going to be tricky because there will be a lot of unknown, and obviously we\u2019re also going to be racing if the wet weather presents. But I think also another big topic is that we will need to increase tire blanket [temperatures] for the wet because I think as they are now, probably they will be a bit too low for the conditions.<\/p>\n \u201cSo yeah, it\u2019s going to be interesting to see, tricky, but let\u2019s see. If it\u2019s thunderstorms, like they say, we probably also won\u2019t get under way for quite a bit of time. So, let\u2019s see how that goes,\u201d added Antonelli. \u201cBut definitely it\u2019s going to be very interesting because there\u2019s so much unknown in the wet at the moment, especially no one really used the inter tires, so we don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to feel, how much grip there will be, especially with the new regulation. And I think also one thing with this year\u2019s cars, it\u2019s a bit harder to build temperature with the tyres, so in the wet they might be tricky and that\u2019s why we probably would need to increase tire blanket [temps] in order to make it a bit better and a bit easier on that side. But yeah, let\u2019s see what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n As Antonelli pointed out, ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, the FIA announced that the new boost mode would not be accessible for drivers in wet conditions, like we may see on Sunday.<\/p>\n Regarding what F1 could do to the schedule, the 2024 S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix may be a guide. Ahead of that race, qualifying for the Grand Prix was moved from Saturday to Sunday morning due to severe weather<\/a>, and the start time of the Grand Prix on Sunday was pushed up by 90 minutes<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n With these forecasts, we could see something similar in Miami this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 is finally back after an extended absence, with this weekend\u2019s Miami Grand Prix. But it is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[105588,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-253851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-f1","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-6.52.47AM.png\"\/)
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