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Verstappen expects tough Miami F1 race with McLaren's better tyre management

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12 months ago

May 4, 2025

Verstappen expects tough Miami F1 race with McLaren's better tyre management

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is bracing for a difficult Miami Grand Prix despite defeating his McLaren Formula 1 rival Lando Norris to pole position.

Verstappen took his third pole of the season at the Miami International Autodrome on Saturday, defeating Norris by 0.065s and Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli by 0.067s in a thrilling qualifying session – with the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri in fourth.

Previously, Verstappen expertly used his track position at Suzuka to convert a pole into a hard-fought win, while in Saudi Arabia he was penalised for leaving the track at Turns 1-2 to keep Piastri behind, which likely ended up costing him another pole to flag win.

Miami’s 57-lap race is expected to be another one-stop contest which limits strategic options, but with a powerful DRS zone on the back straight, overtaking is not impossible either.

However, Verstappen felt Saturday’s wet-to-dry sprint race showed McLaren’s superior tyre management will still be an important factor, with both Piastri and Norris driving away from the world champion on the intermediates as the track dried up, reminiscent of a similar situation in the Melbourne season-opener.

“I think that overall they are better in the race,” Verstappen told Dutch media including Motorsport.com. “You saw that on intermediates in the rain as well. As soon as those tyres start to overheat, they have a huge advantage. So, then we are all doing something wrong with the tyres, apart from McLaren.

Lando Norris, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

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“What I saw today in the rain was not so great, McLaren was stronger there as well. I think overall they are just a bit better now, so then it’s always going to be a difficult race. But at least we are in front on the grid and hopefully we can make it difficult for them.”

Verstappen also indicated running a higher mileage Honda engine will not help him defend his lead on the straights, admitting it “does quite make a difference this weekend”.

Yet at least Red Bull’s revised floor, which only Verstappen trialled this weekend, appears to have provided the net downforce increase the team had been expecting. But, he felt the true benefit won’t become clear until later in the season due to Miami’s awkward corner profiles.

“On this track it’s always very difficult to really judge something, because everything feels very weird here – both in terms of grip and also the corners are all very weird as well. I think we’ll know more when we go to Imola,” the four-time world champion explained, with Imola being the next stop on the calendar.

“We changed some small things going into qualifying and the car was turning a bit better. That’s positive, but obviously this is still not what we want or where we want to be. But it was actually better than expected.

“Before coming here to Miami, we thought this would be a tricky one with the slow-speed corners and kerbstones that you have to attack. That’s normally not our strongest point.”

Photos from Miami GP – Sprint & Qualifying

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Former Titans GM mock Miami right tackle to the Cleveland Browns at 6

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12 hours ago

April 18, 2026

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Former Titans GM mock Miami right tackle to the Cleveland Browns at 6

The Cleveland Browns traded for an extended right tackle, former Houston Texan Tytus Howard, at the start of free agency as they began their rebuild of the offensive line that was awful in 2025. But Howard has played every position on the offensive line except for center, so if it’s all about getting your best five on the field, which it should be, there’s a chance Howard doesn’t play at right tackle in 2026.

While doing a mock draft on Peter Schrager’s podcast, former Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon had the Browns drafting Miami (FL) right tackle sixth overall. He talked about the issue with Howard, but said Mauigoa could either take over the tackle spot or be a really good guard.

Carthon said he knows that Mauigoa would be one of their best five, whether it is at guard or tackle. Some will say that a guy who may be best at guard isn’t worth the sixth overall pick, and I have to disagree. You should draft the best football players, and Francis Mauigoa is my highest-rated offensive lineman and seventh overall. It might be at guard, but I have a good feeling that Mauigoa will find a home in the NFL as a high-quality offensive lineman.

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Inventory drops for first time since 2023 as sales rebound across coastal Miami, beaches

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2 days ago

April 17, 2026

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Inventory drops for first time since 2023 as sales rebound across coastal Miami, beaches

Inventory of homes and condos across the coastal Miami mainland and Miami Beach and the barrier island markets fell in the first quarter, marking the first big inventory drops since 2023.

The Corcoran Group’s first quarter reports don’t cover all of Miami-Dade County, but they offer insight into how the coastal markets, which have a higher share of luxury properties, are performing.

In Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside, Miami Beach, Fisher Island and Key Biscayne, single-family home inventory dropped 15 percent annually to 398 listings, and condo inventory was down 13 percent to 3,919 listings.

On Miami’s coastal mainland markets, which include Aventura, Miami Shores, Upper East Side, Edgewater, downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, inventory slipped 4 percent to 4,584 condo listings and 555 single-family listings, down 6 percent year-over-year.

Here’s a closer look at the market:

Miami Beach and the barrier islands

Single-family sales rose 13 percent year-over-year to 85 closings, the first time they have increased since the second quarter of 2024. Condo closings rose 15 percent to 693 closings, the first increase since the last quarter of 2024.

Pricing dropped, with the median price of single-family homes down 4 percent to $3.5 million and the median condo price down 9 percent to $640,000. The average price per square foot was nearly flat at $1,119.

Still, buyers set records with their purchases. Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg paid $170 million for the waterfront mansion at 7 Indian Creek Island Road, and Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz paid $44 million, or $7,949 per square foot, for a penthouse at the Four Seasons Residences at The Surf Club.

Coastal mainland

Sales of single-family homes on the coastal mainland rose 16 percent to 220 closings. While markets like Coral Gables experienced declines in condo and single-family home sales, Coconut Grove home sales surged — up over 100 percent for single-family homes to 47 closings and up 55 percent to 87 condo closings. Condo sales rose 13 percent to 759 closings.

The median price of single-family homes across the coastal mainland rose 11 percent to just over $2 million. The median price of condos increased slightly, up 1 percent, to $602,000.

The priciest deals in the first quarter were the $32 million trade of 12 Tahiti Beach Island Road in Coral Gables, and the $19.8 million sale of a penthouse at Vita at Grove Isle.

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