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Saturday in Miami saw the F1 Academy top eight reverse grid race with Emma

Felbermayer on pole position. But it was fifth place Della Lloyd who made

contact going into the first turn and ended her race. Others had troubles

Felbermayer was working hard to stay up front.

Series leader Maya Verg was also moving up the order. But the main rival,

Dorianne Tan.

had a really good time and would go on to take the win. Contact between Chloe

Kong and Joanne Chikoté towards the end, but it was celebration time for

Dorianne Pan taking her second win of the season.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of F1 Academy.

as we prepare for the second race in Miami. And the rain has just started

falling to make life a little more tricky. I'm Ben Edwards, looking forward

commentating on another 13 -lap race around the Miami International Autodrome

Miami Gardens. The 3 .4 -mile, 5 .4 -kilometer street -style circuit with a

couple of long, flat -out sections that lead into overtaking, particularly into

turns 11 and 17.

But it's also easy to clip curbs too hard in the latter part of the section.

two with the narrow twisty corners leading on to the main straight.

Challenging layout that was mastered superbly last year in F1 Academy by the

reigning champion, Abby Pulling. And Abby is with us this weekend. Abby, the

grid today is in full qualifying order. And of course, in qualifying, we had a

similar situation where it was dry initially and got wet. And now, as

been sitting on the grid, it was dry, but now it's wet.

Yeah, I have to say I'm really happy to be sat in my warm, dry comms box at the

moment, looking out on the drivers on the grid.

Yeah, it's tricky conditions to start this race. Of course, they had a taste

it in qualifying, but going to the grid on slick tyres, having to change it to

the wet as the rains come down, not an easy way for them to start the race

Dorianne Pan, you're looking at the winner yesterday. So she's starting

There is the championship leader who's ahead of her by just one point, Maya

Verg. But she started down in tenth because she didn't get a clear... lat on

dry surface that we had at the start of qualifying so that made it very very

tricky so that was a challenge as we listen in to our top three

So the starting grid, it is like this. Ava Dobson starting at the back in 18th

place. Chloe Chong with a penalty. She starts in 17th. They both actually had

penalties from yesterday.

Ava Anagnostiadis starting in 16th. Joanne Sacconte, who had that normal

with contact.

So she's starting down near the back from qualifying.

Nicole Huffreder starting 14th. Nina Gaidman starting in 13th. She did a

job from 13th to finish 5th. Alba Larson starting in 12th place. And Courtney

Crone starting in 7th place. She finished 9th in... race one. There's

So she managed to get up to fourth from tenth yesterday.

Tina Hausman is starting alongside at ninth on the grid. Emma Felbermayer, who

was on pole yesterday with the reverse grid, she now starts eighth. Ella Lloyd,

who had that accident, she starts seventh. But keep an eye on her. She's

rapid. Rafaela Ferreira starting in sixth place.

Aurelia Nobels having a much better weekend so far. She's starting in fifth.

Leah Block also, who's been at the back of the grid for previous races until we

came to Miami. She starts fourth.

Dorianne Pan in third, looking for a second win this weekend. Alicia

starts second, but it's Chloe Chambers who starts from pole position here today

after putting in the fastest lap in qualifying.

The American herself, so a home surface in a way for her, the 20 -year -old

Chloe Chambers. And, Abby, we've got...

The Campos team having a 1 -2 on the grid for their first time. Red Bull

backing, of course, for the two Campos drivers, Chloe Chambers and Alicia

Patmoski on that front row.

They're in the best position possible, especially since it will be behind the

four formation car, behind the safety car for the formation lap. It's going to

mean that they can really, really control the race from there. But they'll

the first ones going through, so they will see the standing water for the

time. It's actually quite a big vulnerability and it can be a lot of

because you don't know. what's coming if you see cars flying off in front of you

you know that there's you've got to be a bit more careful whereas they're going

in for the first time yeah it can be so tricky at least they're going to get a

little bit of experience behind the safety car to try and understand what's

going on then we noticed that there is also a starting procedure infringement

For Ella Lloyd, that's a bit of a disappointment.

We will see the safety car taking them away then for this initial formation

And for Ella Lloyd, I don't quite know what has happened with the starting

procedure infringement, but whether she's going to get a pouncey again, that

would be a great shame because she's having a bit of a tough time this

despite having great performance and having had a win already this year.

Yeah, really, really not a great way to start this race. Wanting a bit of

redemption after yesterday being out on the first corner. But it sounds like it

could potentially be a pit lane start for her with this infringement to kind

go to the clerk and say, look, we did what we could, but we'll have to see.

OK, well, we shall check that out in a moment or two. But Ella Lloyd, who is...

Starting from seventh place on the grid, having picked up a bit of a penalty.

Of course, our top three drivers on the grid. That's what we want to hear from

them now as we prepare for this second race. We're going to hear from all the

top three, beginning with yesterday's winner, Dorian Pan.

to win again and to take a good start.

We have the pace.

We knew it because our FP was positive for us. So I think we have the pace to

win. So we're going to fight for it and try to get back the position.

A great result for the team being 1 -2. It'd be great if we can also finish 1

-2. That'd obviously be the aim.

I think it's going to be challenging.

Again, another question mark with the weather. We don't know if it's going to

dry tomorrow.

I know there is some rain forecast again, when that's going to come. I

trust the radar anymore because it didn't get it right today. So we'll see,

hopefully we can deliver some good championship points.

For me, obviously, the goal is to win. I would love to get my first win of the

season at my home race in Miami.

I love this track, had some really good results here last year, so kind of

trying to do one better and get my first win of the season.

Well, let's see whether Chloe Chambers can get the win. But as Dmitry Parmovsky

was saying, the weather a bit unpredictable.

And, Abby, it's got even wetter again, hasn't it?

Yeah, the rain is really coming down now, actually. And this last sector is

worst, I think, it is around the whole circuit.

And as we get the radio off.

So there is a very large cell below us approaching the circuit. So more rain is

expected. OK.

Yeah, well, it is mega rain right now.

But we shall see whether they're going to be released or whether they're going

to have to follow the safety car for a little bit longer.

Dorian Pan took her fifth ever win in F1 Academy yesterday and the first driver

to take two wins this year. So five in total, that is, from last year and this

year. Not quite up to your level yet, Abby. You're on nine wins total in F1

Academy. But Dorian Pan, who is... Oh, and oh dear, oh dear, we've got a...

A spin already for Emma Felbermayer. And it looks as though the car's okay. It

doesn't look as though she's made contact with the wall.

So that's not ideal.

Just showing how tough these conditions are. The rain has really come down. And

we saw this actually yesterday in the Formula One sprint race. So with Charles

Leclerc on the formation lap having a little incident. So very easily done

with the unpredictable conditions. Going in a bit blind, wanting to make the

best of the situation.

But yeah, that'll be tough for Emma.

OK, well, we shall check that. And Susie Wolfe is also on the phone right now

just to keep a check on what the plan is, no doubt, for the plans starting

race. Let's listen in.

I can't see the car ahead. That's how bad the visibility is.

Yeah, and that is a worry, of course, when you've got this much rain and so

water. And there we've got the on -board view, Abby. And, I mean, it's very

tricky out there at the moment, isn't it?

We saw, actually, going down to the last corner, the spray. We couldn't even see

any of the cars. It is really tough at the moment.

And, I mean, as a driver at this point in time, you've got to expect it could

start any moment, even though now we're seeing the American Express car of

Nicole Havrida going off at turn seven. But you've got to be getting as much

temperature into the tyres as possible if they do start this race, which I

we're going to see. going to be maybe potentially a bit more delayed uh you

to get the temperature in into the brakes into the core of that tire so

you're as best prepared going on to the first lap making sure you've got the

most grip out of all the drivers out on track yeah absolutely right it is a very

tricky situation but this rain coming in and out in miami gardens here it may

well ease off for a little while.

Let's take a look at some of the replays of what has been going on, even behind

safety car.

It's so easy to make a mistake when the conditions are like this. And you can

see the vision for us is hard enough.

And that was when Emma Felbermayer went wrong.

And, yeah, she's not the only one. Oh, my goodness, Ella Lloyd there as well.

Synchronised donuts there in the last corner.

I think it just looks like there was a bit of sighted going into the braking

zone, maybe didn't know where they were. And also we're braking on the dry line,

which... But at the end of the weekend here, we've got a lot of rubber put down

from the Formula 1 cars.

And it's the worst place you want to be. You want to be off that rubber line.

It's going to be really slippy as we see Nicole Havrida demonstrate perfectly

how you can go wrong and get unstuck.

Yeah, it's just showing how easy it is. Even though they are on the wet tyres in

these F1 Academy cars right now, it is proving to be very, very tricky.

I wonder why they're all quite so close to the back of the safety car. I think

they'd be better off with a boat and an oar at this point. To be honest, Ben,

it's not looking like we're going to get started anytime soon with these

conditions. It's just getting worse and worse. It's sat here at the comms box at

the start of the pit straight. It's still coming down really, really heavy

the spray as they're coming past. is quite significant.

And look at that. This is a great view, actually, because look at the amount of

water that is being thrown up by the safety car, by the single feeters as

It is a huge amount of water being chucked up at this stage. So it just

you how heavy the rain has been because this only started about less than half

an hour ago, didn't it? So it was dry and then suddenly it's come down as they

were sitting on the grid.

And from the overhead shots, you can see it's like wading through the water.

They're just displacing it. And these wets, there's a point where it can only

take so much water. And that's where we get the aquaplaning that we've seen

again, like we saw in the sprint race. Lots of aquaplaning on the formation

And, yeah, I'm going to say I think probably the drivers will be feeling

bit and pushing at full pelt here.

There will be...

they'll be aquaplaning off and it'll be discomfortable at no fault of their own.

They become a passenger at that point.

We see going into Turn 4, it just looks like a bit of a lake is forming.

Absolutely. I mean, I think if this was the Grand Prix, which of course is

coming up later on today, there would be the same pause. I don't think they

would be letting them race yet, would they?

No, no, exactly.

They wouldn't. This is really tough conditions.

And as a driver, I would probably be saying, as the girls were on the radio

saying, it's a bit too sketchy right now to be going. I mean, if I was Maya

Vogue, I'd have been rubbing my hands, grinning ear to ear on the grid, knowing

that it's going to be tricky conditions and it's a perfect opportunity to move

forward. But at this point, she's not even going to be able to start the race

this point in time. Absolutely. I mean, as you say, Maya Vogue, she's the

champion. championship leader by one point. She's tenth on the grid because

disqualifying because it rained.

Very early in qualifying, she wasn't on a clear lap when they first went out.

She was a bit further down the order. She couldn't get a clear lap in to

represent just how fast she can be. So she is down in 10th place. And if you're

that far sort of midfield in the grid when you've got this much water about,

it's really just survival. It's trying to see where you're going. It's just

trying to get through these sections when you can't quite make out where you

exactly almost.

And that would be, as you say, a very difficult one for her. She's in that

group. safe at the moment I think. Let's just see who else has been off the

road.

Keep an eye... Oh, it was... Oh, gosh, it was Felbermeyer again, wasn't it?

Yeah, and this is turn 18, actually, so this is a corner that is flat out in the

dry. It should be perfectly easy, but on the apex, it's a tiny bit cambered, and

there's standing water, and it is literally directly in front of me, so

amazed that I missed that one.

It seems like they're just aquaplaning, even going at 10 % of their racing

speed, so it's no fault of the drivers, it is just the conditions out there

are...

impossible at this point in time. They are very, very tricky, as you say. Let's

listen in to Palmofsky's radio.

Yeah, I'm complaining. It's getting worse and worse.

I'm all up for a wet race. I really like racing in the rain, but I think there's

too much here.

Yeah, I can understand that from Alisa Palmosky. She's a very competent racer.

She's done very well in the GB4 series last year, won the opener at Alton Park.

She had three wins in total, won Alton, a couple of Snekton as well last year,

and she was runner -up in the championship.

And so, yeah, she's obviously happy racing in the wet, but this is another

story, isn't it, completely?

Yeah, really mature radio message there from Alicia.

She's a British driver. Of course, we experience the wet conditions quite a

in the UK. But yeah, I mean, she's the driver. She's out on track. She knows

what she's seeing and feeling. And if she's saying it's a little bit too much,

especially with the confidence she has in the wet, that's going to be quite

telling.

There's been a text from... Let's have a look at what Ferreira's been talking

about. Bigger showers coming, they're being told. Oh, my goodness. So that's

going to make it very tricky. Abi, how many wet races have you competed in in

Formula Academy?

I don't actually think I've done any wet races in F1 Academy. I think this would

probably be one of the first, especially the first on the Formula 1 package

following F1 on their Grand Prix.

It means that some of these girls maybe haven't experienced wet racing before,

and it's their first time in these conditions, especially wheel -to -wheel

each other. And it is quite nerve -wracking going into Turn 1 or into a

braking point, not being able to see it, and it's incited with all the spray.

You're almost going in blind as we go on board with Myru. We can't even see the

car ahead.

And these cars are even nervous, actually, on the straight there,

following the lines of the other cars.

where they're displacing the water.

These cars, they have rain lights on the back, still wobbling on the straight

there, but you can't see it. The rain light isn't visible to Maya, so it's

really not the ideal situation.

I mean, if they're going quite steady at this time behind the safety cars, if

they were going up to full speed and heading down at the end of straights and

trying to get the braking right, it would just be a really dangerous

right now. So at the moment...

We are still behind the safety car.

And, yeah, raining much more now.

Maverick getting that comment as well. You're on board with Maverick with the

Ferrari backing.

for her championship this year, leading the points by just that one point,

missing out a bit yesterday.

It's the first time yesterday, wasn't it, that she hasn't had a podium, but

nonetheless, to get to fourth, having started tenth, it was a good effort.

Exactly. I've been speaking to Maya throughout the weekend, actually, behind

scenes, and it's just about damage limitation.

What makes champions is making the most out of a bad situation.

I'm actually stood here in the commentary box, Ben, and I'm not going

this is the heaviest the rain has been all the time. You can see the wind

blowing the water over. Over the start finish here, what I can see in it is I

almost would expect these cars to come to a stop pretty soon as it is not

looking like this will get any better any time soon.

Yeah, that's right. It must be actually pretty challenging just to keep on going

around behind the safety car at this rather slow pace in this very, very

rain. And as you can see, the amount of water now running around the track.

And the lack of vision that they have as they're following other cars, it really

is very difficult.

We've had a few spin -off, even at these fairly slow speeds.

Thankfully, no car's actually damaged yet.

Yeah, you can't go racing in this.

I'm amazed they've not stopped, to be honest. I think they've maybe let it go

lap too long.

It's now getting to the point where we're getting a bit silly here.

Well, it does. It makes you wonder. You can see just how much water is sitting

down on this track surface. And I bet you that all the F1 teams will actually

looking at this.

I mean, obviously, F1 teams support drivers in this. All of the Formula 1

have a driver backed up in Formula 1 Academy.

But bear in mind that the F1 teams will be looking at this thinking, my

goodness, how's the Grand Prix going to go for a bit later on today when they're

watching this? And they will be watching all the footage, I'm sure.

just to try and understand where the wettest parts are, that sort of thing.

Yeah, this Florida weather is not giving up. It is really, really hammering it

down now, and it's getting really bad. But,

yeah, maybe we'll see if they decide.

It's still going to get heavier than this on the run at Leicester.

OK, well, they're saying it's still going to get heavier. So, well, at the

moment, they're just running these formation laps. They're just behind the

safety car. I mean, it's steady enough. It's slow enough that they're not

getting into trouble.

They are coping with it fine.

Look at the pictures, amazing pictures of this rain falling down and the teams

trying to huddle in, trying to keep undercover.

I mean, you know, it's tricky. It is tricky, but they are all they're all

staying out there. That's fine.

But the question is, can they possibly get this race going with the rain coming

down even heavier at the moment? And they are burning up some fuel, not a

But, of course, you know, Abby, when you go out, the teams work very hard on

making sure the right amount of fuel will be in the car for the race itself.

was due to be a 13 -lap race.

You use less fuel in the wet, obviously, than you do in the dry. But they're

still using some now.

Yeah, they would have accounted for it being a dry race, although you would be

amazed, looking at the pictures now, that that's what they thought it was

to be.

Yeah, and like you said, they use less fuel, so for the teams, they'll be

that it'll all be fine. I think it'll be amazing if we get anyone running out of

fuel or anything like that at the speed that we're going at.

And as we hear from Chloe Chong... Getting a nice cold

plunger. It's like going to the beach, except you're in a car.

That's a bit like you were saying earlier, yes.

It's more like going sailing, really, isn't it? But we shall see if they

to actually get out there and go racing in these very, very tricky conditions.

And just look at the amount of water around this surface in Miami.

And of all places, you know, Miami.

Beautiful part of the world, but it is the time of year. Right, starting

procedure is suspended.

That is not a huge surprise.

Red flags now, so they will be presumably brought back.

to either the grid or the pit lane because it does make sense to just bring

to a halt for the moment, doesn't it? Yeah, they look practically underwater

going down that back straight there. But I know for a fact, speaking to Leah,

that she's going to be disappointed with that. Leah, obviously, a past in rally

driving. She was really keen. She absolutely loves the rain, as she's told

So, yeah, probably a few disappointed drivers out there wanting to get going.

as they're making their way now into the pit lane.

Yeah, absolutely.

As you say, Leah Block, daughter of the great late Ken Block, who was a great

rally driver as well, and she started off with rallying in her career.

So she would, in some ways, love the ability to go racing in the wet, but I

think any of them would be thinking this is just...

crazy out here at the moment so they have brought them all back in to the pit

lane taking it nice and steady at least the cars are all in one piece at this

stage and uh there were a few spins but i don't think anybody actually did any

damage to the cars when they were behind the safety car so there's going to be a

little bit of a pause here it's crazy i am like in this car

Yeah, I'm not surprised that Courtney Crone, the 24 -year -old American, one

the four Americans competing in the F1 Academy this weekend because we've got

the fourth of wildcard, Ayla Dobson, who's starting from the back of the

But at least they've got some umbrellas now so that they can hopefully try and

stay a little dry. Because it's always worse, actually, when you're stationary,

isn't it, when it's raining and you're sitting in the single -seater?

Yeah, you're sat in all the water and it gets cold and you start shivering. It's

not a nice feeling.

Yeah, getting them umbrellas to the drivers as quickly as possible, trying

get them as comfortable as possible as we see the teams trenching their way

the pit lane there.

Yeah, so this really is a tricky time for F1 Academy wanting to get their

race underway. We've just been given an estimated race start of a time that is

just about nine minutes away from where we are now, nine to ten minutes gap. So,

I mean, it makes sense. They've basically put out the ten -minute gap

that. to consider it again, and then they can always put it on a bit further

the rain continues to drop quite so heavily. But I think that really was a

heavy section of rain just then. They had to bring the cars back in. Mayerberg

starting from 10th place with MP Motorsport, of course. Each of these

teams, there are six teams running three drivers each.

MP Motorsport, any good one? Listen to Gaben.

I'm so cold right now. I'm so cold.

Yeah, I can quite understand that for Nina Gaidman.

I think they're all going to be feeling very cold and very wet in those cars,

aren't they?

Yeah, exactly what I was mentioning. When you're just sat stationary in,

basically, as Chloe said, a cold plunge.

But I think the thing to remember with this now, as it's been red -flagged, is

the drivers that had their little excursions on the...

on the formation lap that kept going for quite some time, they can probably find

their position again once we get going, which will be important for them. Ella

and Emma Felbermeyer will be very happy about that.

Yeah, that's true. That is true.

Tire pressure checks going on at the moment. As we said, there you are,

at a local time, 1 .31, which means, in theory, in about seven or eight minutes.

But we shall wait and see if that stays that. They may just keep pushing it a

little further forward. Looking at the number 27 car, Chloe Chong there, as we

were hearing from Chloe. She had a bit of a mishap yesterday.

She was in the middle of three cars.

Actually, there was contact made.

She actually got the penalty. So she lost a couple of places on the grid for

this race. But this race is not getting underway just yet. The other Chloe,

Chloe Chambers, there she is. She's the one starting, in theory, from pole

position. Still looking for that first win this year, despite having had a

of podium finishes.

She's had her fourth podium with that result she got yesterday for this year.

But no wins this year, but she did have a win last year in Spain. So she's

totally capable when you're chasing in a championship.

And remember, you're only allowed to do two full years in F1 Academy. If you're

a wildcard entry, then you might do that another year, but two full years.

It's still raining quite a bit, but the rain should stop in a few minutes and

then no more rain is expected.

Well, that's good to hear. And Dorianne Pant being told that she is due to start

from third place in the Mercedes -Benz back car with the Prima team.

And so it's the Prima team that are telling her what's going on. And already

does look as though that rain is just beginning to ease off a little bit

compared to where it was a few minutes ago, Abby.

It's definitely slowing down, but it is still coming down, as you can see on the

live pictures there.

Not stopping at the moment, but hopefully through the radio message that

heard there from the teams, they seem to think it's slowing down. But actually,

this race makes me reminisce a little bit about Zandvoort last year.

We had a similar situation where all the drivers were going up to the grid and

then all of a sudden monsoon conditions come out of nowhere. And obviously that

race then got postponed.

to the next day let's hope that this doesn't fall to the same fate and we can

get going soon well that's a very good point and of course in America we're in

America for a lot of the oval racing that goes on they do get promoted even

things like the Indy 500 can sometimes race on a Monday when it's raining on a

Sunday but I don't think that's going to happen here I don't think they're going

to get a chance to race on Monday in Miami so let's just hope that the rain

ease off but as you say looking at these pictures it's not easing off very much

yet it's still raining hard and you can see the depth of the puddles

particularly just off the road off the track there and that is it's a little

dangerous to have that situation so surely it's going to be a few more

before we can possibly get this this race going abby as we're on the actual

the the behind camera footage of uh chloe chambers she's deciding to make a

change to that rear wing it looks like probably putting on a higher downforce

setting so if we do get back underway she's got a bit more grip a bit more

confidence underneath her especially in them braking zones where it's it's all

rubbered in they've got no confidence around the the miami circuit with with

the grip levels that's a very good point and

That does make a difference. There's no doubt about that. Absolutely.

Well, Alba Larsson, number 12, she is starting down in 12th place. She's had a

good start to the season, but a bit more tricky here in Miami. She was speaking

earlier to our crew. Let's have a listen to her.

I'm from Denmark, so, you know, it rains a lot.

time on a street circuit, it wouldn't be so nice.

Yeah, we'll see.

Yes, well, that was Alba Larsen telling us that she's quite used to wet

conditions competing in Denmark, as she has done. She's one of two 16 -year

-olds in this series, so she is very much one of the youngest, but she's been

putting in some impressive performances so far this season. It's just that this

one hasn't worked quite so well. She finished 11th yesterday. That is her

finish so far this season. She's been in the points on four occasions.

And she's fifth in the championship, which is very, very impressive, Alba

Larson. But clearly, there's no testing here at Miami. So, Abby, at the previous

two events that we've had in China and at Jeddah, they got a lot of testing to

learn the circuits first. But here, of course, at Miami, it's just coming along

for free practice to learn it.

Of course, Shanghai and Jeddah, there was three days that the girls had to get

to grips with the track. So they arrive at the race weekend feeling prepared,

feeling ready and know exactly where they need to put the car. Whereas this

quite a unique weekend where they actually did have an extra free

which was nice. They had an FP1 and FP2, both 40 minutes long. But they didn't

have the time to come here and test. And I don't think it's even the tracks

available to test. It is a street circuit.

With that, they've got to turn up and be as best prepared. Do the preparations

with the race team on the simulator to as many notes as possible so they feel

like they've turned up and they've already driven the track and already

wheel, although they wouldn't have, as we see. Shots of the fans obviously

loving it here in Miami. The weather obviously not the greatest for them, but

still sticking it in the grandstands with all their ponchos on. Oh, we've

seen. Race will not start.

Oh, my goodness.

That is so disappointing to hear but because of the weather conditions and

in mind there are other races that are due to be run here today and of course

particularly the Grand Prix has to be on time but that news has just come out to

us, Abi.

I will say, Maya Vogue, this really helps her out. Dorianne was in a really

great place, as well as Chloe Chambers, to move up in the championship.

And for Maya, this is probably one of the better situations she can have. She

can maintain that championship lead of the one point she has ahead of Dorianne.

Susie Wolfe, the boss of F1 Academy, a great racer herself, of course, but I

think she's obviously totally understanding what decision has been

We do understand it because the conditions are just too wet for them to

out racing for a while. And yet the schedule of the day continues and there

be other racing going on and it has to run on time for the Grand Prix coming up

later. It does mean that today's events all the way through could be

fascinating. It is a shame. I do feel for all of the F1 Academy drivers not

getting this second run. But as you say, in terms of the championship for

Meyerberg, it is maybe... a sense of relief that she's going to be able to

away not starting this one intense place.

So, well, Abby, it is a strange one, isn't it? But that's the way it goes

sometimes and they're all just going to have to cope with it.

Yeah, I'm just hoping that all the drivers, after they've been sat wet in

cars and with all the rain that's come down, they can dry up and go get in

of a heater, hopefully.

Absolutely, yes. Go and try and dry out a little bit and get yourselves sorted

out. But, yes, it has really been a bit of a shame, a bit of a challenge for

them. The next event that they will be competing at is actually going to be in

Montreal. So they'll be supporting the Canadian Grand Prix in a few weeks.

time and that is actually later in june mid june when they're going to be racing

in montreal and that one of course will be another it's another street track

very slightly different type of nature to this one, that's when they will be

focusing. I have to say that this image that we have at Miami, we often see it

on camera, is a bit of a joke. It's not a real car in water. But actually, that

is very much what it's all about today, isn't it?

Yeah, it's very poetic, that is, this shot of the car on top of the

fountain as we see the podium where the drivers potentially could have been.

But unfortunately, as we see, the race won't. It won't start again.

No, it won't. So it won't change how things have settled in terms of the

championship, therefore, going into the next round. So Maya Verg will still be

the leader from Dorian Pan, who you're looking at right now, having a

conversation with her team. She is one point.

behind, so Maverick on 64 points, Dorian Pant on 63 that is how they're going to

end this event in Miami, Chloe Chambers is third in the series and yeah

well I have to do feel for Leah Block here because Leah Block finally got her

best, a really good qualifying position Abby, she was down at the back for the

first two events and now she hasn't got this chance to make the most of it No,

and I know how much she loves the rain there. We see Giorgio Conte also really

frustrated. They all seem a little bit ejected, and they seem like they really,

really wanted to race, but it just wasn't safe enough at that time. And, of

course, you've got a schedule to run to, so it will mean that they'll have to go

back and really, really...

There's nothing they could do about it. It is what it is at the end of the day,

the rain here. It was just too much. Yeah, too wet, unfortunately.

So just quickly going through the rest of the positions at the moment. Alicia

Palmosky, who was due to start on the front row, she is currently fourth in

championship.

Alba Larsson, who had a bit more of a tough time, as we mentioned.

here this weekend in terms of qualifying.

She's fifth, Ella Lloyd sixth.

And Ella, it's been a bit of a tough weekend as well. She probably won't mind

too much, actually, that the second race has ended a bit early, effectively,

without happening. There is Meyerberg then. She's helping the team just get

car back.

She is still leading the championship.

But, Abby, it still looks like we're going to have a wonderful battle with

with Dorianne Pan, with Chloe Chambers, and maybe one or two others as well

going through the rest of this season.

It is really tight at the top of the sheets as well, and it's actually...

Also, I'm really excited about the rookie battle as we see Alba Larsson,

the drivers I'm about to mention.

She's P5 in the championship on 28 points and Alicia Pomowski ahead of her

44. So that rookie battle as well is really interesting to see and they'll be

wanting to go forward to Montreal, which also Montreal could potentially be

where it loves to reign there. So, yeah, it's really close up and down the whole

series.

Definitely.

So, unfortunately, we will not be seeing a second race here in Miami.

But thank you, Abby, for joining us. It's been great to have you with us. And

will be looking forward to the next two rounds in Montreal. Thank you for

joining us for F1 Academy.