It was in the rain and in just a few minutes that the two starting grids of the weekend decided. If Doriane Pin and Maya Weug exchanged the best times in free tests the day before, it is again Chloe Chambers who won the best brand in qualifying …
In a very quiet first session, the vast majority of pilots focused on the taming of a circuit which turned out to be trample for some of them. Nothing serious, no carbon having been injured during this session, but a few wide outings, tails with tails, and caresses with the concrete walls that line the track. Under the first checkered flag of the weekend, it is Doriane Pin who inscribes her name at the top of the time sheet thanks to a brand in 1’59 “153. Behind her, Alisha Palmowski, Maya Waug, Ella Lloyd, and Chloe Chambers are all held in a window of less than half a second of the best brand.
The differences are greater after the second test session of the weekend, this time dominated by Maya Weug. With a brand in 1’58 “545, the Dutchman is ahead of Chloe Chambers of 0” 279, herself in front of Nina Gademan, Ella Lloyd, Aurelia Nobels, Lia Block, and Doriane Pin, relegated to 7th place, almost 8 tenths of the best time. Finally, as during the first session, it was an applied exercise to which the pilots delivered. The only real animation is to be attributed to Ava Dobson who, in the suction of Lia Block, comes to hit his compatriot with the first braking. Nothing serious neither for one nor for the other, since the two young women were able to take over the session as if nothing had happened.
-Chloe Chambers climbs to the top of the time sheet
It is 10:25 am in Miami when the fire of the stands line goes green, letting the single -seaters take the track under a threatening sky. Indeed, with the rain that threatens to disturb the qualifying session, all the pilots are in order to record a time as soon as possible. And for good reason, barely the first reference posed in 2’00 “458 by Chloe Chambers, the sky poured out of water on the track, freezing the classification only after 5 short session. The American is perfectly drawn from the game, placing herself in front of Alisha Palmowski, Doriane Pin, and Ella Lloyd, all in the same tenth. position, and unable to improve due to weather conditions.
The tires for wet tracks are ready in the stands, put on the 18 cars, and some reckless drivers rush in pursuing an improvement which seems impossible. At the Cap de la Mi-Sérance, almost all the pilots are on the track, taking advantage of the conditions to familiarize themselves with a completely soggy track that they could find later in the weekend.
Despite some dry portions here and there all around Miami International Autodrome, this is not enough to allow pilots to put on smooth gums. Thus, quite logically, no improvement is to be observed, and the first classification established after just a few minutes will also be the one that will determine the grids for the two races of the weekend. Chloe Chambers takes her second pole position of the season there, when Maya Weug will be able to console herself by starting at the top of the reverse grid race, in just a few hours …
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