Antonelli Finished P1. Colapinto Was Half a Second Down in One Sector.
Half a second in Sector 1 doesn't sound like much. It was everything.
Antonelli finished P1. Colapinto finished P8. The gap between them was one second.
Antonelli was faster in every sector. But in Sector 1, he was half a second faster.
Key Finding
Antonelli was faster than Colapinto in every sector, but Sector 1 alone gave him more than half the margin he needed to win.
Antonelli won the session in Sector 1
ANT vs COL — sector-by-sector breakdown
The first bar is twice the height of the others — that's where the Mercedes pulled clear.
▲ ANT faster▼ COL faster
S1: +0.504s · S2: +0.255s · S3: +0.205s
Key Finding
Antonelli was faster than Colapinto in every sector, but Sector 1 alone gave him more than half the margin he needed to win.
Sector 1 in Miami is five corners. Turns 1 through 5. The Mercedes found 0.504 seconds there. The Alpine found nothing.
Antonelli was faster in Sector 2 by a quarter of a second. Faster in Sector 3 by two tenths. But Sector 1 was the margin. Everything else was confirmation.
The speed trace shows where Colapinto lost it
ANT (Lap 14) vs COL (Lap 16) — fastest laps compared
Look at the opening sequence — the blue line drops away early and never recovers.
ANT (Lap 14)COL (Lap 16)
Fastest laps: ANT Lap 14, COL Lap 16.
Key Finding
Antonelli was faster than Colapinto in every sector, but Sector 1 alone gave him more than half the margin he needed to win.
Colapinto had four lap times deleted for track limits violations. Three of them at Turn 15. One in Sector 3, where he was already two tenths down.
That's what happens when you're chasing half a second you lost in the first five corners. You go looking for it somewhere else. You run out of road.
Key Finding
Antonelli was faster than Colapinto in every sector, but Sector 1 alone gave him more than half the margin he needed to win.
The lap time delta was 0.964 seconds. Sector 1 accounted for more than half of it.
At the Canadian Grand Prix, watch the opening sequence. If the Mercedes is fast there again, this wasn't Miami. This was the car.