

Prime Tire Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s F1 newsletter. Sign up here to receive Prime Tire directly in your inbox twice a week during the season and weekly in the offseason.Welcome back to Prime Tire, where today I am going to eat a $100 hot dog at the Miami Grand Prix. More on if I survive — and if the finance department doesn’t censor me — to come in Tuesday’s edition.I’m Patrick, and Madeline Coleman will be along shortly. Let’s go. But first, if you haven’t already, please fill out our F1 fan survey!Also, enjoy this no-context photo of F1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli, snapped by Madeline.New Regs: And first stress test at Miami GPThe FIA announced a set of rule tweaks before Miami, covering four areas: ERS deployment Qualifying energy limits Race start systems The closing-speed problem that produced Ollie Bearman’s 50G-force crash at Suzuka The goal is less lift-and-coast, less yo-yo racing, fewer moments where a driver accidentally overtakes someone because the battery had things to do. It’s something.And also, depending on your driver of choice: “a tickle” (said by Max Verstappen), “not really much different on the sim” (Lewis Hamilton) and “a step in the right
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