Fan-Favourite Duo Sainz & Norris Face the Crowds Together as F1 Drivers Get Ready for Exciting Miami GP Conference

The Formula 1 circus will be descending down to the sunny city of Miami. The City of Miami, located in the southeast of Florida, will be hosting a Grand Prix for the first time. And it seems like the drivers are already catching the Miami fever.

One glance at social media and you can already see the festivities beginning. The opening night saw great musical events, drivers mingling with some of America’s biggest celebrities, cool helmet designs, and drivers being special guests on TV shows. Not just that, Miami went a step ahead and built what is arguably the best podium in the entire calendar, with nothing coming as grand as this.

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With a new track, unknown variables, lots of twists and turns in the circuit, and a rivalry between Red Bull and Ferrari; who knows what this race will have in store.

Some interesting pairs spotted for the Miami GP Press Conference

While the opening festivities have kept the fans busy, journalists can’t wait to start asking their questions. The line-up for Thursday’s press conference is an interesting one, to say the least.

As part of the first pair, this won’t be the first time that Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon will be running into each other. The Briton has denied the Williams driver a podium finish on two occasions.

But given that it has been almost two years since the incident, it won’t be much of an issue. Meanwhile, Perez, who will be receiving an upgrade ahead of the weekend that makes his car around 4kgs lighter, will also be in the same lot.

The other interesting pairing that has caught our attention is McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. The former teammates have quite the respect for each other and no doubt there will be tons of banter between the two. Especially with both of them trying to defeat each other in the game of golf, this press conference could be a laugh riot. Even George Russell of Mercedes is expected to be in the press conference along with the two and no doubt he will be part of the banter.

The complete lineup for the Miami Grand Prix:

First Lot: 11:00 (local time)

• Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
• Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
•  Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
• Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
• Alex Albon (Williams)

Second Lot: 11:30 (local time)

• Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
• Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
• Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
• Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
• Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Third Lot: 12:00 (local time)

• Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
• Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
• Mick Schumacher (Haas)
• Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
• Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

Fourth Lot: 12:30 (local time)

• Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
• Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
• Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
• Lando Norris (McLaren)
• George Russell (Mercedes)

Team Principals will have their conferences on Saturday:

First Lot: 10:30 (local time) 

• Laurent Rossi (Alpine)
• Zak Brown (McLaren)
• Toto Wolff (Mercedes)

Second Lot: 11:00 (local time)

• Frédéric Vasseur (Alfa Romeo)
• Guenther Steiner (Haas)
• Christian Horner (Red Bull)

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