Leclerc’s strategy falls apart 
Miami Grand Prix analysis has laid bare a costly execution error from Charles Leclerc on the final lap. Leclerc’s third place was already slipping away thanks to Oscar Piastri’s pace advantage. With the tyres badly fading, the team opted for a deliberate position swap. The idea was simple enough: use the tow from the McLaren, get the battery working and try to fight back on the straight.
It all went wrong in brutal fashion. Telemetry points to an abrupt throttle application in the second sector, and that was enough to trigger a complete loss of grip. The car slid into the barriers at Turn 9. The damage report is ugly: a likely puncture and serious damage to the right-side suspension, leaving the car with limited steering lock.
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Leclerc drops a load of places
The mechanical damage ruled out any chance of Leclerc holding position against George Russell and Max Verstappen. There was also a small touch with the Mercedes. He eventually came home sixth on the road. Then the stewards stepped in. Repeated track-limits breaches earned him a time penalty, and the final classification dropped him to eighth.
In his technical debrief, Leclerc took full responsibility for the drop-off. The data shows a failure in the energy deployment system out of Turn 3, compared with McLaren’s benchmark. He pushed too hard trying to make up for it, and the car simply couldn’t take it. Four podiums in the previous six races counted for nothing once that final misjudgment had done the damage.
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